Business Jet Owners Holding On To Their Airplanes

Business jets like the Hawker 850XP are proving to be extremely valuable to their owners. When the Great Recession hit… Read More »
Embry-Riddle, GE Aviation Team Up to Enhance Flight Analytics and Aviation Safety Education

Airlines, the military and many significant corporate aviation operations use flight data monitoring to detect conditions outside of normal, predetermined… Read More »
BOC Aviation signs 737 Max 8 leaseback with Southwest Airlines

Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has signed a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with US low-cost carrier Southwest Airlines for 10 Boeing 737 Max… Read More »
Avianca Holdings files for bankruptcy

According to simplefying.com Avianca Holdings, the parent company of Avianca has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States…. Read More »
Nepal Airlines seeks funding for its domestic fleet

Nepal Airlines is requesting government funding to finance a new fleet of aircraft for its local regional operations. The airline… Read More »
Mitsubishi to complete CRJ project acquisition in june

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will formally acquire Bombardier’s regional jet programme on June 1, nearly 12 months after the deal was… Read More »
Qatar Airlines Demands Training Repayment From Fired Pilot

Qatar Airlines has demanded $162,000 in training expenses from a young pilot released without explanation from her job earlier this… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines’ network will remain skeletal for foreseeable future

Hawaiian Airlines, which has scaled back its network to contend with the COVID-19 crisis, is looking to push back delivery… Read More »
Qantas halts A350 ultra-long-haul route plans

Australia’s flag carrier Qantas has suspended plans to launch the world’s longest commercial routes and will review its fleet requirements in light… Read More »
Private jets industry wrecked; only 5% fleet flying, 40% aircraft to remain grounded after lockdown

The nationwide lockdown has crippled the business aviation sector over the past two months. With the government restrictions on flying… Read More »
Boeing Supplier Restarts Work on 737 Max in Step to Jet’s Comeback

Boeing has asked its largest 737 Max supplier, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., to resume work, a critical step toward restarting… Read More »
Boeing prepares to resume 737 MAX production?

Boeing has asked its largest supplier of 737 MAX parts, Spirit AeroSystems to restart manufacturing in anticipation of the aircraft… Read More »
American Airlines Pulls More Airbus Jets from its Fleet

The airline is trying to simplify its fleet in response to plunging demand. American Airlines Group is parking its fleet… Read More »
Ethiopian remodels 9 passenger aircraft for cargo

Ethiopian Airlines announced that it has reconfigured passenger cabins of four B777-300ER, three B737-800 and two B767-300 aircraft to boost… Read More »
GE is cutting up to 13,000 jobs at its jet engine division because of the pandemic

New York (CNN Business)General Electric is cutting as many as 13,000 jobs in its jet engine business after the coronavirus… Read More »
Air France Sells 16 Airbus A320 Family Aircraft In Order To Lease Back

Looking to strengthen its financial position and secure more funds, Air France will enter into a sale and leaseback agreement… Read More »
Alaska’s RavnAir Group throws in the towel

RavnAir Group, the owner of PenAir (KS, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Corvus Airlines (7H, Anchorage Ted Stevens), Hageland Aviation Services (H6,… Read More »
Big changes and cuts ahead for Boeing

The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing is to shed 10% of its 160,000 workforce by the end of this year and… Read More »
$1 billion rescue deal for Norwegian Air approved

A $1 billion rescue plan has been approved by Norwegian Air Shuttle lessors in an effort to save the Scandinavian… Read More »
The Aviation Industry Can’t Give In to the Temptation to Compete on Safety

A jet flying under dark skies and over a storm-tossed ocean was not the best idea for an aircraft advertisement,… Read More »
American Airlines sticking with new jet deliveries

Airlines including American are taking steps to reduce costs and downsize their fleets to more closely match a drastic drop… Read More »
Airbus scraps E-Fan X electric hybrid Jet

Airbus has today announced that it is scrapping its plans to launch a hybrid-electric aircraft called the E-Fan X. The… Read More »