In a further indication of growing preparations for the expected launch of the new mid-market airplane (NMA) in 2018, Boeing has appointed former 777X chief project engineer Terry Beezhold to an unspecified senior leadership role on the embryonic small twin-aisle program.
With a projected 5.6% rise in intra-regional traffic, Latin American carriers will require deliveries of 1,050 new 60- to 150-seat aircraft in the next 20 years, Bombardier VP and head of Marketing Patrick Baudis said at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Buenos Aires Nov. 19.
Dublin-based lessor Avolon has finalized a firm order for 55 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 20 MAX 10s, plus options for 20 MAX 8s, valued at nearly $11 billion at list prices.
Indian LCC IndiGo—which so far has relied on Airbus A320s—will introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Belgian aviation authorities have granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) to regional VLM Airlines for its Fokker 50 aircraft, just days after approving an AOC for Airbus A320s acquired from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make a decision next year on an order for a 100-seater type and is carefully watching Boeing’s plans for a Mid-Market Aircraft (MMA), the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at the Dubai Air Show.
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) must decide by 1Q 2018 about whether to begin developing a smaller or larger variant of the SSJ100 Superjet.
Air Senegal has signed an MOU for two Airbus A330neo aircraft, making the national carrier of Senegal the first airline in Africa to select new re-engined A330 version.
Bombardier is forecasting carriers in the Middle East will take delivery of 450 aircraft in the 60- to 150-seat segment by 2036, as the region is expected to readjust its fleet balance and further develop intra-regional connectivity to restore profit growth and improve yields over the next two decades.
Airbus signed an MOU Nov. 15 for 430 A320neo-family aircraft, to be split between the four airlines in Arizona-based private equity and venture capital firm Indigo Partners’ portfolio.
For Canadian manufacturer Bombardier's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2017 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated through the 2017 third quarter.
CDB Aviation Lease Finance, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., confirmed an order for 90 Airbus A320neo family aircraft during the 2017 Dubai Air Show.
ATR CEO Christian Scherer is continuing his push to change the ATR company’s structure, which he believes could enable it to launch a larger turboprop.
Golden Falcon Aviation, the exclusive aircraft provider of the new Kuwait-based Wataniya Airways, has signed an MOU for 25 Airbus A320neo family aircraft at the Dubai Air Show.
