To answer this question it is important to first layout the limits to any answer. No airline will discuss this and nor will Boeing other than to say all is good. Forget about getting any details. United did respond to…
JAL announced two orders for regional jets. This may have been one of the quietest aircraft campaigns. In the first order, JAL and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation signed an LOI for 32 Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) aircraft, as the next-generation regional…
The Times of India reported last week in this story, that the FAA had grounded all Boeing 787 aircraft equipped with GEnx engines. This is not the case, and there were no Airworthiness Directives issued by the FAA nor any…
Bloomberg reports that Malaysian Airlines is likely to see some big changes. A possible new CEO, layoffs and an aircraft order review are the identified changes. The current CEO has a contract that expires in the next few weeks. It…
Last week, the long-negotiated agreement for Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airlines to purchase a 49% minority stake in Italy’s beleaguered Alitalia airlines was finalized. The transaction includes several elements: €387.5M in cash for 49% of Alitalia €112.5M for a 75%…
Recently there was a bit of a flutter in some Israeli media about Turkish Airlines hiring Iranian pilots. Given the current heated emotions in the Levant, the tension is understandable. We contacted Turkish to ask about this. Here is the…