Airbus A319/A320/A321neo

By Adrian Schofield
A filing from Cathay Pacific said the group will convert purchase rights for 32 Airbus A320neos or A321neos into firm orders by the end of September.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Omani LCC SalamAir intends to add more flights and destinations in Pakistan.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Although Wizz Air has a fat order book for more Airbus A321neos, the LCC is under increased scrutiny in the UK and EU over operational issues.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Even so, the company's year-to-date total of 381 deliveries means it is still behind schedule.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Wizz Air shareholders attending the Hungarian LCC’s Aug. 2 annual general meeting have voted in favor of buying a further 75 Airbus A321neo family aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandic LCC Play Airlines is in preliminary negotiations to add one Airbus aircraft for the 2024 summer season and four aircraft in 2025.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick, Guy Norris
New data linked to a known problem has convinced Pratt & Whitney to accelerate inspections on more than 1,000 A320neo-family engines.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Adrian Schofield
The carrier is one of many that have been forced to ground some of their A321neos due to long-term servicing backlogs for P&W geared turbofan engines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Sean Broderick
The process will start with a surge of checks in the next few months.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Airlines by number of Airbus A320neo-family aircraft built between Q4 2015 and Q3 2021 powered by PW11000G-JM engines.
Air Transport

By Kurt Hofmann
Icelandair President and CEO Bogi Nils Bogason spoke to Aviation Daily about the flag-carrier's plans for its future Airbus A321LR and A321XLR fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Ferneyhough
The UK LCC exceeded its 2019 levels of flying for the first time post-COVID in May and June, albeit now with more aircraft in its all-Airbus fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
This week, Flight Friday pivots to looking at just one aircraft family—the Airbus A320.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The delivery of the 36 A321neos is expected to take place at the end of 2029.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
While system redundancy is a pillar of aviation safety, a design team’s efforts may be ruined if a technician makes the same servicing mistake twice.
Maintenance & Training

Christian Albertson
The Aviation Week Network Commercial Fleet & MRO Forecast projects aggressive growth over the next decade for the Pratt & Whitney PW1000 engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
Airbus revealed in its monthly orders and deliveries summary on July 7 that IndiGo had selected 375 A321neos and only 125 A320neos in the transaction.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Additionally, the airline finalized long-term lease agreements with SMBC Aviation Capital for four new A321LR aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
International Airlines Group (IAG) is converting options for 10 Airbus A320 family aircraft into firm orders for A320neos.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
LCC FlyArystan continues to grow not only in its native Kazakhstan, but also in Central Asia and the Caucasus region.
Airlines & Lessors

By Daniel Williams
With nearly 1,000 A320 and 737 MAX family aircraft ordered at Paris Air Show, this week’s #FlightFriday looks at the A320ceo, A320neo, 737-800 and the 737-8 MAX
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Saudi Arabian carrier flynas is planning to broaden its route map with flights to Kyrgyzstan, with services to the cities of Oshkosh and Bishkek.
Airports & Networks

By Richard Aboulafia
What was once a 50-50 single-aisle/twin-aisle market is now a 70-30 market, with no signs of changing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kurt Hofmann
The Kazakhstan flag-carrier is evaluating whether to increase the range of its Airbus A321LR by adding an additional center tank to the aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Jens Flottau
Lessor Avolon has signed an agreement to place an order for 20 further Airbus A330-900s and is swapping 50 A320neo orders for the larger A321neo version.
Paris Air Show