All News articles – Page 201
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NewsLoss-making IndiGo calls peak of GTF groundings
IndiGo believes groundings of its Airbus A320neo-family aircraft for inspections of their Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines is likely to have peaked in the mid-70s during its fiscal second quarter.
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NewsNorwegian growth plans hit as Boeing delivery delays lengthen
Norwegian has cut its forecast capacity growth for 2025 as it recalibrates its plans to absorb the impact of worsening Boeing delivery delays.
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NewsBulgaria’s first F-16 Block 70 breaks cover in Greenville
Bulgaria’s first Lockheed Martin F-16 Block 70 fighter has made its maiden flight from the company’s production facility in Greenville, South Carolina.
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NewsRex to divest air ambulance business Pel-Air
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) will sell its Pel-Air ambulance business to logistics company Toll Holdings.
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NewsQantas to upgrade economy class in 10 A330s
Qantas has unveiled a new economy class seat for its Airbus A330-200 aircraft that serve regional destinations in the Asia-Pacific.
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NewsMoody’s thinks Boeing still has negotiating room with union as cash crunch continues
Boeing faces the prospect of losing billions more dollars in the fourth quarter and may need to accelerate efforts to raise cash after machinists on 23 October voted down another of the company’s contract offerings.
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NewsStruggling Spirit Airlines to sell 23 A320-family jets as passenger capacity craters
Spirit Airlines recently entered a binding agreement to sell 23 of its older Airbus A320-family aircraft to GA Telesis for a total purchase price of about $519 million.
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News‘Broad’ inquiry puts US airline competition under government microscope
The US government has launched a “broad public inquiry” into competition within the country’s airline industry that will cover consolidation, anticompetitive practices and labour issues, among other areas of concern.
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NewsIceland’s Play slashing hub-and-spoke activity as it shifts to new model
Icelandic budget carrier Play expects to slash the proportion of hub-and-spoke operations in its activity from 75% to just 30% as it adopts a new business model. Leisure travel will account for 35% – up from the current 25% – while charter and wet-lease services will account for the remaining ...
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NewsF-35s team with uncrewed jet in latest USMC exercises
The US Marine Corps successfully teamed an XQ-58 Valkyrie autonomous jet with four F-35Bs, with the uncrewed Valkyrie providing forward threat targeting data to the flight of stealth fighters.
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NewsSouthwest’s board overhaul continues with six new directors and Gary Kelly’s ‘accelerated’ retirement
In a settlement with minority stakeholder Elliott Investment Management, Southwest Airlines is appointing six new directors to its board and accelerating the retirement of executive chairman Gary Kelly.
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NewsLow production rate impacts Saab on T-7A jet trainer programme
Saab expects to be negatively impacted by its role in the Boeing T-7A advanced jet trainer programme for the “next couple of years” before seeing its involvement rewarded, the Swedish company says.
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NewsLilium faces insolvency as cash crisis deepens
Lilium’s main German operating subsidiaries are to file for insolvency amid an ongoing cash crisis at the electric air taxi developer.
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NewsAmerican salvages third quarter in the face of disruptive events
American Airlines was able to quickly recover from several disruptive events during the third quarter to report marginally higher revenue, expenses and capacity across both its domestic and international networks.
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NewsTUI 737 excursion crew could have kept aircraft on Leeds runway: investigators
Pilots of a Boeing 737-800 involved in a landing excursion in wet conditions at Leeds-Bradford could have kept the jet on the runway, investigators believe, but might have been influenced by unexpected juddering from a nose-wheel bearing failure. The TUI Airways aircraft had been arriving from Corfu, in stormy weather, ...
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NewsThree more stored A380s to be broken up for spares
Three Airbus A380s are to be dismantled and recycled in order to feed demand for spares from remaining operators of the double-deck type. Break-up of the jets is the subject of an agreement between Tarmac Aerosave and the German asset management firm EastMerchant Capital. Tarmac Aerosave says they will bring ...
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NewsA220 operators told to upgrade flight-control software to address ’design deficiencies’
Airbus A220 operators are being instructed to install a new production baseline software for flight-control computers to remedy a number of deficiencies reported on in-service aircraft. The upgrade is required for all three flight-control computers on the twinjet type, states a Transport Canada directive. Its mandate follows occurrences of nuisance ...
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NewsAll systems VerdeGo for hybrid-electric powerplant developer
Florida-based VerdeGo Aero is upping the pace of developing and testing its hybrid-electric powerplants, as civilian and military interest in the next generation of flight propulsion takes off.
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NewsKAI aims to sell 23,000 AAM vehicles by 2050
Korea Aerospace Industries plans to commercialise an advanced air mobility vehicle (AAV) in 2031, following design completion next year.
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NewsUS government clears big upgrade package for Polish F-16s
The US government has cleared a possible midlife upgrade for Poland’s fleet of Lockheed Martin F-16s, which could see the fighters receive considerable capability improvements.