Ask Airbus-VP cabin marketing, innovation & design Ingo Wuggetzer about the current cabin innovation that has the most staying power and he apologizes for giving a “dull” answer: efficient use of space.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW the East Africa-based carrier is in discussions with Boeing about taking six of 10 overweight Boeing 787s, which has been in storage for several years.
Boeing has begun several months of flights with its ecoDemonstrator 757 to evaluate new technologies to improve commercial aviation's efficiency, reduce noise and carbon emissions.
FAA granted 330-minute extended operations (ETOPS) approval for the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, marking the first time a four-engine commercial passenger aircraft has gained 330-minute ETOPS approval.
Air Madagascar has ordered three ATR 72-600 turboprops in a deal worth approximately $77 million, and is leasing two more of the type from Ireland-based Elix Aviation Capital.
Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner continued to lobby on behalf of a long-term reauthorization of the US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), saying elimination of Ex-Im financing for commercial aircraft would have a seriously negative impact on Boeing and the US economy.
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) has filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to hold an election for more than 2,400 production employees at Boeing’s South Carolina facility in North Charleston.
Spanish carrier Vueling, the low-cost platform for International Airlines Group (IAG), has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320 with a new cabin configuration.
Icelandair is breaking with tradition, adding its first two Boeing 767s to its formerly all-757 fleet, and switching five aging Air Iceland Fokker 50s for three Bombardier Q400s.
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines is launching a program in the fall to renew its medium-haul fleet, which it expects to conclude at the end of 2017.
Lufthansa Group will base its first Airbus A350-900 at its second major hub in Munich from 2016, executive board chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW in Frankfurt.
Turkish Airlines has not yet decided whether it will lease two Airbus A380-800s from Malaysia Airlines to test the aircraft size for future operations.
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has committed to buy three additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, in an order valued at $990 million at list prices.
International Airlines Group—parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has raised the prospect of future joint purchases of aircraft and powerplants with shareholder Qatar Airways.
Latvian carrier airBaltic will now take delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries CS300 in September 2016, rather than the final quarter of 2015 as originally planned.
With flight tests of the long-delayed Bombardier CSeries past the half-way stage and certification now on track for year end, key leasing companies say the airliner’s longer term success hinges on execution of the final approval phase to service entry as well as building credibility by attracting big orders.
Philippine low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific Air is taking delivery of its sixth Airbus A330-300 this week, completing current orders for the widebody aircraft type it is using to expand its long-haul network.
The first 242-tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW) variant of the Airbus A330 has rolled out the paint shop in Toulouse in launch customer Delta Air Lines’ livery, the European manufacturer said Monday.
