The carrier ordered 50 737 Max 8s in February of this year. Vietnam Airlines has secured an in-principle commitment from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to fund its purchase of 50 ...

Airframer continues to analyse options for notional -500 variant but pledges to retain Pratt & Whitney as programme’s sole engine supplier. Airbus appears to be leaning towards a quick and “simple” ...

Qatar Airways has restored 85% of its network while Emirates is selling “conflict-related” travel insurance. Qatar Airways has reached its goal of restoring 85% of its pre-Iran war network and has ...

The aircraft is the first of 40 C295 transports set to be built in India under a 2021 deal covering 56 aircraft for the Indian air force. The first Airbus C295 transport assembled in India has logged ...

The Latvian carrier will restore Riga-Tel Aviv flights on 1 July. Air Baltic has signed a codeshare agreement with El Al, ahead of the Latvian carrier’s plan to reinstate flights between Riga and Tel ...

Customers also cancelled deals for 16 jets last month, leaving net order figure at 22 units. Boeing in May ramped up its delivery pace to 60 aircraft, more than in any month this year, but landed net ...

Boeing expects around 30 of its initially-built 777Xs to require modification to bring them up to the standard necessary for delivery. The widebody twinjet, which has slipped far behind schedule ...

Airbus and Boeing faced different – and in Spirit AeroSystems, common – challenges last year as they battled to raise rates and satisfy market demand, while Seattle also received a sales boost from ...

The US Department of War’s latest annual assessment of Chinese military capabilities reveals significant progress in airpower development, including testing of two sixth-generation fighter aircraft ...

Airbus is aiming to start certification work on a 160-seat version of its A220 this year, part of a continuing effort to improve the twinjet’s capabilities. Such a version had previously been pitched ...

Our 2025 World Air Forces directory details the military aircraft fleets of 161 nations, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, totalling just over a combined 52,600 in-service assets Our 2025 World Air Forces ...

Aspiring A380 operator appoints new director to replace twin departures, while quadjet remains in storage in France. UK start-up carrier Global Airlines has tweaked its leadership team in recent weeks ...