Bombardier"™s hopes for breaking into the U.S. commercial aviation market took a massive blow on Tuesday, as the U.S. Department of Commerce proposed a hefty 219 per cent duty on its CSeries jets. The department ruled in a preliminary…
Airbu"™ A340 laminar-flow "BLADE" test demonstrator aircraft (A340-300 MSN001) has made its successful maiden flight for the EU-sponsored Clean Sky "Blade" project. The aircraft, dubbed "Flight Lab", took off from the Tarbes aerodrome in southern France at local time…
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved the rapid expansion of the Eurowings Group at its meeting today. For this purpose, an investment framework of around EUR 1 billion was approved for the purchase and leasing of aircraft….
Air Tahiti Nui Chairman and CEO, Michel Monvoisin, says that profits in the aviation value chain are still unevenly distributedMichel Monvoisin, Air Tahiti What is the secret behind the airline"™s positive performance in recent years? We are doing well….
Air France-KLM is pursuing its development strategy in Brazil and will simultaneously link Fortaleza to its two main hubs at Amsterdam-Schiphol and Paris-Charles de Gaulle as from May 2018. These new routes will be operated respectively by KLM with…
Azul S.A. has announced an order for five next-generation Airbus A330-900neo widebody aircraft from Avolon, an international aircraft leasing company, the company said. With deliveries starting in late 2018, the A330neo will be deployed to further strengthen Azul´s international…
Prior to today’s regular Supervisory Board meeting of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Wolfgang Mayrhuber, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, informed members of the board that he would resign from office on September 24, 2017. Consequently, today, the Supervisory Board elected…
JetBlue (JBLU – Get Report) CEO Robin Hayes said that the sixth-largest airline in the U.S. would decide whether or not to offer transatlantic flights at the end of the year. Hayes was speaking on Monday at the APEX…
The acquisition of Virgin America has «propelled» Alaska Airlines Group «five-plus years into the future», the buyer’s vice-president of capacity John Kirby believes. Speaking at an airline briefing at World Routes in Barcelona on 24 September, Kirby said the…
British Airways has become the first airline worldwide to introduce high-tech remote controlled devices to push back aircraft across its short-haul operation. The airline is modernising its operation to maintain and further improve punctuality for its customers. In partnership…
