Global Crossing Airlines selects PacSim A320 FTD
Global Crossing Airlines Group has announced that it has selected New Zealand based Pacific Simulators (PacSim) to provide them with… Read More »
Bamboo Airways and AFI KLM E&M lay the foundations for extensive cooperation
AFI KLM E&M and Bamboo Airways have set a basis for new cooperation over the long-term future, via a MOU… Read More »
Rolls-Royce reach key milestone with Ultrafan technology
Rolls-Royce has reached another key milestone in its UltraFan™ technology demonstrator programme as the world-leading power gearbox (PGB) is dispatched… Read More »
Global lessors face legal quagmire on $10 billion Russian jet repos
Global leasing companies staring at an imminent sanctions deadline to repossess more than 400 jets worth almost $10 billion from… Read More »
Hypersonic aircraft start-up Hermeus raises $100 million to finish prototype
Hypersonic aircraft startup Hermeus on Thursday Mar. 10 announced a $100 million round of funding that it says will help… Read More »
An-124 of Russia’s Volga-Dnepr seized at Toronto, Canada
An An-124-100 freighter belonging to Russian cargo specialist Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VI, Ulyanovsk Vostochny), carrying Covid-19 testing kits previously ordered from… Read More »
Canada’s Cargojet grows Boeing 777 freighter backlog
Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) has increased its B777 commitments during the course of this year with six converted freighters… Read More »
Latvia’s SmartLynx to add six A330-300P2Fs
SmartLynx Airlines (6Y, Riga) says it will lease six A330-300(P2F)s from Air Transport Services Group on six-year contracts with the… Read More »
Avianca orders 88+50 A320neo family jets
Avianca Holdings has confirmed its pre-existing commitment with Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) for eighty-eight A320neo Family jets with options for… Read More »
Trump asking supporters to fund new plane after emergency landing
Former President Trump is asking his supporters to help fund his new “Trump Force One” private plane just days after… Read More »
Business aviation continues to see strong growth
The Corporate Jet Investor event took place in London this week, where the business aviation community explored the current trends… Read More »
Boeing is yet to see any respite from 787 deliveries freeze
Boeing is yet to see any respite from a freeze in deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner – but that has… Read More »
U.S. FAA finalizes Boeing 777 Pratt & Whitney engine safety directives
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Wednesday Mar. 9 it is finalizing three safety directives for some grounded Boeing… Read More »
Finnair detects GPS interference with its planes near Russia’s Kaliningrad
Finnair said on Wednesday Mar. 9 it had noticed interference with its planes’ GPS signals near Russia’s Kaliningrad enclave, while… Read More »
Russia roils plane-backed bonds by keeping $10 billion of jets
Russia’s decision to block foreign owners from seizing hundreds of planes worth about $10 billion is roiling a market where… Read More »
Brazilian’s Embraer reported net profit of $2.1 million in Q4 of 2021
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA on Wednesday Mar. 9 reported net profit of 11.1 million reais ($2.1 million) in the fourth… Read More »
Lufthansa Technik is back in black
Lufthansa Technik AG reports that it took “a big step” out of the pandemic-related aviation crisis during financial year 2021… Read More »
Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) is back in Hamburg from June 14 to 16
After three years of online events due to the pandemic, Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) is finally set to return to… Read More »
China refuses to supply aircraft parts to Russia after sanctions
China has refused to supply Russia with aircraft parts after the aviation sector was hit by crippling Western sanctions, a… Read More »
SmartLynx leases six converted Airbus A330-300P2Fs
SmartLynx Airlines has signed an agreement with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) to be one of the first customers to… Read More »
Gulfstream adds new features to its G280
Gulfstream Aerospace is continuing to invest in its super-midsize Gulfstream G280, with the company announcing that the aircraft now has… Read More »
Britain impounds private jet suspected of being linked to Russian oligarch
Britain has impounded a private jet it suspects of being linked to a Russian oligarch, and tightened aviation sanctions against… Read More »
India’s Flybig looks to rapidly expand fleet
flybig (S9, Indore) is in talks with lessors to acquire as many as 36 more aircraft as demand for domestic… Read More »
Airbus delivered 49 jetliners in February
Airbus delivered 49 jets, and 79 in the first two months of 2022 as it targets annual deliveries of 720… Read More »
Boeing delivered 22 jets in February 2022 down from 32 in January
Boeing has delivered 54 jets so far in 2022 and the commercial aerospace giant will need 53 deliveries in March… Read More »
DHL Express orders six more Boeing 777-200LRF freighters
DHL Express says it placed an order for six additional Boeing 777-200LRF freighters, taking DHL’s order book total to 28… Read More »