Airbus adds more deliveries, breaks three-month order drought
PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus delivered 49 aircraft in July, up from 36 in June as it continues to recover from… Read More »
Bombardier sees higher deliveries of flagship jet, misses quarterly profit
Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO) aims to double deliveries of its flagship business jet during the back half of 2020 and break… Read More »
Analysis: Tigerair Australia to end operations
Following the confirmation that Tigerair Australia will cease operations, we look at the Virgin Australia low-cost subsidiary’s place in the… Read More »
Air Transat outlines winter schedule
Canada’s Air Transat plans to fly to 40 destinations during the winter season, with a focus on warm weather locations…. Read More »
Virgin Australia to drop widebody fleet, cut workforce
Restructured airline will drop long-haul routes. Virgin Australia has revealed plans for its scaled down post-coronavirus operation, which involve major changes… Read More »
‘It came alive:’ Astronauts recount wild ride home on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon
U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, home two days from a landmark mission as NASA’s first crew to fly… Read More »
Abu Dhabi’s Tawazun to build satellite centre with Airbus
Abu Dhabi state defense and security entity Tawazun is to build a satellite assembly, integration, and testing center with Airbus… Read More »
Embraer’s commercial aviation revenue falls by 82%
Brazil’s Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment, usually its largest and most profitable, had fallen… Read More »
Kuwait’s Alafco will take only 20 of its Boeing 737 MAX orders
Aircraft leasing company reaches deal with US company for a cut in its order size Still waiting for the green… Read More »
US regional SkyWest shows strength during COVID-19 storm
SkyWest posted a net loss of $26 million in Q2, a far better result than any US mainline carrier, aided… Read More »
SpiceJet secures Heathrow slots
SpiceJet has moved closer to launching low-cost flights between India and the UK. Indian LCC SpiceJet has secured slots at London… Read More »
Recovery Tracker: Global capacity creeps above 50%
Weekly scheduled airline capacity has risen to more than half of the level recorded this time in 2019—although the pace… Read More »
Europe air safety regulator gives no firm date for 737 MAX to fly again
Europe’s air safety watchdog has no firm date for Boeing’s grounded 737 MAX to resume flights, it said on Tuesday,… Read More »
Kuwaiti lessor halves Boeing 737 MAX order after ending legal claim
Kuwaiti aircraft leasing company Alafco has halved its order for 40 Boeing 737 jets after reaching an agreement to end… Read More »
July marks inflection point in flight traffic recovery
Global air traffic rose in July as total and commercial flights both climbed, but trends in the second half of… Read More »
Emirates will deploy A380 for the Guangzhou run
Dubai carrier had relaunched flights to Amsterdam and Cairo using these supersized jets Emirates is taking its A380s back to… Read More »
JAL sees passenger traffic potentially returning to 50% of normal levels by March 2021
JAL is cutting costs by deferring aircraft deliveries, postponing route launches. Japan Airlines plans a significant cost-cutting campaign to offset… Read More »
Partnerships key to Air Canada’s recovery
Air Canada is seeking to develop new interline agreements to help boost traffic. Increasing the number of global partnerships to… Read More »
Spirit AeroSystems cuts 1,100 jobs due to coronavirus, 737 MAX rate reduction
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems Holdings (SPR.N) said on Friday it was cutting 1,100 jobs in its commercial programs due to… Read More »
Cathay Pacific offers early retirement scheme to older pilots
Airline has already taken short-term measures including executive pay cuts Cathay Pacific will offer a voluntary scheme to its Hong… Read More »
British Airways pilots take pay cut to end row over job losses
Only just over one-fifth of the 1,255 redundancies initially planned will now go ahead British Airways passenger aircraft are pictured… Read More »
Allegiant CEO: COVID-19 is ‘the ultimate test’ of ULCC’s business model
Airline operated higher percentage of its schedule than any other US airline. Despite posting a $95 million net loss in… Read More »