Thai Airways is relying on Airbus A350 and Boeing 787-9 deliveries to update and grow its fleet, and the airline is considering placing more orders for both types.
Embraer says the range and hot-and-high performance of the E190-E2 will be better than expected, based on the results for the aircraft’s flight-test campaign so far.
The IATA has warned that the U.S./UK electronics ban is affecting demand on routes from the Middle East to North America—and urged governments to consider alternative security measures.
Carriers are venturing into areas they traditionally left to their rivals in a bid to thrive amid chronic excess capacity, intense competition and geopolitical upheaval.
Latvian airline Air Baltic launched a request for proposals to replace its fleet of Bombardier Q400s, as the carrier strives to move to an all-jet fleet.
The Colombian Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics ruled that the joint venture will improve competition, enhance connections and reduce airfares in Colombia.
The two pilots flying U.S. vice presidential candidate Mike Pence from Iowa to New York after an Oct. 27 campaign rally were immediately concerned for their careers following a runway excursion at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
Air Astana has resumed flying between the Kazakh capital, Astana, and Kiev, Ukraine, three years after suspending the service in the wake of the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17.
Intelsat bondholders have stopped a proposed merger with upstart OneWeb, including an outside investment from Japan’s SoftBank Group, Intelsat said June 1.
Aerospace advanced composites provider Hexcel said June 1 it is exclusive negotiations to acquire Structil SA, a Safran-Mitsubishi joint venture that produces and supplies high-performance composites.
Garmin is looking up rather than down in aircraft size for future application of its new GHD 2100 head-up display system, first launched on the Cessna Citation Longitude twin-engine business jet.
Leisure carrier Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium is being sold to two companies, Brussels Airlines and a company working to resurrect former Belgian regional carrier VLM Airlines.
A startup company has launched a platform designed to facilitate faster solutions to airline aircraft-on-ground incidents, which can cost airlines up to $100,000 per day when an aircraft is stuck on the ground.
Pratt & Whitney expects production capacity increases will see deliveries of its PW1000G geared turbofan family continue to ramp up back towards earlier targets.
