Aviation Daily

Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000, which the carrier intends to use on its Tokyo Haneda-New York JFK route.

Chris Calio will become the next CEO of RTX, arguably the world’s largest aerospace and defense company by annual sales, on May 2, 2024.

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan is confident in the airline’s preparedness, following 2022’s significant disruption.

The Montreal-based airline currently has three aircraft affected, and the total number should reach five or six by the end of its fiscal 2024.

Boeing has appointed Chris Raymond as its new CEO of Boeing Global Services, succeeding Stephanie Pope.

Leonardo is reporting progress in nacelle technology, having performed successful tests in engine noise absorption.

The move comes as the airline pushes ahead with its strategic plan, including fleet renewal and growth through alliances and M&A, executives said Dec. 14.

With just a couple of weeks left in 2023, times are busy for the air cargo industry amid its end-of-year peak season.

This marks the second significant aircraft transaction between the TrueNoord and Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) in 2023.

Virgin Australia has achieved a tentative contract deal with its cabin crew workers, averting the prospect of strike action over the busy holiday period.

The FAA’s warning cites an increase in GPS/GNSS jamming and potential spoofing in “conflict zones and areas of heightened tensions."

Boom Supersonic has chosen Honeywell’s Anthem integrated flight deck for its Mach 1.7 Overture airliner.

This week's Flight Friday looks back at passenger flights (cycles) during 2023.

Belgian airports face a weekend of disruption as activists target the country’s aviation sector with planned protests starting Dec. 15 through Dec. 17.

Carriers are looking for optimizations in the year ahead while keeping a close eye on costs, as post-pandemic growth settles into a measured pace.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published noise standards for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Hydrogen is conspicuous by its absence from ATR's latest product development strategy that looks out over the next decade and beyond.

E-fuel SAF is widely favored as a longer-term path to decarbonizing aviation.

Continuing its growth into U.S. markets, Canadian carrier Porter Airlines has formed an interline agreement with Alaska Airlines.

Fly4, co-owned by German leisure giant TUI and Poland’s Enter Air, is hoping to secure its air operator’s certificate (AOC) in early 2024.

A global task force has developed a list of 127 recommendations to help mitigate runway incursion hazards.

Southwest Airlines is expanding trials of an AI solution aimed at improving turnaround performance, from 18 gates in Atlanta to an additional 14 in Denver.

(EASA) has selected Florian Guillermet, the director of France’s air navigation services provider DSNA, as its new executive director.

IAG has formally notified the EC of its plans to acquire Air Europa and pledged to propose remedies it hopes will allow for quick approval of the deal in 2024.

The deal would see SAF delivered to Amsterdam Schiphol, allowing LOT to access carbon reduction benefits without directly using the fuel on its own flights.