American Airlines announced major orders for narrow-body and regional aircraft with three manufacturers today. The orders totaled 260 firm orders plus 193 options and purchase rights. “Over the past decade, we have invested heavily to modernize and simplify our fleet,…
The GAMA 2023 Shipments and Billings report was released earlier today, summarizing the results for the general aviation industry for the 4th quarter and full year 2023. Business aviation continued its slow improvement during the fourth quarter, with single engine…
We spoke with Stephan Hannemann, VP MEA. The foundation of Embraer’s confidence is rationally explained. The OEM has the right-sized aircraft, including the new P2F model, that will likely fit better with most of the continent’s airlines than larger models from…
Embraer Defense & Security and Mahindra announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective of jointly fulfilling the acquisition of the C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft by the Indian Air Force in its upcoming Medium…
The Airbus-Boeing duopoly is neither balanced nor healthy for the aviation industry. Since the McDonnell-Douglas merger into Boeing, there have been only two viable competitors in the commercial aircraft market. Today, one of those companies is failing across all its…
Leasing firm Azorra made the following announcement: Azorra announces the purchase of 12 Airbus A220-300s from EGYPTAIR, the flag carrier of Egypt. Azorra is acquiring the aircraft from EGYPTAIR to support the airline’s ongoing fleet transformation, as it seeks to…