UPDATE – Taiwan’s China Airlines has selected the Boeing 787-9 as the replacement for its aging Airbus A330-300 fleet. The carrier has placed a firm order for sixteen Dreamliners with Boeing plus eight options, it said on August 30 in…
In Boeing’s overview of 787 customers, there are 69 different airlines and lessors. It features many prominent names, but one has been missing. Until now, that is. With the delivery of its first 787-9 on August 29, Lufthansa has become the…
Here is our rolling report with short aviation news for the month of August 2022: 29 – Spanish airline Air Europa has signed an agreement with AerCap to lease ten Boeing MAX 8s plus five 787-9s. All aircraft will be delivered between…
Finnair and Qatar Airways are starting a long-term strategic partnership that will connect three capital cities in Scandinavia with Doha, they announced on August 29. New services from Helsinki (Finland), Stockholm (Sweden), and Copenhagen (Denmark) will be launched in November and…
Air passengers in Spain are being tested as they have to accommodate strikes from easyJet and Iberia Express since this weekend, while Ryanair will be affected (again) next week. All strikes are organized by unions that call for higher salaries…
AirAsia Aviation Group expects to recover to full capacity by the second quarter of 2023. The low-cost airline group of four airlines has seen a strong recovery in Q2 this year, which has continued into August. AirAsia reaffirmed its order for…