Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Gulf Air plans to build a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility at its home base at Bahrain International Airport.
Services & Support

By Guy Norris
Speaking at Farnborough Airshow, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl shared plans to begin full-scale core tests of its Overture airliner's Symphony engine in 18 months.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Airbus, Air France-KLM, Qantas and a collection of other partners are investing a total of around $200 million in a sustainable aviation fuel financing fund
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
British Airways has improved the performance of its Airbus A320neo fleet through enhanced use of data and analytics, as it works through a transformation plan.
Farnborough Airshow

By Chen Chuanren
Indonesia President Joko Widodo is looking to use the country’s massive coconut production as a potential feedstock to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Ferneyhough
Pratt & Whitney has secured an order from Avolon for the PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power 80 Airbus A320neos.
Farnborough Airshow

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Thales reported an increase in large orders in the first half, driven by the aeronautics and defense and security businesses, leaving it with a record orderbook.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Pieter Elbers, chief executive officer of IndiGo, has been honoured with the 'Executive Leadership: Asia Pacific Award' at the 2024 Airline Strategy Awards.
Aerospace

Qatar Airways ordered 20 more Boeing 777-9 aircraft during the Farnborough Airshow.
Air Transport

Boeing has said there is a continued significant demand for aviation personnel over the next 20 years.
Air Transport

Routes 360 members share their latest insights and notable developments this week.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and LCC IndiGo’s CarGo unit have signed an extensive interline agreement to connect their networks.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau, Christine Boynton
British Airways has selected GE Aerospace's GEnx-1B for six incoming Boeing 787s, rather than its current engine partner on the widebody, Rolls-Royce.
Farnborough Airshow

By James Pozzi
Boeing remains open to potential acquisitions and partnerships as necessary routes to add more capability and capacity to its aftermarket business.
Farnborough Airshow

By Guy Norris
Safran will provide the electrical power generation system for the Boeing X-66A aircraft, which forms part of NASA's Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project.
Farnborough Airshow

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
The low-cost model remains promising in Latin America, but U.S. budget carriers continue to struggle.
Airlines & Lessors

AIR NORTH, Yukon secured C$6m investment from Government of Canada to add a 737-800 and expand its infrastructure, which includes procuring tools and spare parts for maintenance and constructing 52,800 sq ft hangar.

Air Transport

AIR ATLANTA leased ex-Air New Zealand 777-200ER (34378) from Alta Airlines Holding for wet-lease to SAUDIA.

Air Transport

WESTJET announced plans to increase its overall winter season capacity by 9% vs a year ago, which includes +48% in intercontinental capacity, +15% in domestic capacity, +5% in transborder capacity and +3% in Latin-Caribbean capacity.

Air Transport

MSC AIR CARGO began twice-weekly Milan-Hong Kong (777F).

Air Transport

Chris Cholerton to Chairman of Alpha Partners Leasing (APL), UK.

Air Transport

COPA purchased two 737-800s off-lease from Avolon in deal arranged by SkyWorks, which was also retained by an EMEA airline to advise on potential narrowbody order and a Latin American LCC to arrange JOLCO financing for A320s.

Air Transport

ATLAS AIR secured $90m in senior debt financing from Investec Aviation Finance for three 747-400Fs.

Air Transport

DRUKAIR, Bhutan signed MOU to order three A320neos and two A321XLRs (engines TBA) for delivery starting in 2030.

Air Transport

VOLTAERO secured MOU from Southeast Asia's GLOBAL SKY to order 15 Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft.

Air Transport