Airbus’s top commercial executive said the manufacturer needs to be cautious in managing its order book in the Asia-Pacific, but he sees no signs of a crisis in this critical aircraft market.
Japanese lessor SMBC Aviation Capital and Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation placed orders Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow for a total of 158 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Embraer announced at the Farnborough Airshow that Azul Brazilian Airlines has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 30 firm orders for the E-195 E2 jets, becoming the launch customer for the type.
Avolon and CIT Aerospace each signed memorandums of understanding for 15 Airbus A330neos at the Farnborough Airshow Tuesday, making it a leasing company hat trick for the newly launched re-engined widebody.
US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has placed a firm order for seven ATR 72-600s, previously listed on ATR’s order book as undisclosed, for delivery in 2016.
Myanmar regional carrier Air Mandalay has placed a firm order for six Mitsubishi Regional Jet MRJ90s and taken options on a further four aircraft, marking its first move into jet operations.
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 29 commercial aviation aircraft and 29 executive jets in the second quarter, for a total of 58 aircraft during the quarter, a 13.7% year-over-year increase, compared to the second quarter of 2013.
CAE and Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) have partnered to provide pilot and cabin crew training for Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft, it was announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Tigerair Group is replacing board chairman and industry veteran JY Pillay in favor of financial strategist Hsieh Fu Hua from the end of July.
China Southern Airlines has reported a first-half net loss of CNY900 million to CNY1.1 billion ($146 million to ($178 million) compared with a net loss of CNY302 million in the year-ago period.
On July 14, the A330neo was formally launched at the Farnborough Airshow. The twinjet will be powered by the Trent 7000 as the sole powerplant. ATW caught up with Rolls-Royce VP customer marketing, civil large engines, Richard Goodhead to learn more about the engine program.
Monthly percentages of total flight cancellations, per reporting airline. Ordered from lowest percentage of total flight operations cancelled to highest.
Seattle-based Horizon Air has purchased one Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft, with seven options, in an agreement valued at $36.6 million at current list prices.
US airlines on-time performance, ranked by percentage of flight arrivals on-time at all reporting airports at which these carriers operate, contrasted with the previous month's performance, and the year-ago month's performance.
After much deliberation and market analysis, Airbus has forged ahead with a full launch of the A330neo, extending the re-engined concept to its widebody offering and saying it sees a market for 1,100 aircraft.
The global airline industry “is in better shape than it’s been in since the 1990s,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said Monday at the Farnborough Airshow, predicting “phenomenal growth” in commercial aircraft sales over the next two decades.
While Qatar Airways abandoned plans to bring its first Airbus A380 to the Farnborough Airshow this week, the Doha-based carrier still has brought one of the largest-ever presences at an air show by an airline.
