The Alaska/Hawaiian deal keeps getting attention as analysts and media dig into whatever data they have. We published some thoughts on the deal based on the conference call here . As expected, both CEOs want to tout the win-win for…
The Daher TBM EcoPulse technology demonstrator has successfully completed its first flight using its six electromotors. The aircraft operated a 1 hour 38 minutes flight out of Tarbes on November 29 and did another 19-minute test flight today in hybrid-electric…
American was once the home of more MD80s than any other airline—over 300 at its peak. In 2011, the airline threw its fleet cat among the pigeons. At the time, this was a gargantuan order not seen before. The requirement…
Hot on the heels of the additional Porter order last week comes more order news. Embraer announced its C-390 Millennium won the Large Transport Aircraft public tender to provide the Republic of Korea Air Force with an undisclosed number of…
News has just emerged that Alaska Airlines group struck a deal with Hawaiian at $18/share, worth about $1.9Bn. This will push Alaska Airlines into the fifth largest airline in US service with 365 aircraft. You can read about the Alaska…
Embraer has completed work on the first E-Freighter, an E190 converted from a passenger aircraft to a freighter. The aircraft was unveiled on Thursday during an internal event in Sao Jose dos Campos, where Embraer is doing the conversion work by…