UK-based aerostructures and engine components specialist GKN Aerospace sees gaining more work from Boeing as one of its main priorities, a senior executive said in London Wednesday.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. said it has moved the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) static strength test aircraft from the final assembly line in Nagoya to a test station.
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways—which recently announced luxury innovations on its Airbus A380 and Boeing 787 aircraft—will launch A380 service to London Heathrow and Boeing 787-9 service to Düsseldorf from December.
IATA has awarded Airbus ProSky, the air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary of Airbus, a contract to develop an Asia-Pacific (APAC) Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) Implementation Strategy to support the collaborative efforts of key aviation states.
German investor Intro Aviation—which has finalized the acquisition of Irish regional CityJet and its subsidiary Belgium-based VLM—is looking to replace its fleet of Avro RJ85 aircraft and will decide on the type “by the end of this year,” a senior executive said Thursday.
Bombardier reported first-quarter net income of $115 million, down 22.3% from a net profit of $148 million in the prior-year period, on essentially flat revenue of $4.35 billion.
Central Asia-based Uzbekistan Airways is converting its two Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters to expand cargo operations from Tashkent to Shanghai Pudong, Hong Kong and Guangzhou.
Ryanair has agreed to purchase five additional Boeing 737-800s, adding to its current order book of 175 of the type, which it finalized at the Paris Air Show.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has warned it may shelve plans for its Irish-based international subsidiary Norwegian Air International (NAI) and postpone orders for 20 Boeing 787s if US approval for planned transatlantic operations is not granted soon.
Embraer posted a first-quarter net profit of $110 million, more than tripling net income of $30 million in the year-ago period, on a 13.8% year-over-year rise in revenue to $1.24 billion.
As commercial aircraft lessors’ influence in the global airline market continues to rise, leasing companies are not being shy about telling Airbus and Boeing what they want and when they want it.
Aerial searches for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 will be suspended while the undersea search area will be widened as part of a new phase of the hunt for flight MH370.
AirAsia X has selected GE Aviation’s CF6-80E1 engines to power its order of 25 Airbus A330-300s, plus three options, in a deal worth $1.5 billion at list prices.
