Boeing 787 Dreamliner Fleet Eclipses 1 Billion Passengers
Boeing [NYSE: BA] shared that the 787 Dreamliner fleet has surpassed 1 billion passengers faster than any widebody commercial airplane in history, accomplishing the feat in less than 14 years since entering service. The global 787 fleet of more than 1,175 airplanes has flown nearly 5 million flights covering more than 30 million flight hours. […]
LATAM opts for Lufthansa Technik’s digital platform AVIATAR
Lufthansa Technik has signed a multi-year contract with LATAM Airlines Group, the largest airline group in Latin America, to implement AVIATAR across its Airbus A320, Boeing 777 and Boeing 787 fleets – covering more than 300 aircraft. LATAM is using AVIATAR’s Predictive Health Analytics to transform data into actionable insights, enabling the airline to optimize […]
FedEx orders more freighters as revenues improve in Q3
Express giant FedEx has announced the order of eight Boeing 777 freighters and 10 ATR 72-600 turboprops as third-quarter profits and revenues both improved. In an investor release, the company said that in March 2025 it had exercised options to purchase an additional eight 777F aircraft as part of its fleet modernisation programme. Three of […]
Azul concludes negotiations worth over US$ 2.4 billion with its bondholders, lessors and OEMs
Azul, the largest airline in Brazil in terms of destinations served and daily flights, announced this Tuesday the conclusion of the negotiation process with its bondholders, lessors and aircraft manufacturers, resulting in the elimination of over US$ 2.1 billion in debt and financial obligations from the company’s balance sheet. This is the result of the […]
Lufthansa Group strengthens wet lease partnership with airBaltic
Lufthansa Group has signed an agreement to receive a convertible share representing a 10 per cent stake of the Latvian state airline airBaltic which will be issued at a subscription price of 14 million euros. Additionally, Lufthansa Group will receive a seat in the airBaltic Supervisory Board. The convertible share will be changed into ordinary […]
Air Canada orders five additional A220s
Air Canada, the national carrier of Canada, has signed a firm order with Airbus for five more latest generation single-aisle A220-300s on the fifth anniversary since taking delivery of its first A220 in December 2019. This follows an initial order in 2016 for 45 A220-300s and a reorder in 2022 for 15 more. Including this […]
easyJet announces more new routes and UK fleet growth for 2025
easyJet has announced today that it will launch six new routes from four UK airports this summer and is growing its UK fleet with an additional A320 family aircraft at its Bristol base, supporting around 400 jobs. New services set to take off this summer include flights to Milan Linate from Manchester and Edinburgh and […]
Emirates orders 5 additional 777 freighters, brings freighter fleet to 21 units by end 2026
Emirates has placed a firm order for 5 more Boeing 777 freighters to be delivered from 2025/2026. Together with its previous orders, Emirates now has 14 Boeing 777Fs pending delivery from Boeing from now until end 2026. In addition, Emirates has signed a multi-year lease extension with Dubai Aerospace Enterprise for 4 Boeing 777Fs in […]
IndiGo CEO flags major int’l expansion, widebodies in 2027
The CEO of IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) has told The Economic Times that he intends to significantly grow the carrier’s international network to 40 airports by the end of March 2025 and introduce widebody aircraft by 2027. CEO Pieter Elbers said the expansion is part of a broader strategy to establish IndiGo as a […]
Boeing: Africa Commercial Fleet to More than Double Driven by Single-Aisle Jet Demand through 2043
As Africa’s young and growing population seeks new opportunities to travel, the region’s commercial airplane fleet is projected to more than double by 2043, according to Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] 2024 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO). Deliveries of more than 800 new single-aisle jets will account for most of this growth, as predicted by the company’s long-term […]
