The final day of the Paris Air Show 2019 saw more orders for the hugely successful Airbus A321XLR with Saudi budget carrier Flynas ordering of the type, albeit tentatively at the moment. Flynas also said that they were converting orders for 10 A320neos to the larger A321neo. This makes the [read more]
European airframer Airbus has continued to unveil customers for its extra long-range Airbus A321 that was announced earlier this week and the latest raft includes some big names. American Airlines confirmed it was converting 30 of its A321neo orders into A321XLR’s, with a further 20 options while Australian carrier Qantas [read more]
British Airways parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), has given Boeing a boost at the Paris Air Show with a letter of intent for Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The surprise move sees IAG commit to purchasing 200 of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft which are currently grounded following two fatal [read more]
The bi-annual International Paris Air Show got underway at Le Bourget yesterday with a big success for European air-framer Airbus. The Toulouse based company confirmed that it was offering an Extra Long Range variant of its Airbus A321neo, dubbed A321XLR and it was an immediate success attracting orders from Air [read more]
Seattle-based air-framer Boeing has been hit with fresh woes as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an airworthiness directive requiring modifications to the tires and wheels on its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner models. The directive states that the tires and wheels “could be susceptible to damage” [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has reported a 29% drop in profits for the 2018/19 full financial year with an after tax profit of €1.02bn. Ryanair says that the drop in profits is partly down to rising fuel costs and falling fares, the average Ryanair fare fell by 6% to around [read more]
Boeing CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg, has released a video statement saying he was “sorry for the deaths” following two fatal Boeing 737 Max accidents that have been linked to Boeing’s MCAS system. The statement came after the preliminary report into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 in March which [read more]
Boeing was set to unveil its latest airliner, the Boeing 777X to a hail of fanfare and publicity yesterdat but the recent events regarding the Boeing 737 Max led to the company scaling back the event. They did, however, continue with the reveal of the aircraft, and what an amazing [read more]
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has reported 3rd quarter profits of 1.3bn NOK (£121m GBP), an 18% increase on the same period last year. As the company has been able to reduce its operating unit cost by 10% it was able to post Earnings Before Tax (EBT) result was a [read more]
Low-cost, long-haul specialist Norwegian.com has been unveiled as the most fuel efficient transatlantic airline, for the second year in a row. The white paper that was released today by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) analysed the fuel efficiency of the 20 leading airlines on routes between Europe and [read more]
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