American Airlines has announced it is beginning the process to recruit and hire approximately 1,500 new pilots over the next five years, American's largest pilot hiring in more than a decade. American...
Harry Lombardo, the new president of the Transport Workers Union (TWU) has promised to increase lobbying, oppose outsourcing, and help unions strengthen ties to local communities. One of Lombardo's fi...
The largest scheduled passenger airlines reported a net profit of $2.1 billion in the second quarter of 2013, an increase from a profit of $700 million in the second quarter of 2012, the U.S. Departme...
Middle East financial institutions in 2013 continue to surpass expectations for new delivery financing of Boeing commercial airplanes, the leading manufacturer reported at its annual financiers and in...
Indonesia’s national airline Garuda Indonesia and the Danish leasing firm Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) have signed a new agreement for the introduction of 35 new ATR 72-600 aircraft into Garuda’s fle...
Sichuan Airlines, the largest all Airbus operator in China, has taken delivery of its first A321 aircraft equipped with Sharklets. It will also be the first A321 with Sharklets to be operated in China...
Lion Air CEO Rusdi Kirana caused a storm of interest in Canada yesterday after he said he would most likely become Bombardier’s largest customer by way of a possible CSeries order at Farnborough Air S...
WestJet have completed an order for 65 737 MAX airplanes, fulfilling the carrier’s letter of intent to purchase the airplanes announced on Aug 29. The order, valued at $6.3 billion at list prices, con...
Air Namibia, the Windhoek based national airline of the Republic of Namibia, has taken delivery of its first A330-200 from Airbus at a ceremony in Toulouse, France. The aircraft is the first of two A3...
Alitalia yesterday said its net losses widened to €294m ($396m) in the first half of the year, from a loss of €201m over the same period in 2012. This news came as the board voted to increase the capi...
Assembly of the first A380 for South Korea’s Asiana Airlines is now underway at the Airbus Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. The main sections of the aircraft arrived in recent weeks from...
Garuda Indonesia, the national carrier of Indonesia, has taken the delivery of the first of its new fleet of 18 A330-300s at a special ceremony in Toulouse today. The new aircraft will form a major el...
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