All North America articles – Page 239
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Airline BusinessAirlines anxiously await international rescue as variants trump vaccines
Concerns about variants of Covid-19 are spoiling what was, towards the end of 2020, expected to be a turning point for international air travel.
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NewsAfter more than $5bn in losses, can KC-46A become profitable?
The KC-46A programme is about $5.1 billion in the hole and there are questions about whether Boeing can make it profitable.
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NewsCAE’s civil training business remains profitable in most-recent quarter
Canadian pilot training company CAE’s civil aerospace business turned a C$48 million ($38 million) operating profit in the third quarter of the company’s 2021 fiscal year despite the pandemic driving revenue down by more than half.
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NewsUS airlines lobby against potential Covid-19 test mandate for domestic flights
US airline executives have met with administration officials at the White House to lobby against government deliberations to impose a coronavirus testing requirement for all domestic air travellers.
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NewsVolaris sticks with P&W turbofans for another 80 A320neos
Mexican discount airline Volaris has agreed to power another 80 incoming Airbus A320neo-family jets with Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofans.
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NewsAir Canada ends ‘undeniably grim’ year with Q4 loss of C$1.2bn
Air Canada ended 2020 with a fourth-quarter loss of C$1.2 billion ($950 million), closing a year the company’s outgoing chief executive calls “undeniably grim”.
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NewsAir Canada ‘confident’ that government aid is coming
Air Canada’s chief executive is “confident” that the government of Canada will offer airlines a sector-specific financial aid package – the type of support for which the industry has clamoured since the coronavirus pandemic began.
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NewsSpirit targets return to full capacity in summer
Spirit Airlines made a $508 million operating loss in 2020 but plans to return to full pre-pandemic capacity levels by the summer travel season and take delivery of 16 aircraft by year-end. The US low-cost carrier’s 2020 loss compared with a $501 million profit in 2019. The rising number of ...
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NewsKaman plans flight tests of optionally piloted K-Max in first half of 2021
Kaman plans to start ground and flight testing its K-Max Unmanned Aerial System in the first half of 2021.
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NewsPandemic could speed up sustainable ‘reset’ of aviation: webinar
Disruptive alternative propulsion will not come to aviation in leaps and bounds, but will require time, significant investment and partnerships between major manufacturers and small, nimble start-ups
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NewsCanada approves Air Canada’s acquisition of Transat
The Canadian government has approved Air Canada’s takeover of vacation specialist Transat AT, subject to numerous conditions.
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NewsBombardier to cut 1,600 jobs and reduce manufacturing footprint in bid to slash costs
Bombardier in 2021 will eliminate 1,600 jobs, concentrate aircraft completions work in Montreal and divest real estate as part of a plan to eliminate hundreds of millions in annual costs and recapture profitability.
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NewsBombardier to cease Learjet production at year-end
By the end of 2021 Bombardier will stop producing Learjets, a brand launched in the early 1960s by Bill Lear that quickly became synonymous with luxury travel for stars and business moguls.
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NewsUS Navy orders final production lot of VH-92A ‘Marine One’ helicopters
The US Navy (USN) has ordered five additional VH-92As from Sikorsky as part of the final production lot in the Presidential Helicopter programme of record.
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NewsAnalysts urge Boeing: launch a mid-market jet
Aerospace analysts are increasingly in agreement that Boeing must build a new narrowbody jet – lest it lose a huge chunk of valuable market share to competitor Airbus.
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NewsUS government considers third aid package for airlines
The US government is considering a further $15 billion in payroll support for aviation workers as the industry hopes for recovery this year.
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NewsAir travel could fully recover by late 2022: analyst
A leading aerospace analyst is predicting that airline passenger traffic will return to 2019 levels by the end of 2022 – one to two years sooner than predicted by others.
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NewsArcher to go public as United partners with view to 200-strong eVTOL order
Palo Alto-based air taxi developer Archer has secured a $1 billion aircraft commitment from United Airlines and unveiled a plan to become a publicly traded company worth $3.8 billion.
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NewsMesa defers revenue from mainlines amid $27m first-quarter profit
The parent company of Mesa Airlines reported an operating profit of $27 million during its first quarter of 2021 as it plans to continue to allow its mainline customers to defer payments to aid their recovery during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Phoenix-based regional carrier’s operating profit was roughly flat ...
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NewsWhy Boeing needs to work quickly on NMA decision
Boeing needs to begin work on a design for a planned new mid-market aircraft (NMA) if it is to remain competitive against Airbus, says an aviation analyst at the annual Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance conference, being held virtually this year.