Unless Boom Supersonic has something up to its sleeve in the form of a contract with an undisclosed engine maker, the US start-up seems to have hit a serious setback. It still hasn’t a confirmed engine and can now exclude Rolls-Royce…
Finnair has announced a drastic strategy change on September 7 that should help to overcome the headwinds from the Covid crisis and the war in Ukraine. The airline will opt for a more balanced network to make it no longer…
IATA Director-General Willie Walsh is optimistic that air passengers won’t be confronted with widespread travel disruptions for the rest of 2022, specifically during the coming December travel peak. He thinks that airlines and airports have made steps to prevent the…
Uganda Airlines has advanced plans to join the African Airlines Association, AFRAA Joint Fuel Purchase program, to mitigate the impact of the high jet fuel prices on its cost base. Fuel as a component now accounts for 52 percent of…
Rumania’s biggest airline, BlueAir, has suspended all operations until September 12 as it tries to sort out financial issues with the Rumanian government and regulators. The suspension of flights has caused chaos at Henri Coanda Airport in Bucharest after thousands…
An interesting piece of consolidation news has been coming from France on September 5: aerospace giant Safran Group is in negotiations with another aerospace giant, Thales Group, to acquire its aeronautical electrical systems or avionics business. The transaction, once completed, will…