China’s three biggest airlines have all reported higher passenger numbers for December compared to November, but the overall trend is down on twelve months earlier. It confirms the rollercoaster ride that Chinese carriers are in as they are confronted with…
Lessor Aircastle is looking at converting four of its Boeing 737-800s and a couple of Airbus A330s into full freighters but it has no intention to return big-size to the freighter market, it said during its third-quarter FY21 results presentation on…
Staff, the works council, unions: all are still in shock over Thursday evening’s news that KLM is to lose its current Chief Executive Officer, Pieter Elbers, from May 2023. The announcement has come ‘out of the blue’ for most at the…
Despite high infections rates across the US and elsewhere in the world, Delta Airlines expects the worst of the Omicron crisis to settle down from around mid-February. The airline is projecting losses for January and February but a recovery of…
The Indonesian Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises is investigating corruption with aircraft lease contracts and procurements at Garuda Indonesia. The investigation initially focuses on the purchase of Garuda’s thirteen ATR 72-600s, but the ministry suspects the involvement of other manufacturers as…
Embraer has sold its two Portuguese aerostructure units to Aernnova in Spain for $172 million. At the same time, the two companies have signed a long-term supply agreement to safeguard the supplies of assemblies to Embraer, they announced on January…