Two more Canadian airlines have signed up to participate in the Aeroplan loyalty programme, moves that further distance Aeroplan from reliance on current primary partner Air Canada. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Airbus recorded just a single firm order during July, despite unveiling several agreements during the Farnborough air show. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Airbus has included the A220 in its monthly order backlog and delivery figures for the first time since acquiring the former Bombardier CSeries programme at the beginning of July. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

After more than a year of flight demonstrations the US Air Force is formally moving the light attack aircraft experiment into the acquisitions phase, with the intention that it will award a production contract to Sierra Nevada Corporation or Textron Aviation in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Bombardier has almost wrapped up certification flight testing on its ultra-long-range Global 7500 and expects to secure approval for the twinjet “shortly”, ahead a first delivery later this year. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Gulfstream has handed over a G550 to a Chinese operator with a bespoke medical evacuation interior which the airframer claims “will revolutionise in-flight medical care”. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

A Jet Airways Boeing 737-800 was involved in an aborted take off incident on 3 August after it attempted to take off from a taxiway at Riyadh’s King Khalid International airport. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Iran Air is receiving a batch of five ATR 72-600s on 5 August, in a bid to beat a renewed US government sanctions deadline which would block delivery of the turboprops. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

Lockheed Martin delivered its last C-5M Super Galaxy to the US Air Force on 2 August, ending the service s upgrade programme for the Vietnam War-era heavy lift aircraft. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading

An unresolved software flaw won t delay the first delivery of the Boeing KC-46A tanker after the US Federal Aviation Administration approved a temporary exemption from safety requirements. Powered by WPeMaticoContinue Reading