Airline news
ANA Wants Cash Not Discounts For 787 Woes
All Nippon Airways, the biggest customer for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, wants the plane maker to compensate it in cash, rather than discounts on future purchases, for losses racked up since the aircraft was grounded ...
Turkish Airlines Places Its Biggest Order Ever with Airbus
Turkish Airlines, the largest airline in Turkey, has signed a contract for up to 117 A320 Family aircraft (25 A321ceo, 4 A320neo, 53 A321neo and options for 35 additional A321neo aircraft). This order is the largest ever placed...
Air Pacific Takes Delivery Of First New Airbus A330
Air Pacific (soon to be Fiji Airways) announced that it had successfully taken ownership and delivery of its first-ever brand-new wide body aircraft, the Airbus A330-200. The aircraft is the first of three ordered by the airlin...
Airbus A330 Becomes Flagship Aircraft for Fiji’s National Airline
Air Pacific, Fijis national airline, has formally rolled out its soon to be adopted new Fiji Airways identity with the delivery of its first new A330-200 aircraft. Whilst the carrier will officially adopt the ‘Fiji Airw...
Boeing Provides Details on 787 Battery Improvements
Boeing (NYSE: BA) announced that a comprehensive set of improvements that will add several layers of additional safety features to the lithium-ion batteries on 787 commercial jetliners are in production and could be ready for i...
Lion Targets New Airlines With Airbus Jets
Lion Air’s chief executive Rusdi Kirana said after a placing a record Airbus order on Monday that he would use the aircraft to start up new airline ventures underpinned by strong demand in Asia. Kirana also said In...
