South African Airways (SAA) has renegotiated lease re-extensions on three Airbus A340s and is working on similar deals for another five, which are expected to cut R262 million ($22.5 million) in annual costs.
Rolls-Royce’s underlying profits from its civil aerospace business rose 12% to £942 million ($1.4 billion) in 2014, off the back of a 3% boost in underlying revenues.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) parent ANA Holdings has named senior EVP Shinya Katanozaka as president and CEO, succeeding Shinichiro Ito, who will take over as chairman April 1.
Russia’s UTair Aviation is considering remarketing its 12 Airbus A321s by trying to find new customers for the aircraft that was delivered in 2013-2014.
Bombardier has unveiled plans to raise new financing as Pierre Beaudoin steps down to be replaced as president and chief executive officer by outsider Alain Bellemare, until recently head of United Technologies’ Propulsion & Aerospace business.
Qatar Airways plans to operate the Airbus A350 XWB on its Doha-Singapore service, replacing Boeing 787 aircraft that were introduced on the route less than a year ago.
American Airlines took delivery of the first of 60 Embraer E-175s it has on order during a Wednesday delivery ceremony at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Norwegian Air International’s (NAI) opponents have opened a new front in their battle to keep the long-haul low-cost carrier from operating to the US by objecting to the carrier’s loan guarantees from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) for aircraft purchases.
Embraer plans to continue building current generation E-Jets through 2020 and expects to deliver about 400 more before transitioning entirely to E-Jet E2 production.
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Airbus for the purchase of 25 A321neo single aisle aircraft as part of its ongoing fleet modernization program.
GoJet Airlines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Trans States Holdings, has entered into an agreement with Delta Air Lines to operate seven Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft under the Delta Connection regional service brand.
Ethiopian Airlines is evaluating the Airbus A350-1000 and the Boeing 777X as it considers further widebody order plans, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW.
Japan-based All Nippon Airways (ANA) plans to extend its dedicated freighter hub in Okinawa for its midnight express and intra-Asia/Japanese domestic network.
Bombardier has completed flutter, cold-weather and passenger-evacuation testing as CSeries flight tests pass the 900-hour mark en route to the 2,400 hours expected to be required for certification of the initial CS100 version.
Flydubai took delivery of its 44th Boeing 737-800 of an order for 50 placed at the Farnborough Airshow in 2008. The remaining 737s from the order will arrive at the airline this year. The average age of the flydubai fleet is 3.1 years. Flydubai also has on order 75 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 11 more Boeing 737-800s, placed at the Dubai Airshow 2013.
