Malaysia’s government has asked Malaysia Airlines and Batik Air whether they could absorb AirAsia’s domestic market share, Reuters said, citing two people familiar with the matter. Officials describe it as scenario planning, not an announced takeover — but a government…
GAMA, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association, released its Shipments and Billings data for the second quarter of 2026. The data show relatively flat performance for piston and turboprop aircraft, but a gain in business jet shipments and billings over 2025…
The official duopoly numbers for August are in. They match our tracker. Here’s our public model. August is Airbus ‘ European vacation month and invariably sees a slowdown. This year we noticed that single-aisle deliveries were on track, but twin-aisle…
Reports state American Airlines’ widebody decision has narrowed to two aircraft: the Airbus A330-900neo and the Boeing 787-10, to replace the airline’s 47 Boeing 777-200ERs starting in the 2030s. Chief Commercial Officer Nat Pieper called the process the “seventh or…
IAI has completed the first flight of its Airbus A330-300 passenger-to-freighter conversion program. The first Airbus A330-300BDSF, with the BDSF standing for Bedek Special Freighter, adds to IAI’s portfolio of Boeing conversions in its passenger-to-freighter conversion business. An Airbus A330-300BDSF can…
Airbus announced that quality issues on the horizontal tailplane of the A330-900 resulted in no deliveries for the aircraft in June and July, 2026, with deliveries resuming in August. With Airbus currently producing 3-4 aircraft per month, with plans to…