AirAsia is targeting operations to Europe – and possibly the west coast of the USA – by 2030, as part of an “ambitious” network growth strategy over the next five years.
British Airways has pushed back its planned return to Kuala Lumpur until April as part of a trimming of its winter long-haul flight programme due to delivery delays particularly impacting its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787s.
UK airframer Britten-Norman plans to accelerate production of its Islander utility aircraft, after receiving a fresh funding boost from a Northern Ireland-based investor.