Air Transport

KOREAN AIR signed LOI to order 20 777-9s and 20 787-10s, and option 10 787-10s, in preparation for merger with ASIANA.

NATIONAL AIRLINES agreed to order four 777Fs for delivery in 4Q25/1Q26 to add to its fleet of nine 747-400Fs.

AIR CANADA is estimating operating income of C$466m on C$5.5b revenues in 2Q24 vs C$802m on C$5.4b in 2Q23.

LUXAIR ordered two 737-10s and optioned two. It operates 21 aircraft, including two leased 737-8s and eight 737NGs.

CANADIAN NORTH unveiled its CAE 7000XR 737NG full-flight simulator at new 30,000 sq ft training facility in Edmonton.

EMBRAER secured financing from BNDES for the export of 32 E175s to AMERICAN AIRLINES in R$4.5b deal.

KOREAN AIR took delivery of its first 325-seat 787-10 (66878) with GEnx-1B74/75s on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

FLYDUBAI says its expansion plans have been significantly hampered by Boeing's delays in its aircraft delivery schedule, resutling in fewer aircraft being delivered every year for past three years (14 due in '24 will not be delivered).

“We hope to power their ZEROe,” ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov said on the first day of this year's Farnborough Airshow.

This week we revisit the topic of alliances; the airlines analyzed are Oneworld's Alaska Airlines, Iberia, Royal Jordanian Airlines and SriLankan Airlines.

Demand for commercial aftermarket services remains strong in general but is showing signs of capacity shifts within the low-cost airline sector.

A GKN Aerospace-led project to develop and test a 2-megawatt cryogenic hybrid-electric propulsion system is one of five to be backed by UK government funding.

Boeing projects a global need for 674,000 pilots, 716,000 maintenance technicians and 980,000 cabin crew members over the next 20 years.

Delta Air Lines is working to recover from an operational disruption set into motion by an outside vendor technology issue that surfaced on July 19.

The Port Moresby-based airline ordered six A220-100s direct from Airbus in November 2023. It is also acquiring a further two A220-100s, together with three A220-300s, from lessors.

The newly re-elected European Commission is gearing up for more debate over some all-too familiar issues, with sustainability efforts dominating the discourse.

Pratt says the engine developed for the company’s Hybrid-Electric Propulsion (HEP) flight demonstrator has run at full power for the first time.

IAG CEO Luis Gallego told an audience at Farnborough Airshow that recent action by the European Commission bodes well for its proposed acquisition of Air Europa.

Boeing’s newest Pilot and Technician Outlook expects growth in technician demand, but the OEM highlights training issues as a major hurdle.

Drukair has signed on with Airbus for three A320neos and two A321XLRs in a move that underlines Bhutan’s ambitions to become better connected.

Pegasus Airlines CEO Güliz Öztürk says the airline will “invest in its own network expansion internationally."

Finnair says it has been able to increase capacity by up to 8% using its existing fleet, bringing back in aircraft wet-leased to British Airways and Qantas.

Japan Airlines has placed a firm order for 10 Boeing 787-9s and secured options for 10 more, the airline announced on the first day of Farnborough Airshow.

Ryanair expects lower prices for the coming months after the airline reported a fiscal first-quarter profit that was 46% lower year-on-year.

GPS has been the bedrock of aviation navigation services. What happens when it is jammed or spoofed?