Mobility study cites roadblocks for U.S. electric vehicles, sustainable aviation
By Paul Lienert SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Reuters) – Automakers may not be able to build as many electric vehicles as they would like — and …
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CBP proposes efforts to strengthen aviation security
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced a proposal that will strengthen international air travel security by expanding existing advance data requirements …
U.S. House committee to hold aviation safety hearing
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Federal Aviation Administration safety official, National Transportation Safety Board chair and head of the largest pilots union are …
Thailand to begin construction of $9 billion aviation city this year
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand will begin construction on the 290-billion baht ($8.82 billion) U-Tapao aviation city early this year, a government spokesperson said on Friday. …
Aviation leaders hail green fuel as carbon saviour, but wonder who will pay
By Joanna Plucinska and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Greener fuel is the only way airlines will meet strict global carbon emission targets, executives meeting …
Aviation Capital latest lessor to doubt Airbus, Boeing targets
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Airbus and Boeing will find it challenging to meet intermediate delivery targets this year on their way to ramping up production sharply …
SMBC Aviation Capital says it would consider further acquisitions
DUBLIN (Reuters) – SMBC Aviation Capital, the world’s second-largest aircraft lessor, remains open to acquisition opportunities after its recent purchase of smaller rival Goshawk Aviation …
Industry vs. Regulator – aviation heavyweights spar in Dublin
By Joanna Plucinska DUBLIN (Reuters) – Two of the leading figures in aviation sparred publicly about sustainability, airport disruption and how the war in Ukraine …
Lessor BOC Aviation orders 40 Boeing 737 MAX planes
(Reuters) – Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd said on Wednesday it had ordered 40 Boeing Co 737 MAX planes to be delivered in 2027 and …
Mexico, U.S. to hold videoconference in early Jan. on Mexico aviation rating
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican aviation authorities have proposed to hold a videoconference with the United States’ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in early January to …
Volaris sees Mexico regaining aviation rating by end of next year
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican low-cost airline Volaris expects the country to regain its U.S. aviation rating by the last quarter of 2023, it said in …
CDB Aviation latest lessor to take insurers to court
DUBLIN (Reuters) – CDB Aviation became the latest aircraft lessor to start legal action in pursuit of claims against a large number of insurers over …
China Aviation Supplies to buy 140 Airbus jets worth about $17 billion
BEIJING (Reuters) – China Aviation Supplies Holding has signed an agreement to buy 140 Airbus planes worth about $17 billion, it said on Friday. The …
FAA says has not approved Mexico’s plan to regain Category 1 aviation rating- source
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Mexico is making progress towards recovering its Category 1 aviation rating, but the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has …
Abu Dhabi transfers Etihad Aviation Group to wealth fund ADQ
By Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) -Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ said on Tuesday the government had transferred full ownership of Etihad Aviation Group to …
Divided European aviation sector seeks cure to travel chaos
By Tim Hepher BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European airlines and airports, reeling from delays that caused widespread disruption as demand roared back after COVID-19, are counting …
Rolls-Royce CEO says aviation needs to act on net zero pledges
By Paul Sandle and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – Aviation needs to accelerate the use of biofuels before new technologies like hydrogen and electric-powered aircraft …
Russia loses U.N. aviation council seat in rebuke
By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) – Russia failed to win enough votes for re-election to the United Nation’s aviation agency’s governing council on Saturday, in …
U.S. adds Moscow Aviation Institute, airplane repair plants to economic blacklist
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Commerce Department on Friday added more than 50 Russian entities to an economic blacklist, including the Moscow Aviation Institute and …
Shell sees 2024 aviation fuel demand recovering to pre-pandemic levels
By Isabel Kua and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Global aviation fuel demand is expected to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels of 300 million tonnes per …
U.S. FAA to work with countries before downgrading aviation safety ratings
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Monday it will work with countries when it sees early indications that civil …
Aviation regulator met Boeing about 737 MAX’s return to China
BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s aviation regulator said on Tuesday it held a meeting with Boeing last week about the return of the 737 MAX to China, …
Europe short-haul aviation won’t match pre-COVID peak before 2025 – Ryanair CEO
LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s short-haul aviation market is unlikely to return to its pre-pandemic peak during the next two years due to high energy costs …
Petrobras to cut aviation gas prices by 15.7% in September
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Petrobras said on Monday it will cut aviation gasoline prices for distributors by 15.7% starting Sept. 1. The move marks …
Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation says deliveries slipping due to manufacturer delays
(Reuters) – Asian aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd said nine aircraft deliveries due in the first half had slipped into later periods because of manufacturer …
India aviation regulator halves SpiceJet’s capacity after snags
BENGALURU – India’s aviation regulator on Wednesday ordered SpiceJet to slash its approved fleet to 50% this summer for eight weeks citing safety snags and …
MIAT College of Technology’s Aviation Maintenance Students Earn Top 5 Placement at Their First Aerospace Maintenance Competition in Dallas, Texas
The AMC, held in conjunction with Aviation Week Network’s MRO Americas, offers an opportunity for professionals and students in the aerospace maintenance sector to compete …
UK says it will work with aviation industry to solve travel chaos
LONDON – British transport minister Grant Shapps said on Sunday the government would work hard with the aviation industry to avoid a repeat of the …
South Bay Resident Charged With Smuggling And Exporting American Aviation Technology To Beijing University
SAN FRANCISCO – The United States Attorney’s Office today unsealed a criminal complaint charging Jonathan Yet Wing Soong with smuggling and violating export control laws …
China seeks “whistleblowers” to plug aviation safety loopholes
BEIJING – China’s aviation regulator is seeking “whistleblowers” from the industry’s frontline workers to plug any safety loopholes, part of the government’s efforts to ensure …
UTI’s MIAT College of Technology’s Aviation Maintenance Students to Compete in Annual Aerospace Maintenance Competition in Dallas, Texas April 25-28
Ninety aircraft technician teams from around the world are scheduled to compete at the 2022 AMC. This is the first year the MIAT Mustangs will …
Cathay to launch major corporate sustainable aviation fuel programme
(Reuters) – Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd said on Wednesday it would work with corporate customers to launch a major corporate sustainable aviation fuel …
BOC Aviation says lessors seeing ‘horrendous’ hikes in insurance costs
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN – The likely huge insurance claims related to the cancellation of aircraft leases in Russia is already leading to “horrendous” hikes …
Aviation agency to probe Delta plane’s windshield shattering mid-flight
(Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration will investigate what went wrong when the cockpit windshield of a Delta plane shattered mid-air during a flight on Thursday …
Fayetteville Man Charged with Lying to Federal Aviation Administration
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – Noah Felice, age 70, of Fayetteville, New York, was arraigned today after being charged in an indictment with lying to the …
India’s aviation minister urges airlines to add more long-haul jets
By Abhijith Ganapavaram and Chandini Monnappa HYDERABAD, India – India’s civil aviation minister urged Indian airlines on Friday to add more long-haul aircraft to their …
Black box found from crashed China Eastern Jet – Chinese aviation regulator
WUZHOU, China – China has found one of the two black boxes belonging to the China Eastern Airlines plane that crashed on Monday, an official …
Boeing CEO offers ‘full support’ for China aviation crash probe
WASHINGTON – Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun told employees on Monday that the planemaker has offered the full support of its technical experts in the …
Dual registration of Russian-leased aircraft at odds with key aviation principles -U.N
MONTREAL -Any dual registration of foreign-owned aircraft leased by Russian carriers would be inconsistent with parts of a key agreement that sets out core principles …
BOC Aviation says sanctions deadline to end Russian leases is ‘unrealistic’
By Jamie Freed – Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Ltd believes a deadline giving lessors just over two weeks left to end contracts with Russian carriers …
Dassault Aviation sees lower sales in 2022 after military earnings boost
-France’s Dassault Aviation said on Friday it expected to post lower sales this year than in 2021, as it reported a steep rise in annual …
Second defendant arrested in case alleging theft of trade secrets from American aviation company
CINCINNATI – An Italian national was arrested in Marino, Italy on Oct. 2 pursuant to a provisional arrest request from the United States in a …
Russia to retaliate against sanctions on aviation industry, Kremlin says
MOSCOW – Moscow will retaliate against Western sanctions targeting Russia’s aviation industry over the invasion of Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. “The …
Ukraine lobbies U.S. officials for bans on Russia software, aviation -diplomat
By Raphael Satter – Ukraine’s government is lobbying the Biden administration to cut Russia off from U.S. software updates, to ban Russian flights, and to …
U.S. lawmakers blast agencies over 5G C-Band aviation spectrum ‘ridiculousness’
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON – U.S. lawmakers on Thursday blasted two federal agencies for failing to avoid an embarrassing last-minute standoff between the aviation and …
Germany, Denmark seek more ambition from EU on green aviation fuel
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS – European Union plans to require the aviation sector to use more sustainable fuels are not ambitious enough and the EU …