United Parcel Service (UPS) has exercised all of its 14 Boeing 747-8 freighter options, firming the aircraft for delivery on “an expedited schedule.”...More
Strong demand for manufacturing exports stoked the airfreight sector to its best performance in seven years, as global cargo traffic grew 9% year-over-year (YOY) in 2017, according to the IATA December “Air Freight Market Analysis,” released Jan. 31....More
The public prosecutor’s office in Paris has launched an investigation into the Sept. 30 uncontained engine failure on an Air France A380, a judicial source told Aviation Daily....More
The NTSB says the FAA and industry should determine if improved ultrasonic inspection of engine parts during manufacturing would have found the defect that caused an uncontained engine failure on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300....More
China’s state aero-engine company has built the first test turbofan for its CJ-1000, which is being developed to power the Comac C919 narrowbody aircraft....More
Investors in helicopter and airplane maker Textron registered their disappointment with the company’s 2017 performance Jan. 31, trimming share prices by 2.5% in regular trading....More
ANA Holdings, the parent company of All Nippon Airways, Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air, expects profits at its two LCC affiliates to grow at their fastest until 2022, as the carriers continue to expand....More
A Qantas Boeing 787-9 has completed a transpacific flight using a biofuel blend, landing in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 30 after a 15-hr. flight from Los Angeles....More
Air France-KLM says it is examining potential low-cost/long-haul among business models as it responds to a fast-changing air transport environment, playing down French media reports that it was presenting more concrete plans for a low-cost long-haul carrier to its works council....More
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus as prime contractor to develop the next iteration of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS)....More
