Low-cost airlines (LCCs) have revolutionised air travel, offering affordable routes and driving industry growth across the world. But with their tight margins and rapid expansion, these carriers now face mounting pressures, from rising fuel costs to fierce competition and shifting regulations. This article explores the top five financial, economic, and [read more]
SkyWest Inc has placed a firm order with the Brazilian OEM for 60 aircraft at the 55th Paris Airshow. The order for the Embraer E175 will add to SkyWest’s current backlog of aircraft on order from Embraer bringing their total backlog to 76. Skywest owns and operates 263 aircraft making [read more]
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft becoming a more prominent offering at large trade events such as the Paris Airshow and at the 55th Paris Airshow, they are also doing big business. First out of the blocks on Monday was Eve Air Mobility which signed its first agreement for [read more]
Turkish cargo specialist MNG Airlines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for the purchase of two Airbus A350F, the freighter variant of the Airbus A350 widebody airliner. The A350F will become the central part of MNGs fleet operating both scheduled and chartered operations across its key trading [read more]
The UK Government announced it was making £250 million in funding available for Green Aerospace projects in a bid to drive forward greener air travel. Announcing the funding at the Paris Airshow, Industry Minister Sarah Jones said: “This is the latest win for British aerospace in the run-up to the [read more]
Embraer has sold a sixth KC-390 Millennium aircraft to the Portuguese Government for the Portuguese Air Force and it is understood that the Portuguese Government want to add ten options for further aircraft into the contract. “With this decision, Portugal continues to invest in the capabilities of the Air Force, [read more]
ANA Holdings, which owns All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Peach Aviation, has signed an order for 27 Airbus A320neo family aircraft at the Paris Airshow today. The order is made up of 24 A321neos and three A321XLRs aircraft of which 14 A321neos will go to ANA and the remainder, including [read more]
An Air India flight from Ahmedabad in India to London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) has crashed shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad. Flight AI171 was being operated by a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner (VT-ANB) and according to data from Flightradar 24, the last data was received from the aircraft “seconds after take-off”. The [read more]
Turkish Cargo, the dedicated freighter division of Turkish Airlines, has been named Cargo Airline of the Year at the 2025 World Air Cargo Awards. The award was given to Turkish Cargo by a combination of votes from industry professionals along with an independent jury assessement. Judges praised Turkish Cargo’s excellence [read more]
Airbus has delivered 51 aircraft to 32 customers in May 2025 as the European OEM continues its strong start to 2025 with 243 aircraft delivered so far this year. May’s deliveries consisted of six wide-body airlines made up of three A330-900s and three A350-900s to airlines including Delta Airlines, Emirates [read more]
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