International Airlines Group (IAG) is not giving up on its plans to acquire Spanish carrier Air Europa. IAG and the airline’s owner Globalia have reached an agreement for a seven-year, unsecured loan of €100 million. It also provides exclusivity to…
2022 will be a “transitional year” for US low-cost carrier JetBlue. It plans to pull “meaningful levers” to restore its earnings and improve on costs after reporting a $182 million net loss for 2021, including a $129 million loss in…
Chinese eVTOL-maker AutoFlight is seeking European certification of its Prosperity I vehicle and has therefore established a new R&D and Certification Center in Augsburg (Germany). AutoFlight hopes to get EASA certification in 2025. China’s AutoFlight enters Europe to get EASA ticket.…
The past year 2021 has seen record sales of Boeing freighters. After getting to eighty on December 21 thanks to an order for nineteen 767-300Fs from UPS, Boeing announced on January 6 that it had received another order before the…
Delta has long been the US airline that flies the wings off its aircraft - they do not chase the new models at entry into service.
Boeing’s 787 woes continue as new quality issues with structural composite parts have been found earlier this year. As the Wall Street Journal and The Seattle Times revealed on November 19, the FAA is requesting more evidence that the problems have…