Airbus looks set to block any rescue deal by All Nippon Airways (ANA) and investment banks to bail out bankrupt Japanese low-cost carrier (LCC) Skymark Airlines.

Delta Air Lines and Alitalia remain committed to their transatlantic joint venture and do not expect to see changes in the relationship despite the apparent split between the Italian carrier and its SkyTeam partner Air France.

Vietnam Airlines confirmed the first of its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners

The head of Airbus sales is seeking to jump the production rate of the A320 to over 60 per month.

A Singapore Airlines (SIA) Airbus A330-300, en route from Singapore to Shanghai, lost power in both its Rolls-Royce engines and descended 13,000 feet before the aircrew managed to regain powered flight.

Airbus seems confident of a launch customer for a short-haul, regional A330 variant in the next few weeks, but is still not committed to building a re-engined A380.

Delta Air Lines has received its first Airbus 242-tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW) variant of the A330-300.

Nonetheless, Brégier points out that he has “no reason to believe it will be a poor air show” for Airbus in terms of orders.