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Lion Air Crash Investigators Probe Faulty Airspeed Readings

Authorities yet to determine any connection between instrument anomalies and crash

Accidents

November 6, 2018

Airbus A330-800 Flies for First Time

Maiden mission comes less than a month after Kuwait Airways signed on as new launch customer

Aircraft

November 6, 2018

Air Astana To Launch Kazakh LCC

FlyArystan to start operations with four A320s by the middle of next year

Airlines

November 6, 2018

CR929 Mockup Unveiled at Airshow China 2018

Sino-Russian project to challenge Boeing, Airbus duopoly

Aircraft

November 6, 2018

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Icelandair Group Reaches Deal To Acquire Wow Air

Icelandic carriers together control 3.8 percent of transatlantic market

Airlines

November 5, 2018

IAG Hikes Projection for Long-Term Capacity Growth

Plans calls for additional Airbus A330s for Aer Lingus

Airlines

November 2, 2018

Airbus Counts A220s To Meet 2018 Delivery Target of 800 Aircraft

Airbus encounters production and commercial "issues" with A320neo, A330ceo and neo, and A380

Aircraft

October 31, 2018

Embraer Expects Brazil To Approve Boeing JV by Year-end

CEO Silva sees deal closing by the second half of 2019

Aircraft

October 30, 2018

Embraer Removes 100-unit SkyWest Order from E2 Backlog

Terms of order remain unchanged, however

Aircraft

October 30, 2018

Indonesia Orders Inspections of Boeing Max 8s

Directive stems from October 29 crash of Lion Air Flight JT 610

Accidents

October 30, 2018

Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 Crashes into Java Sea

Authorities fear none of 189 on board survived

Accidents

October 29, 2018

N219 Orders Mount as T-prop Moves toward Spring Certification

Indonesian transport gives boost to domestic capabilities and local suppliers

Aircraft

October 29, 2018

Airlines Warn Against Patchwork of European Clock Changes

Asynchronous summer or wintertime arrangements would affect fleet, crew planning and slots

Airlines

October 29, 2018

Qatar, Russian LCC Look Forward to Vnukovo Concession

Gulf airline awaits work on bid to acquire 25 percent stake in Moscow airport

Airlines

October 26, 2018

American Airlines Confident in UK Nod to IAG Joint Venture

AA describes its joint transatlantic business agreement with IAG’s carriers as by far its best for consumers

Airlines

October 26, 2018

Delta Takes Its First A220 from Airbus

109-seat narrowbody to fly out of New York-LaGuardia Airport

Aircraft

October 26, 2018

Embraer's Bandeirante Marks Golden Jubilee of Flight

In the two decades after entering production in 1969, Embraer manufactured and delivered 498 Bandeirantes.

Aircraft

October 26, 2018

Rolls-Royce’s Trent 7000 Deliveries To Fall Short of Target

UK manufacturer expects to ship 50 fewer large engines than originally planned

Engines

October 26, 2018

Expansion at Dubai’s Al Maktoum Airport Delayed Five Years

Growth of Dubai International to continue as planners see capacity reaching 118 million passengers a year by 2023

Airports

October 26, 2018

Mitsubishi MRJ Plows Ahead Amid Legal Distractions

Flight test program has now clocked 2,400 hours as two more test articles prepare to fly in 2019

Aircraft

October 25, 2018