Norwegian Air may be the first airline to issue tickets for sale for Transatlantic flights at real low cost. Under study are new links between European airports and US that have low fees and taxes. Airports include Edinburgh and Bergen…
The commercial turboprop market remains essentially a two-horse race between ATR and Bombardier. The story is interesting. The chart below shows the order history for both models since 2000. ATR had a bumpy start but has done exceptionally well since…
From October 5 2015, Victor, the global service on-demand private jet charter that recently premiered in the United States, will connect Cuba with direct flights to 19 major US cities, including Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale , Houston, Los…
Russian airline, Transaero, deep in financial difficulties, was supposed to be taken over by Aeroflot. Turns out Aeroflot won’t be doing that because the company cannot get the 75%+1 share of Transaero it had expected. The takeover has fallen through.…
Bombardier announced Okinawa-based Ryukyu Air Commuter Co., Ltd is the unidentified airline that had signed a firm purchase agreement for five Q400 turboprop airliners announced in July 2014. Based on the list price for the Q400 aircraft, the transaction is…
Airbus’ A320neo fleet started flight tests outside France last month, with the LEAP-engined aircraft going to Bolivia and the GTF-engined aircraft going to the UAE. Airbus is pushing its tests hard because it has publicly said it will deliver its…