Air India planes are parked at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on Aug. 30, 2021. Manish Swarup/AP For the last few decades, India’s rapidly growing economy and population have lured m...
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Airbus And Qatar Airways Settle A350 Dispute And Revive Cancelled Aircraft Orders
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350 aircraft at Fiumicino International Airport in Rome, Italy on May 13, … [+] 2021 (Photo: Massimo Insabato/Archivio Massimo Insabato/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Imag...
Flight Shaming Will Return In 2023
This young woman is shamed for taking a flight and contributing to global climate change. getty Flight shaming, the idea of of making people uncomfortable to continue flying, took off in Europe at the...
Five Reasons U.S. Airlines Can Be Thankful As 2022 Comes To A Close
Airlines have a lot of challenges, but there are reasons to be thankful and optimistic as we move … [+] into 2023. getty Airlines have a lot to complain about. Everything is expensive — airplane...
The Valuation Game: SpaceX Soars as Elon Musk Slips to No. 2
Quiet weeks are rare in Elon Musk’s world. This past Monday, Bloomberg reported that Musk was raising funds for his space company, SpaceX. At $77 a share, the offer would lift Space X’s valuation 12%,...
United And Boeing Hook Up For Giant 787 Order
United ordered 100 Boeing 787s with options for 100 more. United Airlilnes United Airlines announced the largest widebody aircraft ever by a U.S. airline, a move that will enable the carrier to expand...
The FAA Limits Seats On Airplanes — Seat Sizes Don’t Need Regulation
This 3-3-3 seating configuration is common in the coach cabins of many wide-body airplanes today. getty There has been a lot of noise recently about regulating the size of airline seats. As a nation w...
Boeing Is Haunted By Years Of Aggressive Bidding On Defense Contracts
The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus sits on display during the Singapore Airshow 2022 at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore on Feb. 15. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved BoeingBA CEO Da...
Amazon hires Hawaiian Air to fly rented Airbus cargo jets to replace older freighters
Air cargo containers with the logo of Amazon are seen at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, United States on June 16, 2021. Marco Bello | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon has hired Ha...
Aircraft On Path To Lowest Ranking In Decades
Exports from Paine Field adjacent to Boeing’s manufacturing complex outside of Seattle and included … [+] with data from the Port of Everett, once dominated all other airports. Through Aug...
eVTOLs Face Significant Challenges In Passenger Applications
Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing vehicles (eVTOLs) promise to transform short trips especially … [+] in bigger cities. But their future is far from certain. getty Electric vertical take of...
International airlines launch battle plans to deal with summer of travel chaos
American Airlines made “short notice” cancellations in July while easyJet changed its schedule when airports announced passenger capacity caps. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images The aviation...
Boeing Has Bottomed. It Could Recover Quickly.
The BoeingBA Company’s second-quarter results were a mixed bag. Year-over-year, revenues were flat, earnings were weaker, cash flow was stronger. A casual observer could easily conclude that the natio...
Trans-Atlantic Airfares Are High, But Will Drop This Fall
London’s Heathrow airport is one of the busiest in the world and is a popular destination for … [+] travelers from around the globe. While it is expensive to fly here and other places in E...
Boeing stock rated a ‘strong buy’ despite losing China deal to Airbus
Following the announcement on Friday, July 1, by three big Chinese airlines that they would be purchasing 300 aircraft from Airbus (OTCMKTS: EADSY), Boeing (NYSE: BA) appeared to have a negative pictu...
Airbus sells 292 A320 aircraft to four Chinese airlines in a blow to Boeing, as US-China tension tips balance in European maker’s favour
Airbus has secured a bulk order for 292 of its A320 single-aisle aircraft from four Chinese airlines, as deteriorating US-China relations tipped the balance for aviation sales in the European manufact...
China snubs Boeing to strike huge new deal with Airbus
Airbus Beluga – REUTERS/Christian Mang China has snubbed troubled aircraft maker Boeing after three of its national flag carriers placed orders worth $37bn (£31bn) with rival Airbus. China Easte...
Airbus Outlines Five Ways U.S. Airlines Can Meet 2050 Net-Zero Commitment
Airbus has a created a plan to help the world airline industry address a bold 2050 net-zero … [+] emissions target. getty The world airline industry, though the International Air Transport Assoc...
Airbus sets up UK facility to focus on hydrogen tech for aircraft
A model of one of Airbus’ ZEROe concept planes, photographed in November 2021. The firm has said it wants to develop “zero-emission commercial aircraft” by the year 2035. Giuseppe Ca...
In Boston, Delta Rolls Out Its New Domestic ‘Cornerstone’ Airbus A321 In Move To Dominate Logan
Delta’s new Airbus A321neo will operate for the first time on Friday May 20, when it flies … [+] Boston-San Francisco. Chris Rank Today Delta Air Lines DAL will scale up its battle to beco...
Airbus posts profit, plans new jet assembly line in Alabama
Airbus said Wednesday that its profit in the first three months of 2022 more than tripled to 1.22 billion euros ($1.28 billion), helped by an increase in aircraft deliveries as airlines recover from t...
Escalating The Problem Or Inflating A Solution?
Boeing 737 Max airplanes sit parked at Boeing Field on November 18, 2020 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder/Getty Images Aviation has been on a roller coaster. We have experienced the biggest drop in...
How Used Aircraft Parts Can Help DoD Improve Mission Readiness
By Randy Starr and Dennis Santare Randy Starr, an ex-Army commander of an airborne rapid deployment force, and Dennis Santare, a former Marine Corps pilot, are partners in the firm’s aerospace and def...
IAG CEO Luis Gallego Focussed On The Future
Like all airlines IAG reported a substantial loss for its financial year ended March 2022. The figure of €2.97 billion ($3.22 billion) represented an improvement over the previous year. As it moves in...
Though Cutoff from Western Support, The Airliners Russia Has Seized Could Still Fly for Years
An Aeroflot Airbus A320 takes off at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport on June 14, 2017. / … [+] AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV AFP via Getty Images Even before Russian President...
This Report Could Unleash The Potential Of Commercial Drones
This picture taken on October 11, 2021 in the Israeli coastal city of Herzliya shows unmanned aerial … [+] vehicles (UAV, or drones) carrying fast food deliveries during a press presentation as ...
Airbus Stock Gets Downgraded. Boeing Investors Should Pay Attention.
Wall Street believes in the recovery in commercial aerospace, and shares of Boeing have been growing in popularity with analysts. There are still risks to the stock and the sector, however, as a downg...