UPDATE – Rolls-Royce will continue to focus on investments in large engines for widebody aircraft and small engines for business aircraft. It is also open for partnerships on new engines for narrowbody aircraft using technology from the UltraFan demonstrator. But…
UPDATE – Lufthansa is closing in on an order for some eighty narrowbody aircraft. Half of them will be for City Airlines, the new subsidiary that Lufthansa is establishing as a new feeder airline for its European operations. City Airlines…
American Airlines is in negotiations with Airbus and Boeing about a narrowbody order for deliveries in the latter half of this decade and beyond. The airline disclosed the news during its Q3 earnings call today but didn’t say how many…
Rolls-Royce is open to partnerships with other engine makers if they help it to grow its business. This could lead to a return of the UK company to the narrowbody aircraft market with an engine that uses technologies from the…
International Airlines Group (IAG) shareholders have approved previously announced aircraft orders with Airbus and Boeing. These are all narrowbody aircraft purchased for growth and fleet renewal of its airlines. But what is the ratio of this order? Why IAG splits its…
Qantas is to confirm its long-expected order for the Airbus A350-1000 as part of its Project Sunrise project on May 2. The airline will also finalize the in-principle agreement for the A220 and A321XLR it announced in December. Qantas has…