February 23, 2019 3:55 pm ET
February 22, 2019 12:45 am ET -
American and United Looking at Tokyo Expansions
United Airlines and American Airlines have both announced that they have filed applications with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for nonstop flights to Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Thursday. Chicago-based United has applied for six daily flights to Haneda from…
February 21, 2019 2:38 pm ET -
The Lost Art of Airborne Ice Accretion Testing
On Oct.31, 1994, American Eagle flight 4184 impacted the cold Indiana turf as the aircraft suffered from supercooled droplets freezing and compromising the use of the ATR 72’s ailerons. The immediate impact of this new concept of supercooled droplets would…
February 21, 2019 8:00 am ET -
U.K. Drone Law to Change Following Airport Incidents
The U.K. government has announced new laws in order to protect airports from future disruption caused by drones. In an attempt to not allow the repeat of past events where airports have temporarily closed following the sightings of drones operating…
February 20, 2019 11:25 am ET -
South African Airways to Separate into Three Units
South African Airways has been going through a long-standing period of loss-making due to a large number of factors including a bureaucratic company structure with allegations of corruption. In 2017 Vuyani Janara was appointed as the CEO, promising to change…
February 20, 2019 10:58 am ET -
Airbus and Japan Airlines Announce FHS Contract
On Monday, Airbus announced a new contract with Japan Airlines for its Flight Hour Services (FHS) program. The announcement comes only three days after Airbus announced that the first JAL A350-900 has begun final assembly at their Toulouse factory. That…