Latvian airline airBaltic has agreed to wet lease one Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-900ER aircraft. The aircraft and its crew will perform flights within airBaltic’s network short-term starting from May 1, 2022. Martin Gauss, airBaltic Chief Executive Officer: “Ukraine International Airlines has been a reliable long-term partner of airBaltic. It is now a very challenging
Australia’s Qantas Group has confirmed that it will order 12 A350-1000s, 20 A220s and 20 A321XLRs. The news was announced at a ceremony in Sydney attended by Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce and Airbus Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Airbus International, Christian Scherer. The A350-1000 was selected by Qantas following an evaluation known as
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled the first phase of its fleet growth programme which will see it acquire four new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft introduced to its network and those Fokker twin-engine F100 aircraft which are retired from service will be replaced by Boeing 737-700s. The carrier currently operates a fleet of 10 F100s.
Pratt & Whitney has released that 1,000 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft powered by GTF engines have now been delivered to airlines around the world. The 1,000th aircraft was an A321neo delivered to Wizz Air in Budapest, Hungary. The airline has selected GTF engines to power 276 A320neo family aircraft, of which 54 have now been delivered.
Go2Sky of Slovakia has leased one Boeing 737-800 aircraft, MSN 34684, from a Dublin-based lessor. The aircraft was manufactured in 2006 and had been operated by TUIfly since new. The aircraft is painted white and is equipped with Scimitar winglets and 189Y leather seats. It was delivered to Go2Sky in Lleida, Spain on April 27, 2022. The lease was arranged
Airbus and ITA Airways have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on urban air mobility (UAM) in Italy. The two companies will explore the creation of tailored UAM services, by identifying strategic use cases for emission-free mobility solutions. The agreement foresees a joint approach toward local mobility stakeholders in order to onboard additional partners
Qatar Airways has failed in its bid to have a contract for 50 Airbus A321neos reinstated after Airbus revoked it as a consequence of the feud between the two companies over A350 safety issues which has been escalating over the past year. After paint problems were discovered on A350s that Airbus had delivered to Qatar
LCI, a leading aviation company and a subsidiary of the Libra Group, has signed an agreement with BETA Technologies (BETA), developer of a fully integrated electric aviation system, to acquire up to 125 of the company’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft LCI’s commitment for BETA’s ALIA-250 eVTOL aircraft will enable the company to
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co. (CDB Leasing), has taken delivery of the first freighter aircraft in the lessor’s history, an A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (A330 P2F). The aircraft was converted by Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) and is the first of two A330 P2Fs leased to the lessor’s launch
GE Aviation, the major global provider of jet engines, components and systems for commercial and military aircraft, has opted to collaborate with BAE Systems to design, test and supply energy management components for GE’s recently announced megawatt (MW) class hybrid electric propulsion system which is currently in development. Back in October 2021 it was announced
