Airline news
VietJetAir To Sign USD$9 Bln Airbus Order Next Month
Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir said it would sign a USD$9 billion order for up to 92 Airbus aircraft next month as it seeks to tap into Southeast Asia’s fast growing low-cost market dominated by AirAsia and Lion Air...
Lion Air Orders CFM Engines, Cancels 787s
Indonesia’s Lion Air said on Monday it had purchased CFM International engines worth USD$1.2 billion for 60 new Airbus A320s on order as the budget carrier goes on a shopping spree to boost capacity in Southeast As...
India Lifts Ban On Airbus A380s
India will allow Airbus A380s to land at the country’s four main airports, the civil aviation ministry said on Monday, lifting restrictions on the superjumbos flying into the country. The four airports equipped to ...
Boeing ‘Not Satisfied’ With 787 Reliability
The reliability of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner is improving but is still not satisfactory, Mike Fleming, Boeing’s vice president for 787 support and services said on Friday. The Dreamliner’s reliability rat...
FAA To Order Boeing 767 Safety Checks
The US FAA plans to order safety checks of more than 400 Boeing 767s because of elevator flight control surfaces that may jam and possibly cause some pilots to lose control of the aircraft, according to a report in The W...
Air France-KLM May Reinvest In Alitalia If Conditions Met
Air France-KLM will look at reinvesting in Alitalia if the conditions it set for its restructuring are met, the Franco-Dutch airline’s chief executive said on Thursday. “Our partnership with Alitalia is very ...
