OEM giant Boeing and top aerostructures provider Spirit AeroSystems signing a master agreement covering several aircraft for years, further pressing suppliers.
Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury sees the A320 and A220 ideally placed to “evolve in parallel” and anticipates making further decisions on how later this year.
Dubai-based airlines Emirates and flydubai are expecting to build their combined networks to 240 destinations by 2022, up from 216 today, further-building the strategic partnership they started in October 2017.
Airline executives acknowledge that the partial U.S. government shutdown is affecting their businesses, but they are downplaying both immediate and long-term ramifications, seemingly betting on a near-term resolution to the stalemate that began Dec. 22.
Icelandic LCC WOW Air has disclosed that U.S. private equity firm Indigo Partners is looking at an initial 49% investment, although this could be increased at a later date.
Chinese turboprop operator Joy Air is finally achieving a long-held ambition to move into mainline operations, thanks to help from its new majority owner, the Xian city government.
Pilot leaders from Canadian regional carrier Jazz Aviation endorsed a tentative agreement for a new contract Jan. 15, on the same day Jazz’s parent company Chorus Aviation Inc. and Air Canada announced terms to extend their capacity purchase agreement (CPA) through 2035.
In a preliminary forecast released Jan. 16, Embraer expects 2020 revenue of $2.5 billion to $2.8 billion, about half of its projected consolidated revenues for both 2018 and 2019. The projected 2020 revenue is for the first year after Embraer’s “potential closure of a strategic partnership with Boeing in commercial aviation,” the company said.
Airlines and airports are warning of looming capacity freezes across Europe, after UK prime minister Theresa May’s agreement on exiting the European Union (Brexit) was overwhelmingly rejected by the UK parliament.
LOT Polish Airlines plans to begin 5X-weekly Warsaw-New Delhi services from Sept. 17 using a Boeing 787 in a three-class configuration, its first route to India.
A federal judge on Jan. 15 declined to issue a temporary restraining order sought by the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) to compel the U.S. government to pay controllers who are required to work during the current funding shutdown.
A new master agreement between Boeing and leading aerostructures supplier Spirit AeroSystems (SPR) is expected to be signed this month that should resolve penalty payments over 737 production delays in 2018.
Delta Air Lines on Jan. 15 reported fourth-quarter 2018 revenue of $10.7 billion, up 5% year-over-year, but warned of revenue slowing due to the partial federal government shutdown that started in late December.
Some U.S. airports are warning of terminal closures and longer wait-times at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening lanes as the U.S. partial federal government shutdown—now the longest in history—shows no sign of ending soon.
FAA will soon publish a proposed regulation that would allow flights of small drones for commercial purposes at night and over people under certain conditions.
A new strategy document outlines rapid growth projections and ambitious goals for India’s civil aviation industry over the next 20 years, as well as challenges and recommended steps.
The consortium seeking to acquire Flybe has increased its offer by £600,000 ($771,000) and agreed to immediately provide £10 million to improve the struggling UK regional carrier’s liquidity, after it was revealed the conditions for the original bridge loan facility could not be met.
