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Hawaiian Airlines commits to five more A330s

Hawaiian Airlines A330. Courtesy, Airbus Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines (HA) has grown its Airbus A330-200 order by five aircraft...

Qatar looking at CSeries, 767F and new routes

Bombardier’s CSeries family is still on Qatar Airways' (QR) radar, according to CEO Akbar Al Baker. Addressing media at the Dubai...

Emirates 777 order was insurance against A350 delays; urges stretch A380

Emirates (EK) president Tim Clark confirmed to ATW that its order for up to 70 Boeing777-300ERs was an insurance against late deliveries of...

Airbus wins $20.5 billion in orders, commitments at Dubai

Airbus secured a total of 211 orders and commitments worth $20.5 billion at the 12th annual Dubai Airshow, reinforcing the strength of its...

Volaris commits to 44 A320s

Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris (Y4) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus for 44 A320 aircraft, comprising 30 A320neos and...

GE Aviation tallies more than $13 billion in orders at Dubai

GE Aviation and CFM International announced engine and service orders valued at more than $13.8 billion at the Dubai Airshow.

Russia to implement RVSM

Russia will increase its airspace capacity from Nov. 17 by implementing Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM), allowing for an additional six...

ATA files suit to halt Air India 787 financing deal

The Air Transport Assn. of America (ATA) filed suit Wednesday against the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) to halt a pending...

Operations & Maintenance

Turkish Technic was selected by Somon Air to provide GTCP131-9B type APU repair services. The contract covers one GTCP131-9B model APU...

American, TWU dispatchers reach tentative agreement

American Airlines (AA) and the Transport Workers Union (TWU) have reached a tentative agreement in principle for the dispatcher workgroup....

Boeing forecast: Middle East aircraft demand valued at $450 billion through 2030

Boeing has forecast the Middle East region will need 2,520 aircraft worth $450 billion by 2030, as the region’s carriers continue to surpass...

Airbus forecast: Middle East growth will require $347.4 billion in new aircraft over next 20 years

Airbus predicted that by 2030 carriers in the Middle East will require 1,921 new passenger and freighter aircraft—above 100 seats—worth $347.4...

Spirit signs MOU for 75 A320s

   

Dubai in Brief

Spirit Airlines and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Dubai Airshow for 75 A320 aircraft, comprising 45 A320neos and 30...

Irkut MC-21 order backlog reaches 235

Russian manufacturer Irkut told reporters at the Dubai Airshow that its short- to mid-range MC-21 has reached a backlog of 235 orders. The...

Atlasjet commits to 10 CS300 aircraft

        CS300 in Atlasjet livery. Courtesy, Bombardier

Qatar announces Airbus, Boeing aircraft orders after Dubai drama

Qatar Airways (QR) ordered 50 Airbus A320neos and five A380s, worth a reported $6.5 billion at the Dubai Airshow—alongside a Boeing order for two...

Sen. Rockefeller speaks of anger at lack of US FAA funding bill

Passage of the FAA Reauthorization bill remains unlikely and another agency shutdown is not out of the question, the US Senate’s...

US DOT issues first tarmac delay fine of $900,000 to American Eagle

American Eagle Airlines (MQ) was fined $900,000 for lengthy tarmac delays, becoming the first carrier to be fined for a violation of the US Dept....

ACG orders 30 A320neos at Dubai

Aviation Capital Group (ACG) signed a firm order for 30 A320neos at the Dubai Airshow, which brings the lessor’s total A320 order book to 98...

Dubai in Brief

International Aero Engines was selected by Thai Airlines to power the V2500 engine for the Airbus A320s used by its subsidiary LCC Thai...

Embraer will re-engine E-Jet series

IAE to further develop V2500 Select series

Saudi Arabian inks $500 million deal for RR Trent 700 engines

ALAFCO increases A320neo commitment

   

NordStar commits to 3 more ATR 42-600s

Russia's NordStar Airlines signed a contract with ATR for the purchase of three more firm ATR 42-600s, adding to an agreement inked in September...

Emirates announces blockbuster 777 order at Dubai

Emirates Airline (EK) has ordered 50 Boeing 777-300ERs on the opening day of the 2011 Dubai Airshow.

Oman Air places order for six 787s at Dubai

Oman Air (WY) has ordered six 787-8s at the Dubai Airshow, taking over six of 14 aircraft previously ordered by Kuwait-based leasing company...

Boeing selects CFM Leap-1B engine for 737 Max

CFM International said at the Dubai Airshow that Boeing has selected its Leap-1B engine as the “exclusive powerplant” for its new family of...

Airline Routes

Alaska Airlines will launch daily Honolulu service to Oakland and San Jose April 10. Continental Airlines will launch daily Washington...

Qantas pilot calls for end to ‘legacy practices’

Qantas (QF) pilot Captain Richard de Crespigny, who nursed the airline’s crippled A380 back to Singapore last November ( ATW Daily News,...

Unite calls on ACAS to resolve Thomas Cook UK cabin crew dispute

The Unite union has called for the conciliation service ACAS to intervene in the dispute between Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) and its cabin crew....

JetStar rolls out iPads for IFE

Low-cost carrier Jetstar on Wednesday became the first airline to hand out iPads to its passengers for inflight entertainment. The iPads were...

Boeing, Hawai'i BioEnergy work on biofuel production

Sorghum plant. ©iStockphoto.com/Dean Bergmann Boeing announced it is working with Hawai'i BioEnergy to find renewable...

Beijing cuts domestic jet fuel prices by nearly 3%

The Chinese government reduced domestic jet fuel prices to CNY7,279 ($1,148) per ton, down 2.98% from CNY7,503 in September, owing to the decline...

Air Berlin looks to profit in 2012

Air Berlin (AB) believes the carrier will be profitable again in 2012, having battled through this year’s crises in Europe and the introduction of...

GOL falls to 3Q loss on dollar appreciation, rising costs

Brazil's GOL incurred a third-quarter net loss of BRL516.5 million ($293.2 million), reversed from a BRL110 million net profit earned in the...

Allegiant commits to buy 13 MD-80s, 12 engines from SAS

Allegiant Travel Co. has inked a purchase agreement with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) for up to 13 MD-80 aircraft and 12 JT8D-219 spare...

Aeroflot to modernize subsidiaries’ fleet with A320s, SSJ100s

Aeroflot (SU) plans to modernize the fleet of its subsidiaries with Airbus A320s and Russian regional aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s), SU...

Air Berlin eyes profit in 2012

Air Berlin (AB) believes the carrier will be profitable again in 2012, having battled through this year’s crises in Europe and the introduction of...

Embraer will pursue re-engined E-jet

Embraer is dropping plans to enter the 130-160 seat narrowbody market and instead focusing on developing a re-engined variant of its E-jet family...

Cargo News

Emirates SkyCargo completed its first paperless flight, operating a Singapore-Dubai 777-300ER service with 100% of its shipments processed...

UCH to offer Wi-Fi in 2012

United Continental Holdings (UCH) selected Panasonic Avionics to provide Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi connectivity on more than 300 United Airlines...

Qantas pilots challenge FWA ruling ending industrial action

Qantas (QF) long-haul pilots have challenged Fair Work Australia’s (FWA) decision to terminate its protected action, further igniting its...

Russian authorities ban VIM Avia EU flights

Rosaviatsia—Russia’s Dept. of Aviation/Ministry of Transport has prohibited VIM Avia (NN), the ninth biggest carrier in Russia, from...

Airbus pushes back A350 EIS to 2014

Airbus has confirmed to ATW that it has pushed back entry into service (EIS) of its A350-900 aircraft by six months to the “first half of 2014”...

WestJet profit streak hits 26 consecutive quarters

WestJet (WS) reported a C$39.3 million ($38.8 million) third-quarter net profit, down 10.4% from net income of C$43.8 million in the prior-year...

Air France KLM prepares three-pillar action plan to regain profitability

Air France KLM Group reported a net profit of €14 million ($19.2 million) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, down 95.2% from net income of €290...

EVA Airways to join an alliance by 2013

Taipei-based EVA Airways Corp. (BR) is “in aggressive talks” to join either oneworld or Star alliance by 2013, senior VP-Europe Tim Yang confirmed...