In between the limited commercial aviation announcements at MAKS2021 this week, there is a small but nevertheless significant one: independent Russian carrier Azimuth Airlines has signed a leasing agreement for six Airbus A220-300s. The Azimuth order opens up Russia to the A220,…
News: The good news week for Boeing continues after the FAA order ungrounding the MAX in the US, as Alaska has decided to add to its 32 aircraft MAX orders with an additional 13 MAX9 models obtained via leasing company…
Lessor Air Lease Corporation (ALC) isn’t ruling out it has to make further material changes to its delivery schedule if current market circumstances continue to be weak for a prolonged time. ALC has reduced its order book since January from…
The aircraft industry should be wary of allowing politicians and rule makers with their own agenda’s decide how the future generation of commercial aircraft should look like. It should be the industry itself that decides on this, based on the…
Airbus has made the inevitable decision to cut production rates of all types as from this month, it announced on April 8. The unprecedented impact of Covid-19 on air travel has airlines running to seek delivery deferrals and in some cases…
The huge backlogs Airbus and Boeing have for single aisle aircraft are well known. Both firms have backlogs of about seven years at current production levels. Both firms are talking about and planning to increase their production rates to bring…