Airbus Group posted net income of €1.76 billion ($1.93 billion) for the first half of 2016, up 16% compared to net income of €1.52 billion in the 1H 2015.
Malaysia Airlines has announced a deal for 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, made up of 25 firm MAX 8s and 25 purchase rights, valued at $2.75 billion at list prices.
The first Airbus A350 XWB for Thai Airways International has completed its maiden flight over the skies of southwest France, Airbus said in a statement.
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce and tier-one aerostructures supplier GKN Aerospace have broadened their Trent XWB-84 risk-sharing partnership to include a modified intermediate compressor case (ICC).
Online retail and technology firm Amazon has secured permission from the UK CAA to trial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, or drones, for parcel delivery.
Boeing projected the need for 2.11 million new commercial airline pilots, maintenance technicians and cabin crew to operate the world’s commercial airline fleet by 2035.
The Tanzanian government has signed a firm purchase agreement for two Bombardier Q400s for commercial airline use, valued at $62 million at list prices.
American Airlines has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer its first A350-900 delivery from the spring of 2017 to late 2018, and on average will take delivery of its 22 A350s 26 months later than previously planned.
Boeing will report after-tax charges totaling $2.1 billion across three aircraft programs—the 787, 747-8 and KC-46 aerial refueler—in its July 27 second-quarter earnings release, the company has revealed.
Boeing announced Thursday it will recognize financial charges totaling $2.1 billion related to three aircraft programs in its second-quarter earnings results next week.
A SWISS scheduled commercial flight of the Bombardier CSeries aircraft from Switzerland to the UK had to return to home base Tuesday morning after experiencing a problem with its air conditioning system.
From Boeing's 2016 Current Market Outlook report, 20-year projections for economic and traffic growth, plus needed new aircraft to accommodate the projections, for the world's regions.
Delta Air Lines executives said they are not concerned by the money-losing first-half 2016 performance of the company’s Trainer, Pennsylvania oil refinery, noting that the facility is part of Delta’s overall fuel strategy and is not judged solely by profitability.
