by Richard Schuurman | Jan 14, 2021 | Airlines
The writing had been on the wall for over a year, but now it’s official: low-cost airline Norwegian is going back to its short-haul roots and will forego on long-haul operations. The airline has announced a simplified business structure on January 14 on which the...
by Richard Schuurman | Jan 12, 2021 | Boeing
Boeing recorded 157 deliveries and 184 gross orders in 2020, but a downpour of cancelations have resulted in a score of -1.026 net orders, the airframer announced on January 12. This compares to 380 deliveries, 246 gross orders, and -87 net orders in 2019. The MAX...
by Richard Schuurman | Jan 11, 2021 | Aerospace
In a world full of political tensions, 2021 has started on the bright side in the Middle East. The signing of the Al Ula-agreement by the six leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council during their summit on January 5 ends 3.5 years of tensions with Qatar and its...
by Richard Schuurman | Jan 8, 2021 | Airbus
Under the circumstances of a most difficult year, Airbus has succeeded in delivering 566 commercial aircraft to airlines in 2020. It is of course a far cry from the record 863 from 2019 but is impressive as most airlines (and lessors) were reluctant to take deliveries...
by Richard Schuurman | Jan 8, 2021 | Aerospace
Without any prospect of a first delivery nor that of a first customer, US lessor Aerolease Aviation has had no option but to cancel its order for ten Mitsubishi SpaceJet M90s. Aerolease and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation announced on January 8 that they ended the...
