Two Asia-Pacific carriers, Cebu Pacific Air and China Airlines, have each taken delivery of new aircraft types from Airbus at the tail end of November. Cebu Pacific of the Philippines received its first A330-900 on 28 November, while China Airlines of…
Cebu Pacific saw its third-quarter loss narrowing slightly as surging passenger revenue and a higher number of flights operated helped the Philippine low-cost carrier. Operating loss for the quarter ended 30 September came in at PHP 6.15 billion, an 8.7 percent…
The Boeing 777X first flight, which was postponed yesterday due to weather, is scheduled for 10am Pacific time today. You can watch the live stream of the flight here, embedded in an article about the new airplane by Dominic Gates at…
2019 will go down as the year that electrically powered aircraft became a serious issue. The Eviation Alice at the Paris airshow attracted more attention than was expected. It won a customer order. But from where we are now to…
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon significantly improved their HY1-results compared to last year, the Hong Kong-based airlines announced on August 7. Combined profit for the first six months of 2019 was HK$615 million, compared to -904 million last year. Group…
As expected, Boeing launched its 777X in Dubai, with commitments for 150 aircraft from Emirates, 50 from Qatar and 25 from Etihad. With Lufthansa’s prior commitment for 34, the order book now stands at 269. Additional information on the 777X…