Hi Fly Airbus A380: Boom or Bust?
Lisbon, Portugal based charter airline Hi Fly has announced that it plans to acquire an Airbus A380. The carrier plans to configured the aircraft with 471 seats, with 12 in first class, 60 in business…
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Alaska Airlines Delaying Aircraft Deliveries
Alaska Air (NYSE: ALK) has experienced severe margin compression over the past several quarters, due to a combination of rising fuel costs, stiff competition, and merger pains following its 2016 acquisition of Virgin America. However, management is…
Lufthansa Places $2.5 Billion Plane Order
BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) ordered up to 16 new planes worth 2.1 billion euros (1.84 billion pounds), including up to six Airbus (AIR.PA) A320ceo's to make up for delivery shortfalls in a newer…
JetBlue Ready to Refurbish Airbus A320 Fleet
At a late 2014 investor day event, JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) unveiled a plan to boost its annual earnings by adding seats to each of its 130 Airbus (NASDAQOTH: EADSY) A320s. This "cabin refresh" project was designed to reduce unit costs…
First Cathay Pacific A350-1000 Completes Test Flight
03 MAY, 2018 FROM: FLIGHT DASHBOARD LONDON The first of 20 A350-1000s for Cathay Pacific has completed its initial test flight from Airbus's Toulouse plant. Deliveries of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered aircraft to the Hong Kong…
American Airlines Splits New Regional Jet Order
American Airlines Group has split a $1.4 billion order for regional jets from Bombardier and Embraer to further update its fleet of short-range aircraft. The world’s largest carrier announced its plan to buy 15 Bombardier CRJ900…
PearsonLloyd redesigns economy-class seating
PearsonLloyd has designed a new business class cabin environment for German airline Lufthansa, which will launch alongside the new Boeing 777-9 aircraft in 2020. Aiming to provide better privacy and comfort for business class passengers, the redesigned…
Ryanair to buy 25 more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair (RYA.I) has agreed to buy a further 25 Boeing (BA.N) 737 MAX planes, worth $3 billion at list prices, lifting its order of the U.S. planemaker's flagship short-haul plane model to…
Germany raises fears over Airbus A400M capabilities
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's military fears that the Airbus (AIR.PA) A400M aircraft will not fulfill its needs in time as the troubled program faces further problems, a report seen by Reuters reveals. The confidential German…
Hawaiian Airlines Begins Code-Sharing With Japan Airlines
Last year, more than 1.5 million visitors traveled from Japan to Hawaii. That makes Japan the biggest source of international tourists to Hawaii, nearly equaling all other international markets combined. For more than seven years, Hawaiian…