Malaysia Airline System (MAS), parent of Malaysia Airlines, is already seeing significant changes to operations and fleet, following the May 1 start date for new CEO Christoph Mueller, who is former CEO of Aer Lingus.

Airbus is alarmed about German media reports suggesting the German spy agency BND (Bundes Nachrichten Dienst) collected data on European firms, including Airbus, at the request of the US National Security Agency (NSA).

French Polynesian carrier Air Tahiti Nui has finalized an order for two Boeing 787-9s and will lease two more from Los Angeles-based Air Lease Corp.

Airbus and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have begun building a 9,250 sq m training center at Seletar Aerospace Park to house eight full-flight simulators, comprising four A350s, two A320s, one A380 and one A330.

Airbus Group posted a first-quarter net income of €792 million ($880 million), up 80% from €439 million in the year-ago quarter.

Embraer reported a $61.7 million net loss in the first quarter, reversed from a net profit of $110.6 million in the year-ago quarter.

From the May 2015 issue of ATW

Embraer is betting its commercial future on the next-generation E-Jet E2 program, but current generation E-Jets are far from dead. The regional jet manufacturer believes there is still plenty of life left for the “original” E-Jets, particularly the E-175 in the 75-90-seat sector.