Civil Aviation

Farnborough 2016: Qatar launches 777 performance upgrade package

Boeing's Performance Improvement Package allows airlines to open new routes and improve payload capacity....

Farnborough 2016: GE Aviation receives more than $25bn in orders

GE Aviation and its joint venture companies announced more than $25 billion in orders....

Honda Aircraft receives FAA production certificate

The certificate grants Honda Aircraft the authorization to issue airworthiness certificates for the HondaJet for custome...

Farnborough 2016: Norwegian orders 30 A321LRs from Airbus

The switch from 30 A320neo aircraft to 30 A321LRs will support the carrier’s growth and modernization strategy....

Farnborough 2016: Porter orders 3 Bombardier Q400 turboprops

The new additions will increase Porter’s Q400 aircraft fleet to 29 aircraft....

Norwegian signs first ever U.S. charter agreements for $14m

Norwegian will station three 737-800 aircraft in Milwaukee and Chicago that will operate routes to Mexico and the Caribb...

Embraer projects demand for 6,400 jets in 70-130+ seat segment

Embraer projects market demand for 6,400 new jets in the 70-130+ seat capacity will be worth $300 billion by 2035....

Farnborough 2016: Columbia's Avianca orders 62 A320neo aircraft

The order marks over 1,000 Airbus aircraft sold in Latin America. ...

Farnborough 2016: undisclosed customers order two BBJ MAX 8s

Two customers from North America and Asia ordered two BBJ MAX 8 airplanes....

Farnborough 2016: 10 orders for Boeing converted freighters

Cargo Air and Lineas Aereas Suramericanas and Air Algerie will receive two 737-800BCFs, while an unidentified customer o...

Farnborough 2016: Nordic Aviation orders 4 E190 jets for $200m

Only for the E-Jets program, Embraer has logged more than 1,700 orders and over 1,200 deliveries....

Wizz Air signs $2.5bn engine contract with Pratt & Whitney

Wizz Air will equip its 110 Airbus A321neo aircraft with Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower Geared Turbofan engines....

Farnborough 2016: Ruili Airlines orders six 787-9 Dreamliners

The order for six 787-9 Dreamliners is valued at $1.59 billion at current list prices. ...

Azul signs flight training contract with Airbus for A320neo fleet

Azul Brazilian Airlines has selected “Services by Airbus” to provide Flight Hour Services components support...

Farnborough 2016: EgyptAir orders nine Next-Generation 737-800s

Eight of the airplanes will be financed by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise....

Farnborough 2016: Air Europa orders twenty 737 MAX 8s

Air Europa now has a combined total of 22 787-8s and 787-9s on order....

Boeing forecasts demand for 40,000 planes valued at $6 trillion

Boeing projects a demand for 39,620 new airplanes over the next 20 years, an increase of 4.1% over last year's forec...

Farnborough 2016: Qatar Airways to acquire 10% of LATAM for $613m

Qatar Airways will acquire up up to 10% of LATAM for $613 million....

Farnborough 2016: Kalstar signs firm order for up to 10 E190-E2s

The order is valued at around $580 million at current list prices....

Brexit aftermath: flights from US to UK cheapest in three years

British Airways have reduced their tickets by 22%, Finnair by 23%, United Airlines by 11%....

Farnborough 2016: Germania orders 25 Airbus A320neos for $2.5bn

Germania Group already operates an Airbus fleet of ten A319s and five A321s....

Farnborough 2016: unidentified Chinese customer to buy 30 737s

An unidentified Chinese customer committed to buy thirty 737s for $3 billion at current list prices....

Farnborough 2016: AirAsia Orders 100 Airbus A321neos

The contract marks the first order placed by AirAsia for the largest model in the best-selling A320 Family....

Farnborough 2016: Go Air doubles A320neo order to 144 aircraft

The order follows a similar agreement for 72 A320neo placed in 2011 bringing the total order book to 144 aircraft....

Farnborough 2016: Volga-Dnepr orders 20 Boeing 747-8 freighters

Boeing and Volga-Dnepr Group will also enter into an agreement to look at future services opportunities....

Qatar Airways' profit quadruples in fiscal year 2015

Qatar Airways Group's profit rose from $102 million in fiscal 2014, to $445 million in fiscal 2015...

Farnborough 2016: Embraer, Boeing to market KC-390 medium airlift

Embraer and Boeing have signed a teaming agreement to jointly market and support the KC-390, a multi-mission mobility a...

Farnborough 2016: Qatar Executive becomes largest G650 operator

The announcement signals a strong economic outlook for QA’s fast-growing private charter arm....

Farnborough 2016: TAP Portugal orders 83 LEAP-1A engines

83 LEAP-1A engines will power TAP Portugal's new fleet of Airbus A320neo/A321neo aircraft....

Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engine certified by EASA

Certification is the major engine milestone prior to the engine powering the 787 Dreamliner into service in 2017....

Farnborough 2016: Standard Chartered orders 10 737-800s

The lessor's order, which has a list-price value of $960 million, was disclosed at the Farnborough....

Civil Aviation

Farnborough 2016: Qatar launches 777 performance upgrade package

Farnborough 2016: GE Aviation receives more than $25bn in orders

Honda Aircraft receives FAA production certificate

Flight attendant’s story: lost job while stuck in exotic island

UK Aviation Minister: “I want nothing more than to see planes back in the sky”

Pilot’s story: from flying high to digging deep

Former Norwegian Boeing 787 Captain: We still had hope

Pilot’s story: after 1st month in the cockpit ‒ to furniture sales