Cathay says cabin crew can wear masks on mainland China flights due to virus
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. will permit cabin crew to wear surgical masks while operating mainland China flights due to concerns over a new coronavirus, and allow passengers to Wuhan to change or cancel flights without charge through Feb. 15. The airline's flight attendant ...
737 Max return to the skies delayed until mid-2020, Boeing says
Boeing on Tuesday officially pushed back the timeframe for the 737 Max to return to the skies, sending shares plunging and overshadowing an earlier announcement of a first flight of the delayed 777X plane. Boeing said it is now targeting the return of the grounded ...
Nagoya tech school students plan to build seaplane for flood rescues
Members of Nagoya City Technical High School's airplane club are planning to develop a seaplane that can be used to rescue people from floods — an idea they came up with after learning about the Ise Bay Typhoon, a 1959 storm that swept through ...
Southwest joins rivals in again delaying Boeing Max jet's return
Southwest Airlines said Thursday it has taken the grounded Boeing 737 Max out of its schedule until early June and is dropping more than 8 percent of its planned flights as a result. With the moves, Southwest joined rivals in acknowledging that the plane won't ...
Toyota Motor Co. is investing $394 million (¥43.3 billion) in Joby Aviation, one of a handful of companies working toward the seemingly implausible goal of making electric air taxis that shuttle people over gridlocked highways and city streets. Toyota is the lead investor in Joby's ...
'Designed by clowns': Boeing releases internal messages about 737 Max and regulators
Boeing Co. on Thursday released hundreds of internal messages containing harshly critical comments about the development of the 737 Max, including one that said the plane was "designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys." The messages also show attempts to duck regulatory ...
China's bid to challenge Boeing and Airbus failing to take off
Development of China's C919 single-aisle plane, already at least five years behind schedule, is going even slower than expected, a dozen people familiar with the program said as the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corp. struggles with technical issues that have severely restricted test flights. Delays are ...
American Airlines reaches settlement with Boeing for 737 Max compensation in 2019
American Airlines Group Inc. said on Monday it had reached a confidential agreement with Boeing Co, to address damages the airline incurred in 2019 due to the ongoing grounding of its fleet of Boeing 737 Max aircraft. American, the largest U.S. airline, said the compensation ...
JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will become the first large U.S. airline to offset emissions from all of its domestic flights, aiming to become carbon neutral by July as pressure grows on the industry from climate change activists. The carrier also will begin using sustainable ...
Boeing and U.S. officials reviewing short-circuit threat on grounded 737 Max planes
Boeing Co. and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration have confirmed they are reviewing a wiring issue that could potentially cause a short circuit on the grounded 737 Max. Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe said Sunday the company "identified this issue as part of that rigorous process, ...
Japan eyes tie-up with ASEAN member nations to develop aircraft industry
The government is planning to work with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to promote the development of the aviation industry.
Global major air crash deaths fell more than half in 2019 to 257: report
The number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half in 2019, according to a report by an aviation consulting firm. The To70 consultancy said Wednesday that 257 people died in eight fatal accidents in 2019. That compares to ...
