Boeing and Airbus suppliers face acute shortage of workers
Supply chain shortages and wage inflation are at the top of a list of concerns for aerospace companies attending a… Read More »
India’s Alliance Air secures two ATR42s for Himalaya ops
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has secured two ATR42-600s on dry-lease from TrueNoord following a tender floated in November… Read More »
India’s flybig eyes ATR72-600s; Dash 8 wet-lease
flybig (S9, Indore) is to induct two ATR72-600s by March-end and is also planning to wet-lease a DHC-8-Q400 soon, an… Read More »
Uzbekistan Airways takes delivery of first A321neo(LR)
Uzbekistan Airways (HY, Tashkent Islam Karimov) has taken delivery of its first A321-200NX(LR) with UK32101 (msn 10607) having been ferried… Read More »
Western Global Airlines orders two Boeing 777 Freighters
Boeing and Western Global Airlines announced on Feb. 16 a firm order for two 777-200LRF Freighters, the first new-production freighters… Read More »
FAA will perform pre-delivery inspections on new Boeing 787s
Federal safety regulators say they will retain power to approve Boeing 787 airliners for flight rather than return that authority… Read More »
Etihad Airways orders seven Airbus A350F freighters
Etihad Airways has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for seven Airbus A350F freighters to add to its existing fleet… Read More »
Singapore Airlines orders seven A350F freighter jets to replace its 747-400F fleet
Singapore Airlines signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Airbus in December 2021 to purchase seven of the recently launched… Read More »
SmartLynx Airlines orders six Airbus A321-200P2F passenger-to-freighters jets
Latvia’s SmartLynx Airlines orders six Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighters (P2F) from conversion firm EEFW, a European ACMI charter and cargo company… Read More »
Singapore Airlines orders 22 General Electric’s GE9X to power its 777Xs
Singapore Airlines has signed a contract for US$2.8 billion with General Electric for the latter to provide a further 22… Read More »
JetBlue orders an additional 30 Airbus A220-300s
JetBlue has added another 30 Airbus A220-300s to its order book, exercising options that were included in a previous order…. Read More »
FAA should have taken action against Boeing for selling 737 Max jets
Democrats who lead the House Transportation Committee renewed their criticism of FAA and asked for a federal review of the… Read More »
Condor takes delivery of its first Airbus A330-200 and adds North Atlantic routes
Condor took delivery of an ex-Etihad Airways A330-200 on Feb. 9th. The Airbus A330s will have 262 or 256 seats,… Read More »
Ukrainian Airline is moving aircraft out of the country following U.S. warnings
This followed a warning from the US State Department that Russia could invade at any time, Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)… Read More »
Korean Air takes delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max jet
Korean Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max jet. The jet arrived in Seoul, South Korea, on… Read More »
Eastern Air Cargo launches 777 service with Flexport
Flexport has become the launch partner for Eastern Air’s express freighter service, with a multi-year contract using Boeing 777s with… Read More »
CDB Aviation orders an additional 12 Airbus A330 P2F freighter conversions
CDB Aviation has ordered an additional twelve A330 P2F conversions with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), expanding its fleet of this… Read More »
Air Lease Corp will lease 25 Boeing 737 Max jets to Malaysia Airlines
Air Lease Corp will lease 25 Boeing 737 MAX jets to Malaysia Airlines’ parent to be delivered between early 2023… Read More »
Aircraft lessor Avolon readies for disruptions in payments from Russia sanctions
Major aircraft lessor Avolon is gearing to tackle possible disruptions to business with Russia and is concerned about whether sanctions… Read More »
Babcock, Rolls Royce exit UK’s AirTanker parent company
Rolls-Royce and Babcock International have completed the sale of their respective stakes in AirTanker Holdings Limited to private equity firm… Read More »
Air New Zealand reactivates a Boeing 777-300ER
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) reactivated the first of its seven B777-300(ER)s on February 10, 2022. ZK-OKQ (msn 40689)… Read More »
Aviation Capital Group confirms 20 Airbus A220 order
Aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group confirmed that it has firmed up an order for 20 Airbus A220 aircraft. The order… Read More »