Italian airline ITA Airways continues to expand its fleet. The carrier has signed an agreement with AerCap for the lease of ten Airbus A320neo’s and two A330neo’s on long-term contracts. Last week, the first Airbus A350-900 in the striking blue livery…
Alaska Airlines is more and more reverting to the holy grail of low-cost carriers by accelerating its transition to a single fleet until late 2023. Out will go the ten remaining and leased Airbus A321neo’s in the mainline fleet and…
Deliveries of 31 completed ATR turboprop aircraft compared to ten in 2020 have helped to reduce losses for its Italian shareholder Leonardo, but overall the company and Tier 1 supplier to Airbus and Boeing can look back at a difficult…
Despite an “extremely challenging” start to 2022, Cathay Pacific is “resolutely committed” to protecting its position as a leading airline at its Hong Kong hub. “We have absolute confidence in the long-term future of Hong Kong. Everything we do at Cathay…
Alaska Airlines’ decision to diversify its Boeing MAX order portfolio to include the -8 and -10 as well seems like a logical choice to safeguard future fleet flexibility. By relying on just the MAX 9, the carrier would have been restricted…
Airbus is closely monitoring the situation around Russia but says it is too early to comment on the effects of the sanctions that have been imposed by the European Commission since last Friday. These sanctions prohibit the sale and trade…