News Airbus has begun production of the first A220 at its facility in Mobile, Alabama. The former Bombardier C Series is now a majority US content airplane assembled in the United States, and not subject to international trade issues, which…
A conversation with a serial airline entrepreneur, who is probably the only person to have built (from the ground up) four airlines. David walks us through the TAP turnaround story which is remarkable. The airline has grown over 170% since…
On Wednesday IATA released its latest stats. The stat that caught our eye was this one: 22,000 city pairs are now connected by direct flights, up 1,300 over 2017 and double the 10,250 city pairs connected in 1998. Route dispersion…
Airbus can look back on a strong first six months, but to make 2019 a good year a lot still needs to be done in HY2. At Commercial Aircraft the priority in the next six months is mainly on one…
The Air France–KLM Group, signed an MoU for 60 A220-300 aircraft to modernize its fleet. The aircraft will be operated by Air France. It is expected these aircraft will replace the airline’s A319s (33) and A318s (18). Interestingly, Air France…
Airbus provided this PR today: “An Airbus A220-300 flight test aircraft will visit six Asian destinations as part of a demonstration tour across the region. After a stopover at Seoul’s Incheon Airport the aircraft heads to Yangon (Myanmar), the first…