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Delta Air Lines (Delta) has placed a firm order for 30 state-of-the-art Airbus A320neos, the European plane manufacturer’s cutting-edge, fuel-efficient, large-gauge, narrow-body aircraft. The order is part of Delta’s continued refreshing and upgrading of its existing fleet with the multiple objectives of supporting the American carrier’s commitment to carbon neutrality, while also boosting operational simplification,

Barfield, the Americas subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering and Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has signed a partnership agreement with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) manufacturer and French start-up DIODON Drone Technology (DIODON). The agreement is for AFI KLM E&M to sell and support DIODAN’s UAS systems, which are renowned for their robustness, water-proofness, and

 Alaska Airlines is accelerating its fleet growth by exercising options early on for 12 Boeing 737-9 aircraft. The option aircraft are now firm commitments for 2023 and 2024. This additional commitment brings Alaska’s total firm 737-9 order to 93 aircraft, five of which are currently in service. Alaska announced a restructured agreement with Boeing in December 2020 to

Ampaire, the U.K. subsidiary of Los-Angeles-based Ampaire has successfully performed its first full test flight on a potential future commercial route between Kirkwall Airport on the Orkney Islands across the Pentland Firth to Wick John O’Groats Airport on mainland northern Scotland. This is also the first U.K. demonstration of the aircraft, a modified six-seat Cessna

Data released by online flight-tracking Flightradar24 shows that a Boeing 737 MAX took to the skies in China, taking off from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on August 11, at 9:24 a.m. It is understood that the plane subsequently landed at Zhoushan Putuoshan Airport, about 150 km (80 nautical miles) to the south where Boeing has