Airline news
Major Carriers Interested In Buying LOT
Air Berlin, British Airways and Singapore Airlines may be interested in starting talks to buy Poland’s troubled carrier LOT, according to a report in the Polish newspaper Puls Biznesu. The report however does not q...
Airbus Confident On A350 As First Flight Looms
Airbus has vowed to avoid the problems which led to the grounding of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner as the clock ticks towards a first flight that could be only a week away. Chief executive Fabrice Bregier said Airbus had...
Gulf Air Ordered Up To 16 Bombardier CSeries
Bombardier announced on Tuesday that Gulf Air is the previously undisclosed airline that ordered up to 16 of its new CSeries airliners. The order by the national carrier of Bahrain for 10 of the 110-seat CS100 aircraft w...
Airlines Push New Booking Platform
The airline industry is set to allow consumers to see more details of what they are booking using a new online reservation platform, a project that poses a threat to many travel technology firms working with older system...
First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Begins Final Assembly
Boeing [NYSE: BA] has begun final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30 in Everett, Wash., when Boeing started joining large sections of the super-effi...
Qatar Air Will Not Be 787-10X Launch Customer
Qatar Airways will not be a launch customer for Boeing’s next passenger jet, a stretched version of its 787 Dreamliner, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Qatar Airways, one of the world’s fastest growing c...
