Only ‘some units’ of Boeing 737 and MAX aircraft are affected by the latest production flaw in the aft pressure bulkhead, Spirit AeroSystems says in a statement on its website. The extent of the issue isn’t clear yet, as the supplier…
After more than three years on the ground, Etihad Airways has operated its first Airbus A380 service again on July 25. Flight EY11 departed Abu Dhabi at 2.37 am local time and arrived at London Heathrow at 6.42 am, welcomed by…
Boeing is looking at increasing the production rate of the 787 beyond the planned rate of ten per month in 2025-2026, but will only go higher if it is convinced that demand is a long-term trend. Boeing Commercial Airplanes President…
Air travel in Europe is expected to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels in 2025, Eurocontrol says in its forecast for 2023 to 2029. The air traffic management organization is seeing ‘vivid pent-up demand’ this year, but after 2025 it expects a…
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce isn’t the first to have used these words in the context of airline operations and profitability, but the financial year 2022 which closed on June 30 has been “extremely challenging” for the Australian airline group. Qantas…
After the fiscal year 2022 with “ongoing twists and turns”, Air New Zealand expects to produce “a significant improvement” of its financial performance in FY23. But this will depend in large part on the impact of jet fuel prices, the…