Airbus has confirmed Qatar Airways will take delivery of its first A350-900 XWB on Dec. 22, which was postponed from this weekend. Qatar is the launch customer for the all-new widebody.
Singapore-based long-haul, low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot will push back its first Boeing 787-9 services a second time from the original planned inauguration last month.
Republic Airways Holdings has reached an amendment to its capacity purchase agreement with Delta Air Lines to operate nine additional 69-seat Embraer E-170 aircraft.
Airbus CFO Harald Wilhelm surprised the aviation world the day before the Airbus Global Investor Forum by raising the possibility of either re-engining the A380 with more efficient engines or discontinuing A380 production in 2018.
China will require more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters worth some $820 billion from 2014 to 2033, Airbus predicted in its latest Global Market Forecast.
Qatar Airways announced Wednesday that delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 XWB, originally planned for this weekend, has been postponed. No new date for the delivery or reasons for the delay were given; Qatar is the launch customer for the all-new widebody.
The Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) set up in the wake of the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in March has issued a report with recommendations to improve continuous tracking of airliners.
Boeing is forecasting strong demand for new commercial aircraft in 2015, resulting in nearly $124 billion in deliveries across the industry, double the amount from 2010, according to Boeing’s Current Aircraft Finance Market Outlook for 2015.
Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot has revealed one of the new routes it will introduce with its Boeing 787 deliveries, adding Melbourne as its fourth Australian destination.
Kazakhstan-based Air Astana will decide next year if it will order either the Airbus A321neoLR or the Boeing 737 MAX-9 to replace its fleet of five 757-200s and older A320 family aircraft.
African low-cost carrier fastjet has sold a pair of ATR 72-500s formerly operated by Fly540 Ghana and Angola, as part of its previously announced restructuring of the two businesses.
Boeing logged six commercial orders in November, for a total of 221 aircraft. The company also reported delivering 53 commercial aircraft to 40 customers.
The fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787-8 in January 2013 occurred because of “shortcomings” in designing and certifying the lithium ion batteries installed on the aircraft, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined.
Irish regional CityJet, which Germany’s Intro Aviation acquired from Air France May 1, is nearing a decision on the renewal of its 17 Avro RJ85s and finalizing its mid-term strategy.
Belgian regional wet-lease operator VLM Airlines joined IATA Dec. 1 and has signed an online sales deal with WorldTicket, laying the foundation for its return to scheduled services in 2015.
Switzerland-based Helvetic Airways will buy seven 112-seat Embraer E-190s from Austria-based airberlin subsidiary FlyNiki, which is expanding its fleet capacity with five 150-seat Airbus A319s and two 180-seat A320s, a source close to airberlin’s management confirmed to ATW.
