News: FAA test flights of the Boeing 737 MAX will begin today to determine whether the aircraft will be approved for a return to service in the United States. The test flight process is scheduled to be more rigorous than…
Commercial FAA Confirms Boeing 737 Max Test Flights Set to Begin – Bloomberg Airbus confirms thousands of redundancies amid industry slow-down – BrusselsTimes ATR and REX cooperating on fleet modernisation – LARA General Aviation Bombardier Global 5500 Can Travel From…
Chinese airframer Comac hit an important milestone on June 28 when it simultaneously delivered three ARJ21 regional jets to the country’s biggest airlines: Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern Airlines. For the type, it means a breakthrough as until…
Virgin Australia seems to have escaped insolvency and liquidation after Bain Capital Private Equity has been selected as the preferred buyer of Australia’s second airline, it emerged on June 26. Bain has entered into a sale and implementation agreement with…
Given the paucity of good news from the commercial aviation industry, why not take a look at data for 1Q20? Here is a combination of data from the US DoT T-2 and Form41. This selection shows the US airline single-aisle…
The Dutch government finally agreed on the state aid package for KLM on June 26, announcing the airline will receive EUR 3.4 billion in loans and state-guaranteed loans. A majority of Dutch parliament approved the package on July 2, but…