China Southern and Air China’s first C919 jets take flight
The lone livery of China Eastern Airlines as the sole operator of China’s homegrown C919 jet is over.…
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In 35 years in service, the ATR 72 aircraft has had 10 fatal accidents
The ATR 72-500 of the VoePass airline that crashed on Friday, August 9, in Brazil was the 11th…
VoePass ATR 72 crashes in Brazil just minutes before landing
A serious accident on Friday, August 9, occurred with a VoePass ATR 72 aircraft in Brazil. The aircraft…
Embraer hopes for an early outcome in arbitration against Boeing
Embraer once again predicted that the arbitration it is filing against Boeing after the abrupt end of the…
Frontier Airlines follows JetBlue and Spirit in delaying A320neo jet deliveries
Frontier Airlines has joined JetBlue and Spirit Airlines in deferring deliveries of A320neo family jets due to rising…
In addition to Embraer, LATAM is considering Airbus A220 jets
During a press conference in which he presented the financial results, LATAM Brazil’s CEO, Jerome Cadier, acknowledged that…
Boeing to change 737 door plug design after failing to determine how bolts were left on Alaska Air plane
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday that neither it nor Boeing could determine how the four…
Not this time: Emirates postpones A350 debut by a month
Emirates Airline has had to postpone the debut of the Airbus A350-900 widebody on its route network once…
Scoot is scheduled to receive two more Embraer E190-E2s starting in September
Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, has scheduled the delivery of two more Embraer E190-E2 jets for…
Cathay Pacific selects A330neo to renew widebody fleet
Cathay Pacific has once again selected Airbus for a new aircraft order, this time to replace its A330-300s…
TUI fly resumes flights with one of its three Embraer E195-E2s
TUI fly Belgium managed to put one of its three Embraer E195-E2 jets back into service on Monday.…
Aeroflot sues Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev
Aeroflot has filed a lawsuit worth 7.3 billion rubles (about $86 million) in a Moscow court against Yakovlev,…
LATAM announces US$2 billion investment in Brazil, but disappoints expectations for order of Embraer jets
LATAM Airlines announced a US$2 billion investment plan in the country for the next two years in a…
Airbus reaches 400 aircraft deliveries by July
Airbus had its best month of deliveries in July with 77 aircraft sent to its customers, 12 more…
China Eastern Airlines debuts 5th COMAC C919 route
China Eastern Airlines (CEA) debuted its fifth domestic route on Monday with its new commercial jet, the COMAC…
Boeing 777-9 flies to high-altitude airport in Mexico for FAA certification
Boeing has taken one of four test aircraft of the 777-9, the world’s largest twin-engine passenger aircraft, to…
How many operators have Embraer E2 jets after delivery to LOT?
At the end of July, LOT Polish Airlines took delivery of its first E195-E2 from a deal for…
Azul will use ‘5th Freedom’ to fly from Curaçao to Florida
Azul Linhas Aéreas will establish its first route between cities outside Brazil in December, using its 5th Freedom.…
KLM’s first A321neo completes test flight, to be delivered by end of August
KLM’s first Airbus A321neo completed its first test flight on July 31. The aircraft, provisionally registered D-AXXQ, took…
Owner of British Airways and Iberia abandons Air Europa acquisition
One of the most controversial merger proposals in the air travel industry came to a melancholy end on…