Reading Time: < 1 minute Southwest Airlines passengers scrambled to reschedule flights after hundreds were canceled because of technical glitches. The airline announced that more than 450 flights have been canceled in attempt to get planes back in line. The cancelations were primarily a result of displaced crews and aircraft. “Simply put, if the Crews aren’t in place, the planes […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Boeing marked an event to celebrate its 100th anniversary by laying out new grand ambitions for the future of the company, which could see the return of supersonic air travel as well as passenger trips into space. According to company chief executive Dennis Muilenburg, although such space trips could still be decades away they are […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The U.S. Department of Transportation recommended giving Delta Air Lines a route between Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda Airport just months after Minnesota politicians and business leaders created a dust-up over the issue. Delta will have the option of adding service between MSP and Haneda, if the recommendation is adopted, which is expected […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency (HRFE) is looking to add drones to its stock of emergency gear to allow for quicker and more effective responses, and decrease the safety risks to first responders. HRFE’s plan to dip into existing fire department reserves to buy two unmanned aerial vehicles at a cost of $60,000 was approved […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Lufthansa Group, Honeywell Aerospace and Airbus have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work jointly on the development of a runway safety solution combining Airbus’ Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) and Honeywell’s SmartLanding technologies for Lufthansa Group’s fleet. This cooperation aims to set the highest standard in runway safety by combining the strengths of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A reported engine fire forced a Delta flight to return to Jacksonville International Airport Tuesday, an airport spokesman said. Delta flight 5231 was headed to New York when a reported fire in the right engine caused the plane to return to JIA around 5 p.m., spokesperson Michael Stewart said. There were 27 people on the […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Boeing’s KC-46 tanker successfully refueled an A-10 combat aircraft, clearing the final hurdle before the Air Force approves the first production order. The “milestone C” testing was completed July 15 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During a four-hour flight, the KC-46 offloaded 1,500 pounds of fuel to the A-10, at 15,000 feet. “This completed […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc. company, will publicly debut a cabin mockup and announce additional product details of its new single engine turboprop aircraft at this year’s Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture Oshkosh, July 25-31. Joining the SETP will be an extensive static display of aircraft featuring nearly a dozen of the company’s commercial jet, […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute FAA has lifted all restrictions on flights between the US and Turkey, enabling Turkish Airlines to resume flights to the US July 19. The move rescinds a notice to airmen (NOTAM) issued July 16 in the aftermath of the failed coup attempt in Turkey that had the effect of banning all Turkish Airlines’ flights to […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) are pleased to announce that an agreement has been signed by Tony Tyler, IATA’s Director General and CEO and Huxiang Zhao, President of FIATA, to implement the IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) to replace the existing IATA Cargo Agency Program. […]