Sixteen months after the termination of a contract for 34 Boeing MAX 8s, Brazil’s GOL Linhas Aereas original MAX fleet strategy is more or less back on track. On August 3, the carrier announced a follow-on order for 28 MAX 8s…
UPDATE JULY 13 – Air France-KLM is in negotiations with Airbus and Boeing about an aircraft order for potentially more than 160 aircraft for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, its leisure subsidiary Transavia, and Transavia France. Group CEO Ben Smith confirmed this…
UPDATED STORY – After weeks of rumors about a triple-digit aircraft order of a size not seen since 2017, United Airlines confirms plans for 270 aircraft on June 29. It has placed orders for 200 Boeing MAX and 70 Airbus…
It is almost four years to the day since the program launch in 2017 that the Boeing MAX 10 has made its maiden flight today. That’s a couple of years later than planned, but the reasons for that are obvious.…
Ryanair expects to break even in FY22 or at least generate only a small loss. Good forward bookings are an indication that recovery of air travel in Europe is on its way. However, it will be essential that eighty percent…
United’s order for 25 additional Boeing MAX is the latest love affair between the airline and the airframer concerning the beleaguered narrow body. COO Andrew Nocella described the latest order as “a key driver to our near-term growth”, with the…