The world’s commercial aircraft duopoly once again scored big at an otherwise lackluster Farnborough Airshow, with Airbus and Boeing announcing firm net orders and commitments for more than 960 aircraft, valued at $160 billion at list prices.
Airbus unveiled AirSense, an analytics platform offering that fuses ground-, space- and aircraft-based data for precise aircraft tracking and flight route optimization applications.
The Single European Sky ATM Research Deployment Manager (Sesar DM) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a memorandum of cooperation on July 19, marking the start of a formal collaboration on a new satellite-based communications capability for aviation.
Thales has evolved its Avionics 2020 cockpit electronics demonstrator into a still-unnamed conceptual flight deck that will make the most of growing data processing capabilities.
Airbus has announced it is expanding the Skywise digital platform to its suppliers, meaning data is being shared to improve their performance and component reliability.
Hi Fly has received “hundreds of requests” for its first Airbus A380 and plans to announce the first customer for the wet-lease aircraft “in the next few days,” according to CEO Paulo Mirpuri.
Air France-KLM and China Eastern Airlines said they had broadened their cooperation and extended their joint venture (JV) with new destinations on the passenger side and China Eastern selecting Air France-KLM’s MRO arm for the component support of its Boeing 787 fleet.
Seventeen years after it ceased operations, a revived Uganda Airlines has ordered four Bombardier CRJ900s and agreed to purchase two Airbus A330-800neos, the two manufacturers said July 18.
A group of local authorities in the London area has notified the UK secretary of state for transport it will seek a judicial review of the government’s decision to support a third runway at London Heathrow Airport.
Airbus’ first BelugaXL took its first flight, paving the way for a 10-month flight-test certification campaign and a planned entry into service next year.
Ryanair said it has signed its third cabin crew union recognition agreement, this one with the Ver.di union to represent directly employed flight attendants based in Germany.
Kuwait-based Wataniya Airways has firmed up an order for the 25 Airbus A320neo family aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show and indicated it is looking at further aircraft acquisitions.
Vietnamese LCC VietJet indicated it is seriously looking at the Airbus A321LR, the long-range version of the A321neo that will enter service later this year, as well as the proposed A321XLR.
Latvian carrier airBaltic will phase out its 11 remaining Boeing 737s by 2020 and 12 Bombardier Q400s by 2022, leaving it with an all Airbus A220-300 fleet.
Ryanair said it would cancel up to 300 flights on July 25 and 26 because of planned strikes by cabin crew in Belgium, Portugal and Spain, adding to its labor woes during the peak European summer vacation period as a conflict with pilots based in Ireland also continues.
UK LCC easyJet raised its full-year profit forecast as it reported a rise in revenue and passenger numbers in the June quarter, helped by competitor woes and in spite of the impact of disruption in Europe.
Airbus and Boeing each released 20-year market forecasts at the Farnborough Airshow July 17, with the European manufacturer focusing largely on the commercial aircraft services market and the U.S. manufacturer highlighting fleet projections.
Newly-rebranded Air Italy will not attempt to copy Qatar Airways’ style, despite the Middle East carrier having taken a 49% stake in the company, the Italian carrier’s chief customer experience officer said.
United Airlines executives said a strong revenue environment and cost discipline are enabling the Chicago-based airline to recover 75% of rising fuel prices and maintain solid profitability, reporting a second-quarter net profit of $684 million.
