LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. The undoubted big news in recent days was the revelation by Bombardier that it will,…
Spain’s Binter Canarias has been unveiled as the mystery buyer of Embraer’s largest E-Jet, the E195-E2, a deal first revealed as a Letter of Intent at the Farnborough Airshow earlier…
Saudi Arabian low-fare carrier Flynas has received the first of its 80 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft, ordered early last year in a deal that will see them delivered between now…
SMBC Aviation Capital has delivered an Airbus A320-200neo aircraft (MSN 8523) powered by CFMI Leap-1A engines to Chilean carrier Sky Airlines. The aircraft was formally delivered on 8 November at…
Swiss carrier Helvetic Airways is to supply up to eight of its new Embraer E190-E2 aircraft to compatriot Swiss International Air Lines on the latter’s European routes from 2019 onwards…
An Air Astana aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing in Portugal after encountering “serious control problems,” according to the airline’s president and chief executive officer, Peter Foster. The…
Regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord has secured fresh investment from existing and new investors that brings its total available equity up to nearly US$400 million to further expand its portfolio. The…
Bombardier has entered definitive agreements to sell its Q Series turboprop programme and its trademark for the de Havilland Dash 8-100, 200 and 300 aircraft to the parent company of…
Low-fare carrier Cebu Pacific Air has expanded its component support contract with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) to include 39 Airbus A321 aircraft. This is…
Airbus successfully carried out the first flight of its A330-800 wide-body in Toulouse, France with the dedicated test aircraft to perform flight-physics tests required for this variant. The manufacturer says…