On a vote of 393-13 the House of Representatives has passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill which has guaranteed the agency’s funding for the next five years. The legislation has also included provision for directing how disaster funds are spent, though there is no financial allocation via the measure for such programs. Legislation
Southwest Airlines has revised its future firm order delivery schedule with Boeing to support future fleet modernization. The Company exercised 40 737 MAX 8 options which adds 10 additional firm orders in each year 2019 through 2022. Additionally, five 737 MAX 8 firm orders were shifted from 2019 into fourth quarter 2018, and three pre-owned
Ryanair has announced the exercising of 25 Boeing 737 MAX 200 “Gamechanger” options and in so doing now has 135 firm orders for the new higher-capacity variant of the 737 MAX 8. Ryanair first placed an order for 100 of the “Gamechanger” jets, with an option for a further ten, at the Paris Airshow in
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a press release in which it urges aviation stakeholders to “follow global standards and make greater use of operational data in order to safely accommodate an additional 3.8 billion air travelers by 2036.” At the Safety and Flight Operations Conference, IATA’s Director General and CEO Alexandre de
In a news update from London Heliport, 2017 saw the facility handle 11,900 total movements, an increase of 5% on 2016 figures. With Halo and Starspeed now making the Leonardo AW169 available for charter, the heliport has seen a shift towards large twin-engine executive helicopter movements. The heliport is currently undergoing a major communications network
One passenger has died, and seven passengers have been injured as a result of an engine explosion on a Southwest Airlines jet bound from New York to Dallas. The plane, Flight 1380 was a Boeing 737-700 with 149 passengers and crew on board. The plane made a successful emergency landing at Philadelphia just before noon,
What began as a problem with the Trent 1000 Package C compressor and subsequent problems with turbine blades wearing out sooner than expected, has now seen Rolls-Royce ramp up the number of more rigorous inspections of the engine after liaising with authorities over a separate issue. The engines have needed unscheduled maintenance due to parts
The Indian government has been looking for a new source for up to 400 jets for the Indian Air Force after the cancelation of the 126-plane Dassault deal in 2015. While Lockheed has partnered with salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group to bid for the current 110 fighter jet contract with the F-16, and Saab teaming up
It has been announced that Jet Aviation has signed a binding agreement to acquire Hawker Pacific for US$250 million. Commenting on the deal, Rob Smith, president of Jet Aviation commented: “The acquisition of Hawker Pacific represents a significant step in expanding our footprint, capability and customer offer across Asia Pacific and the Middle East. “Hawker
In a move to further shore up its balance sheet, Rolls-Royce has agreed to sell its subsidiary fuel injection technology firm, L’Orange, to Colorado-based Woodward in a £610m (US$860m) deal. The transaction should be completed by the end of September this year. According to Rolls-Royce, the sale of L’Orange will “improve resilience” of the balance
