After the Paris Air Show and the summer break, the global aerospace industry assembles again next week. In Russia, for the MAKS2019 air show at Zhukovsky Airport near Moscow from August 27 – September 1. While Airbus will show its…
Delivery of the first aircraft is still a few months away, but Air Canada on August 14 gave a little sneak preview of what to expect when it operates its Airbus A220-300 fleet from Spring 2020. The airline announced that…
Amidst the uncertainty of the return to service of its Boeing MAX 8-fleet Norwegian has decided to cut its transatlantic network out of Ireland from mid-September. The low-cost airline will discontinue six routes to Dublin out of Providence and New…
Reports on August 10 of a Norwegian Boeing 787-8 trashing the Rome Fiumicino-airport area with parts from its number 1 Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-engine after take-off raise the question: is this part of the known Trent 1000-issue or a new one?…
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon significantly improved their HY1-results compared to last year, the Hong Kong-based airlines announced on August 7. Combined profit for the first six months of 2019 was HK$615 million, compared to -904 million last year. Group…
Of Europe’s Big 4 airlines’ groups, International Airlines Group (IAG) has delivered the best net-result in HY1. It reported a net profit after tax but before exceptional items of EUR 806 million compared to 803 million last year or 806…