The letter-of-intent covers financing by Vnesheconombank for deliveries of five twin-engine regional jets to be manufactured by JSC Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and customized by SuperJet International. The letter of intent expands earlier funding related to three SSJ100 aircraft produced for CityJet this year.
HNA Group and the government of Chengdu have agreed to establish what is expected to be a low-cost carrier in that southwestern Chinese city, fulfilling an old ambition by the conglomerate to expand there.
A story in the Nov. 30 issue of Aviation Daily should have said the tail number of the chartered BAe-146 aircraft that crashed Nov. 28 near Medellin, Colombia, was CP-2933.
Embraer is deferring entry-into-service of the E175-E2, the third member of its new-generation “E2” airliner family, by a year to 2021, citing ongoing uncertainty over the settlement of scope-clause agreements at mainline carriers in the U.S., the chief market for the variant.
Safran Aircraft Engines plans to test a counter-rotating open-rotor engine demonstrator in Istres, France, “in the coming months,” attributing the slow progress to challenges in design and manufacturing.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nomination of Elaine Chao as U.S. transportation secretary is being met with optimism by the airline industry, and cautious optimism by organized labor.
Members of the Value Alliance—a coalition of eight Asia-Pacific LCCs—continue to strengthen their links, with Japan’s Vanilla Air and Singapore’s Scoot the latest to start interlining.
The European Commission has formally notified U.S. authorities of its request for arbitration over issuing a foreign air carrier permit for Norwegian Air International, Aviation Daily has learned.
Officials in the FAA’s UAS test sites are carving out hundreds of linear miles of airspace for proving the technologies and procedures needed for widespread beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations, a linchpin for success of commercial UAS ventures and other routine operations.
Global air transport IT specialist SITA’s connected-aircraft business SITAONAIR will partner with satellite provider Aireon and flight-tracking data specialist FlightAware beginning in 2018, the companies announced Nov. 29.
China Southern Airlines is close to ordering 20 Airbus A350s and 6-10 Boeing 777-300ERs, industry sources say, as the carrier moves to meet surging Chinese demand for international tourism.
Air Austral has added new aftermarket support coverage with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance for its Boeing 777s due to upcoming fleet changes that will require phase-in and phase-out support.
Malaysia Airlines says an improved performance for the three months through Sept. 30 shows the carrier remains ahead of schedule in implementing its recovery plan.
President-elect Donald J. Trump’s expected choice of Elaine Chao to lead the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) signals the incoming administration is committed to his pledge to spend up to $1 trillion on infrastructure, and that could be good news for the aviation industry.
Investigators likely will look into electrical problems and possible fuel exhaustion first when researching the Nov. 28 crash of a British Aerospace BAe 146-200 jet in Colombia.
The low price of oil and a possible wave of protectionism are the biggest threats to airlines in the Arab world and elsewhere, Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker believes.
Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, has canceled orders for Boeing 787s and will rely on the much larger Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 for long-haul flights.
