Airline news
Boeing Reports Second-Quarter Deliveries
The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) announced today deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the second quarter of 2012. Major program deliveries during the second quarter were as follows: Logos, product and com...
Boeing Seeking Big Farnborough Orders
Boeing heads to the year’s biggest air show under a new leader looking to make a hit with its latest single-aisle aircraft and undermine Airbus’s leadership of the global USD$100 billion a year airliner marke...
Kingfisher Wins More Time To Stay Aloft
Embattled Kingfisher Airlines on Thursday won more time from lenders to develop a turnaround plan while its bankers moved ahead with the sale of two properties to recover a small fraction of what they are owed. Kingfishe...
Globetrotting Global 6000 Jets Into India for Demo Tour
Bombardier Aerospace announced that its Global 6000 jet world tour has reached India as the aircraft with its new Vision Flight Deck made its South Asia debut. The aircraft landed in Delhi on July 1 and will continue to tour ac...
Virgin Australia Orders 23 Boeing 737 MAXs
Virgin Australia on Thursday said it has ordered 23 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in a deal worth USD$2.19 billion at list prices. Australia’s second-largest airline also said it has deferred delivery of some Boeing 73...
US Airways Says ‘No Urgency To Merge’
US Airways is in no rush to merge with bankrupt American Airlines and expects its rival to defer any review of a possible deal now that it has asked a judge for more time to formulate an exit plan on its own. “That...
