It was going to happen, as the airline industry starts to sense a slowdown. The order splurge of the past few years was unprecedented. Between them, Airbus and Boeing are sitting on a seven-year backlog in single-aisle aircraft. But because…
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Within an hour after the news broke of the tragic loss of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 and without a single piece of evidence as to what caused the crash, quite a few people on social media had drawn their conclusion:…
News from Indonesia does not look good for Airbus. Despite the fact that the A350 flight test program was completed without any major hitches, deliveries have been slow. However, orders have been even slower. In 2014 and 2015 Airbus has…
ATR, Indonesia’s national airline Garuda Indonesia and Danish leasing firm Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) announced an agreement for 35 new ATR 72-600 aircraft into the airline’s fleet. This deal involves NAC as lessor to Garuda, and includes for 25 firm…