Boeing won a bonanza of new orders from Saudi Arabia, including one by the newly-announced startup Riyadh Air. It will buy as many as 72 787-9s, 39 of them firm orders. So not to feel left out, the country's incumbent...
Read MoreThe Lufthansa Group topped up its Airbus and Boeing commitments with a deal for 22 widebodies last week in a deal worth $7.5 billion at list prices. The orders include 15 more A350s, including its first 10 -1000s plus 5...
Read MoreAir India has committed to at least 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing worth an estimated $34 billion as part of the Tata Group’s effort to remake the long-ailing Indian flag carrier into a global aviation leader. The airline will...
Read MoreSouthwest exercised options for 10 Boeing 737-7s in January. The Dallas-based carrier's additional 737 Max commitments bring its total firm orders to 427 aircraft, split between 192 -7s and 235 -8s, with deliveries through 2030. Southwest is contractually scheduled to...
Read MoreFor Boeing, America’s largest exporter, demand for its commercial planes — 737s and 787s, anyway — is robust. The problem is building them. The company says production is “stabilizing for the 737-Maxes, which it’s now turning out at a clip...
Read MoreBankrupt SAS has achieved its goal of roughly 1 billion Swedish kroner ($97 million) in annual aircraft lease savings. The airline recently reached amended terms on 13 aircraft with Air Lease Corp. and Jackson Square Aviation, which completed its negotiations...
Read MoreAirbus was again the world's largest aircraft manufacturer in 2022. The planemaker delivered a net 661 commercial aircraft, including an impressive 516 A320neo family models, to operators last year. That compares to 480 aircraft deliveries at Boeing, which faced a...
Read MoreUnited Chief Financial Officer Gerry Laderman once said that an airline could buy a plane tailored to a few routes in its network but, if that is the case, it should not buy said plane. The better bet was to purchase an aircraft that...
Read MoreAirbus confirmed what most in the industry already knew: The planemaker will miss its target of around 700 aircraft deliveries in 2022. Instead, Airbus will deliver fewer than that but not "materially short" — whatever that means. The airframer has...
Read MoreDelta quietly introduced the first of 33 used Boeing 737s formerly flown by Lion Air in November. The first, registered N951DX, of the fleet of 737-900ERs entered service between Atlanta and Panama City, Fla., on November 18, according to FlightRadar24. Delta...
Read MoreAir Lease Corp. is taking new Airbus A321neo aircraft at least six to seven months late due to a myriad of production and supply chain issues facing the European airframer. But that’s not a one-off problem. More broadly, neither Airbus...
Read MoreBoeing inked several freighter orders last week. Emirates picked up five Boeing 777Fs with two aircraft due in 2024, and the remaining three in 2025. Emirates CEO Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum said the order "reflects Emirates’ confidence in airfreight...
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