Switzerland’s Conseil national, the lower house of its Federal Assembly, has approved funding for the initial stage of an effort to replace its air force’s Boeing F/A-18C/Ds. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Surf Air, pioneer of the subscription-based, all-you-can-fly airline model, has snapped up fellow operator Rise in a drive to expand its US footprint. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

The time has arrived and the technology is available airlines need only embrace it. That s the message delivered by experts of predictive maintenance, a subject long discussed by the civil aviation industry, but one that for years seemed one step removed a goal for the future, not a reality. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

For decades, the United States has been by far the largest contributor to the NATO s military strength. Its budget dwarfs those of all the other nations added together, and the US has long sought to have its partners pay more towards the cost of the alliance. Now, President Donald Trump has said that if...Continue Reading

If there were any reminders needed of the potential for external events to impact the airline industry, developments both immediately before and during the recent IATA annual general meeting in Cancun provided further evidence of how outside factors could threaten to push the industry from its profitable altitude. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading