AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss speaks to ATW’s Victoria Moores at the Farnborough Air Show, including his reaction to Airbus acquiring Bombardier's CSeries program.
Seventeen years after it ceased operations, a revived Uganda Airlines has ordered four Bombardier CRJ900s and agreed to purchase two Airbus A330-800neos, the two manufacturers said July 18.
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s forthcoming MRJ70 regional jet hopes to take advantage of an approaching bulge of elderly regional aircraft coming to the end of their leases, according to the company’s chief development officer Alex Bellamy.
Mexico’s ultra-LCC VivaAerobus has firmed up an amendment for 25 incremental A321neo and converted 16 A320neos to A321neos to their existing purchase agreement.
As the US and Europe diverge over regulations for future supersonic transports (SST), a report by an environmental research group suggests such aircraft would dramatically increase carbon emissions, airport noise and fuel burn compared with subsonic airliners.
Thales has evolved its Avionics 2020 cockpit electronics demonstrator into a still-unnamed conceptual flight deck that will make the most of growing data processing capabilities.
Air China will receive its first Airbus A350-900 from early August, following final approvals from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) this week for A350 certification.
ATR CEO Christian Scherer is “reasonably optimistic” the turboprop manufacturer can resolve the issues around new Iran sanctions and its pending deliveries to Iran Air.
Japan Airlines (JAL) subsidiary Hokkaido Air System has inked an MOU with regional turboprop manufacturer ATR for two ATR 42-600s and a third, optional one.
Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery sees strong momentum for both the E1 and E2 aircraft families now that the company signed commitments for up to 300 additional aircraft.
US lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG) ordered 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s at the Farnborough Air Show July 17, bringing its total number of direct purchases of Boeing MAX aircraft to 100. The new order is valued at $2.3 billion at list prices.
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) upped its order for Boeing converted freighters to a total of 50 737-800BCFs at the Farnborough Air Show July 18, with 20 firm orders and options for 15 more.
International Airlines Group (IAG) and its long-haul LCC subsidiary Level committed to an additional two Airbus A330-200s at the Farnborough Air Show July 17.
The Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. MRJ90 has passed the halfway mark in its flight test program and has made “significant strides” toward its mid-2020 first delivery to All Nippon Airways, Mitsubishi Aircraft executives said at the Farnborough Air Show.
Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery sees strong momentum for both the E1 and E2 aircraft families now that the company signed commitments for up to 300 additional aircraft at the Farnborough Air Show.
In a major coup for Airbus and its newly acquired A220—formerly the Bombardier CSeries—a group of investors headed by David Neeleman has selected the aircraft over Embraer jets for a yet-to-be-named US startup airline.
As of July 1, 2018, average list prices for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft; with passenger seating capacity, cargo tonnage capacity and aircraft flight range.
Japanese LCC Peach Aviation has ordered two Airbus A321LRs, signaling this is the type it will use to fulfill its plan to extend the reach of its international network.
Airbus is trying to move fast into the middle of the market segment with further A321neo improvements in an effort to make the business case for Boeing’s proposed new mid-market aircraft (NMA) even more challenging.
