Frustrated with Inaccurate Estimated Taxi Times?

FlightAware launches new predictive technology to take the guesstimate out of taxi times. (flightaware.com) Mais...

Airline unions favor Spirit-Frontier merger May 18

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA who represents Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines flight attendants said on Tuesday they backed the two carriers’ planned merger... (www.aviationweekly.org) Mais...

International Airlines Group (IAG) Finalizes Agreement for Up to 150 Boeing 737 MAX Jets

Boeing [NYSE: BA] and International Airlines Group (IAG) today announced an order for a combined total of 50 737-8-200s and 737-10s, plus 100 options. (boeing.mediaroom.com) Mais...

ATR to launch a new aircraft program in 2023

TOULOUSE, FRANCE — Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft manufacturer announced its plans for the next generation of its best-selling family of regional aircraft by 2030, the ATR' EVO. (www.airlinerwatch.com) Mais...

Air France-KLM forms cargo alliance with French shipping giant CMA CGM

Air France-KLM and new airline CMA CGM expand their capacity and reach with a major cargo partnership. (www.freightwaves.com) Mais...

Don't Expect High Airfares To Go Soon, Frontier Airlines' CEO Believes

According to Barry Biffle, CEO of Frontier Group Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: ULCC), airfares could remain high for the foreseeable future because the forces driving up pricing aren't going away. "Their input costs are going up. Unless that subsides, I can't see why fares would go down," Mr. Biffle stated while speaking at The Wall Street Journal's Future of Everything Festival. The most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Consumer Price Index shows that… (www.msn.com) Mais...

C919 Doubles In Price

China is in danger of pricing itself out of the market with its new C919 narrow body airliner according to The Straits Times. The Singapore publication is reporting the new plane will cost about $100 million, almost as much as the A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX which now dominate that market. (www.avweb.com) Mais...

Qantas 787 Flight Flew With 4 Covered Static Ports

A Qantas 787 was found to have four of its engine static ports taped up on a flight used to transport freight from from Melbourne to Los Angeles. (www.gatechecked.com) Mais...

Boeing’s Top Chinese Customer Drops 737 Max From Fleet Plans

Boeing Co.’s biggest airline customer in China has removed more than 100 of the US manufacturer’s 737 Max jets from its near-term fleet plans, citing uncertainty over deliveries. China Southern Airlines Co. Chairman Ma Xu Lun said at an investor briefing last week that Boeing’s updated best-selling aircraft would be excluded from fleet deliveries through 2024. The carrier expects to take delivery of 78 aircraft in total over the period, down from 181 in a previous forecast in March. An investor… (www.msn.com) Mais...

China Eastern Black Box Points to Intentional Nosedive

Flight data indicates someone in the cockpit intentionally crashed a China Eastern jet earlier this year, according to people familiar with U.S. officials’ preliminary assessment of what led to the accident. (www.wsj.com) Mais...