Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 12, 2015
Turkish Airlines has not yet decided whether it will lease two Airbus A380-800s from Malaysia Airlines to test the aircraft size for future operations.
Mar 12, 2015
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has committed to buy three additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, in an order valued at $990 million at list prices.
Mar 12, 2015
Mesa Airlines has firmed a purchase agreement covering seven Bombardier CRJ900 NextGens, valued at approximately $326 million.
Mar 11, 2015
International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has raised the prospect of future joint purchases of aircraft and powerplants with shareholder Qatar Airways.
Mar 11, 2015
Latvian carrier airBaltic will now take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries CS300 in September 2016, rather than the final quarter of 2015 as originally planned.
Jun 19, 2019
Paris Air Show Briefs-June 19, 2019
Jun 19, 2019
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new long-range narrowbody.
Jun 19, 2019
Norwegian CEO Bjorn Kjos plans to maintain his airline’s order for over 100 Boeing 737 MAXs, despite the type’s ongoing grounding.
Jun 19, 2019
AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss sees the newly launched Airbus A321XLR as an ideal aircraft for transatlantic operations from the airline’s Baltic home market, although airBaltic’s own short-haul focus remains unchanged.
Jun 19, 2019
Turkmenistan Airlines has signed a commitment to add a fourth Boeing 777-200LR to its fleet as it seeks to grow its international network.
Jun 19, 2019
Supersonic airliner developer Boom Supersonic has slipped the first flight of its XB-1 high-speed demonstrator to 2020, but says the follow-on full-size airliner is on track to make its service debut in the 2025-2027 timeframe.
Jun 19, 2019
Amazon is adding 15 more Boeing 737-800 freighters to its network following a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), paving the way to expand its fleet to at least 70 aircraft, including 20 GECAS-provided 737s.
Jun 19, 2019
The newly-launched Airbus A321XLR saw another major order boost with an MOU for 50 of the long-range narrowbodies from US private equity firm Indigo Partners.