ANA Switches To GE Engines For New Boeing 787 Order

Credit: BoeingAll Nippon Airways on Feb. 25 placed an order for 15 more Boeing 787s, and has made a significant change in engine supplier for the new aircraft deliveries.

Thai AirAsia Gets IOSA Nod; Parent AirAsia Pursues Full Group Certification

Credit: AirAsiaAirAsia Group subsidiary Thai AirAsia has received IATA Operational Safety Audit certification bringing the Malaysian group a step closer to having all its carriers IOSA certified.

South Africa’s Comair Defers MAX Deliveries

Credit: BoeingSouth African carrier Comair has deferred delivery of five Boeing 737 MAX 8s to 2024-25, in response to the type’s global grounding.

South Korean Carriers Scramble To Address Growing COVID-19 Threats

Credit: PixabaySouth Korea has seen a dramatic spike in COVID-19 coronavirus cases, with major carriers Korean Air and Asiana Airlines both announcing measures to mitigate the effects of the outbreak and stem losses.

Sean Broderick / AWSTST Engineering will service Honeywell parts found on Leap engines for the A320, 737 Max and Comac C919.

United Pulls Guidance As COVID-19 Headwinds Hit 15% Of Capacity

Credit: Joe PriesUnited Airlines has withdrawn its full-year financial guidance, citing uncertainty over the ramifications from the COVID-19 coronavirus on travel demand, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region where the airline had 15% of its planned full-year capacity.

Outbreak Begins To Affect Gulf Airlines, Connections

Credit: Qatar AirwaysThe growing cluster of COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Iran has sparked a series of precautionary moves in the Gulf states.

American, Qatar Signal Detente With New Codeshare Agreement

Credit: Qatar AirwaysAmerican Airlines and Qatar Airways have reached a rapprochement following their long-standing dispute over alleged government subsidies to the Gulf carrier.

Eurocontrol Reports Ease In January Air Traffic Delays

Credit: Amsterdam Schiphol / TwitterAverage delays to flights in Europe eased in January, compared to the same month a year earlier, as traffic decreased 0.5%, Eurocontrol said in a Feb. 25 report.