Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has taken delivery of its 100th Airbus A320 aircraft.
The company celebrated the event with a ceremony at
Flightglobal’s Fleet Analyzer shows that IndiGo’s fleet of 100 A320s has an average age of just 3.6 years.
It has an additional 428 A320s and A320neos on order.
IndiGo
Source: Cirium Dashboard
Shinmaywa has secured a Japanese government contract to research an unmanned amphibian that will serve as a mothership for autonomous unmanned vehicles (AUVs).
IATA has urged the governments of Pakistan and Bangladesh to release more than $720 million in blocked airline funds, while calling for simplified processes to repatriate the money.
AirAsia Aviation Group has appointed its co-founder and former chief executive Tony Fernandes as advisor and steward, as the deadline for merger negotiations with associate unit AirAsia X draws close.
Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines has ordered five Airbus A350 freighters as well three more A330neo passenger aircraft at the Singapore air show today.
Royal Brunei Airlines has ordered four more Boeing 787-9s as part of a widebody fleet renewal.
After strong order activity at the Paris and Dubai air shows in the past year, a bullish Asia-Pacific airline sector in the thick of recovery, coupled with ongoing fleet renewal campaigns, could yield some significant announcements at the upcoming Singapore Airshow.
