Embraer delivered 18 commercial jets in the first three months of 2017, and as of March 31, Embraer’s firm order backlog totaled $19.2 billion, which includes firm orders for 432 commercial aircraft.
Boeing is confident its 737 MAX family will have further sales success with LCCs in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly versions with higher capacity and density.
Ryanair plans to open its first Spanish C check maintenance hangar at Seville Airport in early 2018, as part of an €8 million ($8.5 million) investment.
Air France-KLM and Singapore Airlines have signed an agreement to codeshare on each other’s flights as of April 27, in a move they said could lead to further codeshares on other airlines within their groups.
Delta Air Lines plans to keep systemwide capacity growth to 1% this year, but growth—or capacity reductions—will vary widely in certain areas of its network, the carrier’s management told analysts during the company’s first-quarter earnings call.
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz said an incident like the one involving a bumped passenger being violently dragged off an aircraft earlier this week “will never happen again on a United Airlines flight,” and promised that law enforcement would never again be used in a similar situation.
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo is set to take advantage of growing demand for air freight, Marcel de Nooijer, executive vice president of Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo, told Aviation Daily.
Cathay Pacific parent Swire Pacific has named senior executive Rupert Hogg to replace the airline’s current CEO Ivan Chu as part of a major leadership reshuffle.
A newly established unit in HNA Group’s business-aviation empire has received its air operator’s certificate from the civil aviation authority of Guernsey, a British dependency in the English Channel.
In the final order, the agency upheld the Mexico City slot assignments it had previously indicated in a show-cause order. However, the agency did adjust assigned slot times at New York JFK, which frees up space for Volaris.
Airbus sees strong potential in an on-demand helicopter booking service incubated within its Silicon Valley outpost A³ and now in beta testing in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
American Airlines is canceling its twice-daily flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico, the airline confirmed.
The violent removal of a passenger from United Express Flight 3411—amply displayed and commented on in various social media channels and, later, the general media—is still a disastrous event for United.
HNA Group business-aviation company Deer Jet plans to build up an international network of fixed base operators, perhaps by buying established facilities as a first step.
China Southern Airlines is reinforcing a buildup in China’s far western Xinjiang province, lifting its 2020 fleet target to 110 from 95, and setting an annual passenger growth target of 17%.
Singapore Airlines will be able to add eight new destinations, thanks to its recent deal to expand codesharing with Star Alliance partner Ethiopian Airlines.
