Airline news
Airbus Won 236 Orders In Jan – April
Airbus won 236 gross aircraft orders in the first four months of the year, boosted by a contract for 71 single-aisle A320-family planes in April from American Airlines. Adjusted for cancellations, net orders totalled 142...
Europe To Toughen Black Box Rules After Boeing 777 Flight MH370
The European Aviation Safety Agency has drawn up proposals to make it easier to find black boxes from missing aircraft, in the strongest official reaction so far to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, pe...
Tiger Airways Replaces CEO With SIA Executive
Singapore’s Tiger Airways said it would be replacing its chief executive with an executive from its largest shareholder, Singapore Airlines, days after the budget carrier reported a deepening of its losses. Lee Lik...
Australian ‘Hijacker’ Mistook Cockpit Door For Toilet Door
An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet door, triggering Friday’s hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian island of Bali, police said. Matt Lockley told Bal...
Norwegian Air Suspends Talks To Buy 20 Boeing 787s
Norwegian Air has put on hold talks to buy 20 new 787 Dreamliners from Boeing because of a delay in receiving US Department of Transportation approval for its long haul plans, chief executive Bjoern Kjos said in a letter...
AirAsia X Signs GE Engine Deal
AirAsia X, the long-haul arm of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia, has signed a USD$1.5 billion deal with GE Aviation for the supply of engines for up to 28 new aircraft. GE Aviation will supply CF6-80E1 engines for the a...
