Embraer opened the Asia-Pacific’s first E-Jet E2 flight simulator at the Singapore Airlines Training Center, ahead of first delivery of the E190-E2 to Scoot.
Christine Boynton provides an overview of the A350-1000 aircraft that will fly at the Singapore Airshow 2024 using a 35.67% blend of Sustainable Aviation Fuel.
Austrian Airlines’ fleet of Embraer 195s may fly average sector lengths of around one hour, but that figure hides considerable variations in the crossover jet’s operations.
Our Air Transport editors have selected the best quotes they’ve heard from industry leaders over the past week, including Emirates president Tim Clark.
AIR LEASE CORPORATION had $572.9m net income on $2.7b revenues in 2023 vs $138.7m loss on $2.3b in 2022; it ended year with owned/managed/committed fleet of 875 aircraft and $6.8b in total liquidity (raised $3.6b in financings in '23).
AIR CANADA had C$184m net income on C$5.2b revenues in 4Q23 vs C$168m on C$4.7b in 4Q22; and C$2.3b net income on record C$21.8b in 2023 vs C$1.7b loss on C$16.6b in 2022. It ended year with C$10.3b in total liquidity.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION ruled restructuring plan for BLUE AIR was not capable of restoring the airline's long-term viability and it is therefore incompatible with EU State aid rules; Romania must now recover €33.8m in illegal State aid.
Dubai has emerged as one of the early major markets for urban air mobility, including plans to serve as a key international launch market for Joby Aviation.
The need for more production investment, ongoing supply chain issues and maintenance capacity concerns are all refraining Safran's CEO from pursuing a higher market share of Airbus A320neo powerplants.
Air Canada plans to deploy the bulk of its capacity growth toward the transpacific, as opportunities driven by the recovery in that region remain robust.
The airline plans to keep capacity at reduced levels for the rest of the winter season to match seasonally lower demand, ramping up from March into the summer.
The Singapore Airshow is expected to have some order announcements for operators within the region but not the megadeals seen during last year’s Paris Air Show.
The Italian government says the project threatens the country’s defense and national security, as Microtecnica is a supplier of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter.
