US House FAA Bill Would Set Minimum Airline Seat Size Requirements

A provision tucked into the US House’s FAA reauthorization bill would require the agency to regulate airline seat sizes. FAA said in early July there was no evidence that higher-capacity seat configurations would prevent passengers from evacuating in an emergency within the required minimum times. (www.atwonline.com) 기타...

ANA to Cancel 378 Flights in August for Rolls Royce Trent 1000 Inspections

All Nippon Airways will cancel 378 domestic flights operated by Boeing 787s during August to accommodate mandatory inspections on their Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Ryanair cancels 1 percent of flights on Friday as strike crisis deepens

Ryanair (RYA.I) plans to cancel only 1 percent of its flights during a strike by Ireland-based pilots on Friday, but Europe’s largest low-cost airline is bracing for far wider industrial action across five countries next week. (www.reuters.com) 기타...

Boeing forecasts $15 trillion in commercial aviation market over the next two decades

Farnborough - Boeing forecasts $15 trillion in commercial aviation market and support services over the next twenty years, driven largely by budget airline operators and their preferred aircraft types Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo. Boeing presented a comprehensive analysis on July 17 at the Farnborough. The forecast doesn’t cover the possible effects of future geopolitical conflicts or trade wars, which could remarkably change the market trends. (airlinerwatch.com) 기타...

Air Transat named World’s Best Leisure Airline in 2018

MONTREAL, July 17, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Transat, Canada’s leading holiday airline, is proud to have been named the World’s Best Leisure Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards. Jean-François Lemay, President-General Manager of Air Transat, was on hand in London to accept the award at the official ceremony. Every year, some 20 million travellers from around the world pick the winners by taking part in the largest airline passenger satisfaction survey, a global benchmark of airline… (canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com) 기타...

L'aéroport de Nice teste la reconnaissance faciale.

L'aéroport de Nice commencera lundi à utiliser la reconnaissance faciale pour le contrôle aux frontières, deuxième plateforme aéroportuaire française à s'équiper de la sorte après Aéroports de Paris qui gère les escales parisiennes, a-t-il annoncé lundi. La reconnaissance automatique du visage compare le visage du voyageur avec la photo stockée dans le microprocesseur de son passeport biométrique. La technologie est en plein décollage dans les aéroports mondiaux, qui cherchent les moyens de… (www.lapresse.ca) 기타...

Neeleman Group Picks Airbus A220 for US Startup

In a major coup for Airbus and its newly-acquired A220—formerly the Bombardier CSeries--a group of investors headed by David Neeleman has selected the aircraft over Embraer jets for a yet-to-be-named US startup airline. (atwonline.com) 기타...

Air Canada named Best Airline in North America at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2018

MONTREAL, July 17, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ – Air Canada was named Best Airline in North America for the second consecutive year at the 2018 Skytrax World Airline Awards ceremony held today in London. It is the seventh time in the past nine years the carrier was selected as the best in North America by the World Airline Awards, which are based on passenger satisfaction surveys of approximately 20 million global travellers. (canadianaviationnews.wordpress.com) 기타...

Zephyr S Is a Record-Breaker

The maiden flight of the Zephyr S – the production configuration of Airbus’s record-breaking high-altitude, solar-powered unmanned aircraft – is taking place now. A related article can be found at: http://aviationweek.com/farnborough-airshow-2018/zephyr-s-already-record-breaker … For those in the southwestern part of the US, look for the flight code "KELLEHER" under the UK flag near the Yuma Test Range using PiAware Skyview. (www.compelo.com) 기타...

Airbus A220 Gains ETOPS Certification

Pratt & Whitney’s PW1500G geared turbofan has been cleared for extended twin-engined operations of up to 3h. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus Expects Over 500 Show Sales

Airbus is aiming to have secured orders for at least 500 aircraft by the end of the Farnborough air show. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus Lands Chinese Certification for A350

Airbus has secured Chinese validation of the A350 type certificate which will enable the airframer to begin handing over the twinjets to Chinese carriers. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

New York-to-London in 3½ hours? Boeing wants to bring supersonic travel back

Fifteen years after the Concorde last flew, supersonic air travel is back in the aerospace industry’s sights. (www.marketwatch.com) 기타...

Neeleman's Startup to Partner with Azul and TAP

David Neeleman's planned US start-up will eventually partner with Brazil's Azul and TAP Air Portugal for transatlantic flying, with the Airbus A220-300's range central to that long-term strategy. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Unaccompanied 10-year-old's PE school holiday ends badly as he boards wrong flight

Ten-year-old Wiam Bezuidenhout was set to meet his family back in his hometown of Johannesburg, but routes got crossed when the youngster landed up the Cape Town instead, from his starting point in Port Elizabeth. (www.traveller24.com) 기타...

Alain Bellemare, PDG de Bombardier : «Je ne comprends pas ce que Boeing fait dans ce marché-là.»

Même s'il risque encore une fois de devoir rivaliser directement avec Boeing, le président et chef de la direction de Bombardier, Alain Bellemare, ne s'en fait pas avec le partenariat qu'envisage le géant américain avec Embraer. « Je ne comprends pas ce que Boeing fait dans ce marché-là », dit-il. En se lançant dans la C Series, au début des années 2000, Bombardier caressait le rêve d'aller jouer dans la cour de Boeing et d'Airbus. Bloquée sur tous les fronts par les deux géants qui ne voulaient… (www.lapresse.ca) 기타...

Viva Aerobus Orders 25 Airbus A321neos

Mexico's Viva Aerobus has added 25 Airbus A321neos to its order and upgauged existing orders for 16 A320neos to the larger A321neo. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus A320neo Catch-Up Will Be 'Hell of a Ride'

Airbus chief executive Tom Enders is braced for an intense half-year as the airframer aims to catch up on its single-aisle delivery backlog, and clearing the parked fleet of engineless A320neos. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus A330-800neo Interest Revived by Uganda Deal

Uganda Airlines has placed the first commitment for the Airbus A330-800 since the backlog for the variant was wiped out when its only customers cancelled their orders. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus Foundation provides assistance in Guatemala after the eruption of the Volcano of Fire

About 75 km were traveled in the departments of Escuintla, Sacatepéquez and Chimaltenango, where the volcano is located... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 기타...

Airbus Proposes Longer-Range A350-1000 to Qatar Airways

Airbus is working on a further A350-1000 range increase which Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker expects will create a "huge competitor" to the aircraft's rival, the Boeing 777-300ER. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Uganda Orders Four Bombardier CRJ900s for Revived Flag Carrier

Uganda National Airlines has placed a firm order for four Bombardier CRJ900s. (www.flightglobal.com) 기타...

Airbus US CEO Explains Why Europe's Answer to the Boeing 787 Isn't Selling

The Airbus A330neo is Europe's answer to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Instead of creating brand a new aircraft from scratch as Boeing did with the Dreamliner, Airbus decided to optimize the existing Airbus A330ceo or "current engine option" jet that has been around since the mid-1990s. (www.businessinsider.com) 기타...

3 Killed in midair crash near KTMB

Officials say three people died after two planes crashed above the Florida Everglades. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172 crashed about nine miles (14 kilometers) west of the airport. (www.yahoo.com) 기타...