NEWS Arkia Israeli Airlines Commits to Airbus A330-900s
Arkia Israeli Airlines has signed a MOU with Airbus for up to four A330-900neo aircraft, the manufacturer announced Wednesday.Link
NEWS Vietnam Airlines To Receive First Boeing 787-9 in May; Airbus A350-900 in June
Vietnam Airlines will take delivery of the first of 19 Boeing 787-9s in May, and the first of 14 Airbus A350-900s in June. The SkyTeam carrier ordered the Boeing 787-8…
EMERGENCY Eastern Airways flight #T34095 declared an emergency and returned to Aberdeen Airport
BREAKING Plane evacuated on taxiway at Aberdeen airport, fire retardent being sprayed on engine (pic: @jackoshot) pic.twitter.com/HTgPOGrELH — Air News & Services (@airlivenet) February 18, 2015 Emergency services including police,…
NEWS Boeing, Korean Air Announce Order for Five 777 Freighters
SEATTLE, Feb. 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing and Korean Air today finalized an order for five 777 Freighters. The order, valued at more than $1.5 billion at current list prices,…
NEWS Alitalia Begins Reinstating Long-Haul Network
Alitalia, which recently became an Etihad Airways equity partner, will resume services to South Korea after a 20-year break and has detailed plans to serve two destinations in China.Link
NEWS Qatar Airways Denies Staff Need Permission to Marry
Doha (AFP) - The chief of Qatar Airways, Akbar al-Baker, has furiously denied claims that its flight attendants are sacked if they get married.Link
NEWS Alaska Airlines Orders Six More Boeing 737-900ERs
Alaska Airlines will buy six more Boeing 737-900ERs, in an order valued at $594 million at current list prices. Four aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2016 and two in…
NEWS Top 10 North American Scheduled Airlines by Fleet Size
Top 10 North American scheduled airlines by fleet size. Source: Aviation Week Commercial Aviation Fleet & MRO ForecastLink
NEWS Southwest Airlines Goes to Federal Court to Keep from Having to Share Love Field Gates With Delta
On January 30 Southwest Airlines announced that it was taking United Airlines’ two gates at Dallas Love Field, giving it 18 out of the 20 gates at the city-owned airport.…
NEWS Boeing Sees No Business Case For 757 MAX
Whatever else Boeing may be discussing with potential customers at this year’s International Society of Transport Aircraft Trading (Istat) meeting regarding options for replacing the 757, we now at least…