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Boeing wins order for 20 777X jets from undisclosed customer
Boeing reached a deal to sell 20 777X jets in March. The customer, however, was not revealed. The…
Airbus delivers more than twice as many aircraft as Boeing in March
Airbus and Boeing announced on April 9 commercial aircraft deliveries in March and the European manufacturer managed to…
Azul sends its last Airbus A350 to the US and ends the widebody era in its fleet
The Airbus A350-900 registration PR-AOY took off from Brazil on Tuesday, ending the widebody era at Azul Linhas…
Boeing has 11 777F “gliders” parked at its factory
Boeing is not only suffering from late deliveries of the 737 MAX, caused by failures on the assembly…
Spirit Airlines pushes delivery of A320neo jets to 2026 amid cost cuts
Spirit Airlines on Monday announced measures to reduce its costs following the end of its merger with JetBlue.…
Airbus and Canadian A220 workers fail to reach agreement on wages
Airbus workers at the Mirabel plant in Canada rejected a second pay rise offer made by the company…
Southwest Boeing 737 loses engine cover and increases paranoia with manufacturer
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 suffered damage to the right engine cover after taking off from Denver International…
How many commercial aircraft did Embraer deliver in the 1st quarter of 2024?
Embraer’s target is to deliver 72 commercial aircraft in 2024, but the 1st quarter may not have been…
Former passenger plane, Embraer E190F freighter flies for the first time
Embraer finally completed the maiden flight of the first E190F freighter on April 5 from its headquarters in…
Boeing and Airbus in talks to take over Spirit Aerosystems assets – report
Boeing and Airbus are exploring a joint solution to resolve problems at Spirit Aerosystems, a supplier of its…
Boeing paid $160 million to Alaska Air after 737 MAX 9 incident
Alaska Air Group revealed on Thursday that it received about $160 million from Boeing as initial compensation for…
British Airways adds Boeing 787-8 on extra flights between London and Sao Paulo
British Airways has scheduled an expansion in frequencies between London and Sao Paulo, in Brazil, from October 29th.…
Russia puts the second prototype of the Il-114-300 turboprop into flight
United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), the parent company of major Russian aerospace manufacturers, announced the first flight of the…
Emirates Airline manages to fly damaged Airbus A380 out of Russia
Emirates Airline experienced an unusual situation in recent days with one of its Airbus A380s. On March 27,…
Korean Air signs firm order for 33 Airbus A350s
About two weeks after revealing plans to acquire 33 A350s, Korean Air reached a deal with Airbus to…
Airbus wants A220 orders in Embraer’s backyard, Brazil
Airbus already had more than 900 orders for the A220, its smallest commercial jet, which was a product…
Brazilian carrier Gol uses “5th freedom” to fly between Bogotá and Buenos Aires
Gol Linhas Aéreas began on Sunday an ambitious step in its strategy to reverse a critical financial situation.…
Mexican state carrier is sued by company for US$ 838 million
The airline Mexicana de Aviación, relaunched in 2023 by the government of Mexico, is being sued in a…
“Chinese Boeing 787” in the final design phase, says COMAC
After launching the ARJ21 regional jet and the C919 single-aisle aircraft, Chinese planemaker COMAC is moving forward with…
Japan will develop next generation airliner after failure of SpaceJet program
The hard lessons learned from the failure of Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet program, which ended in 2023, led Japan’s government…