Embraer has secured an order for fifteen E195-E2s from a yet undisclosed customer, the airframer said on January 16 in a short media statement. The order must have been signed in December, as it will be included in the Q4…
Global passenger air traffic will reach 2019 levels already by June this year, driven by the strong recovery of Asia Pacific and, in particular, China. “Despite the implementation of testing requirements, reopening of the world’s second-largest aviation market will drive…
UPDATE – Two Chinese-registered Boeing MAXs have made their first commercial flight in China since March 2019. China Southern Airlines operated a rotation between Guangzhou and Zhengzhou and another to Wuhan earlier on Friday. China Southern operates first Chinese MAX services…
Airbus has been testing new technologies that will assist pilots during operations in the air and on the ground. Called DragonFly, the system can alleviate the task of pilots during taxiing at airports but also automatically guide the aircraft to…
A late-year order for four Airbus A350Fs on December 19 confirms that there has been plenty of interest in factory-built full freighters last year. Especially if you consider that Airbus and Boeing reaped orders for a combined 102 freighters in 2022. And…
In a year plagued by supply chain disruptions, Airbus delivered 661 aircraft, some sixty short of the original target. The European airframer won 820 net orders but had to endure 258 cancelations too, some of them anticipated. For 2023, Airbus is…