The Airbus A380 superjumbo, which enjoyed an unexpected resurgence when global travel rebounded after the pandemic, is becoming an increasingly expensive headache for airlines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/companies/biggest-passenger-planes-breaking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airbus #aviation #airlines #boeing #a380

A provisional deal between the United States and European Union to exempt aircraft from tariffs avoids a potential threat to jet production and deliveries, and follows uncharacteristic unity among plane-making rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/29/markets/us-eu-aerospace-tariff-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #aviation #airlines #eu #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

U.S. airlines' strategy of doubling down on high-end travel after the COVID-19 pandemic to drive up profits and reduce their vulnerability to economic swings is paying off. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/us-airlines-premium-travel-slump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #airlines #luxurygoods #travel #delta #united

A cockpit voice recording of doomed Air India Flight 171 indicates that it was the younger co-pilot who asked his more experienced colleague why he turned off the plane’s fuel-supply switches, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/asia-pacific/society/air-india-captain-fuel-switches/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #airindia #india #airlines

Last month's deadly Air India crash and a recently released Australian report on the midair breakup of a helicopter in 2023 have renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over use of cockpit video cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/air-india-cockpit-video-recorders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airindia #airlines #aviation #airaccidents #india

India ordered its airlines to examine fuel switches on several Boeing models, while South Korea said it would order a similar measure, as scrutiny intensifies of fuel switch locks after a deadly Air India crash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/15/airlines-boeing-fuel-switches-air-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #boeing #airlines #aviation #airindia #airaccidents #india #southkorea

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have privately issued notifications that the fuel switch locks on Boeing planes are safe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/14/world/air-india-probe-us-faa-boeing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #airindia #us #faa #boeing #aviation #airlines #airaccidents

A preliminary report into the deadly crash of an Air India jetliner in June is expected to be released by Friday, with the probe said to have narrowed its focus to the movement of the plane's fuel control switches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/09/companies/air-india-jet-fuel-crash-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #airindia #airlines #airaccidents #boeing

Japan’s transport ministry has announced new air safety regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/mobile-battery-airplane/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #airlines #aviation #batteries #mlit

The more-than 1.5 million seats booked on flights from the U.S. to Japan over the summer is becoming a bright spot for American carriers, easing the blow from a lingering drop in demand for domestic flights. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/27/economy/us-trips-japan-surpass-paris/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #usjapanrelations #tourism #airlines