Lawmakers seeking records on certification of grounded 737 Max
Two House Democrats are demanding that U.S. aviation regulators disclose a wide array of documents related to a review of repairs to the grounded Boeing…
Boeing snubs Seattle to consolidate 787 output in South Carolina
Boeing Co. is uprooting the 787 Dreamliner program from a storied manufacturing hub north of Seattle and shifting the work to a non-union plant in…
Unions push Trudeau for $5.3 billion Canada Airlines bailout
Three unions representing thousands of airline workers are calling for C$7 billion ($5.3 billion) in government aid to prevent “long-lasting damage” to the aviation sector…
Qatar Airways resumes 19 weekly flights to South Africa from October 2020 continuing its resilient network growth
Qatar Airways has announced the resumption of three key destinations in South Africa; Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg. Services to South Africa will be operated…
Spirit Airlines to restore flights to Cap-Haitien, re-activate region’s only nonstop service to US
The brightest planes in the sky will return to Haiti’s north coast just in time for the holidays. Today, Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) announced the…
Boeing to consolidate 787 production in South Carolina in 2021
As the airline industry continues to address the impact of COVID-19, The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] said today it will consolidate production of 787 jets…
American, United to cut combined 32,000 jobs amid US aid talks
American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. will start laying off thousands of employees as originally scheduled, spurning an appeal from Treasury Secretary…
FAA chief likes revised 737 after flight, but review continues
The chief aviation regulator in the U.S. called a test flight of the Boeing Co. 737 Max Wednesday “productive,” but said the agency hasn’t completed…
India court orders refunds for flights canceled due to lockdown
India’s Supreme Court ordered local airlines to refund tickets booked for travel during a nationwide lockdown earlier this year, dealing a blow to an industry…
AirAsia to shut down its Japanese operations, Nikkei reports
AirAsia Group Bhd. is closing down its operations in Japan as it grapples with coronavirus-related restrictions on global travel, Nikkei reported, citing an unidentified person…
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