Makivik Corporation and the Inuvialuit Corporate Group (ICG) have signed a definitive agreement to merge First Air and Canadian North. Following the receipt of government regulatory approvals, Makivik (which wholly-owns…
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The Lufthansa Group has converted existing purchase options for 24 Airbus A320neo and three A321neo into firm orders, in a deal valued at approximately US$3 billion. The agreement brings the…
Dublin-based lessor AerCap Holdings has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, which is going on lease to China Southern Airlines. The MAX 8 is the first…
Russia’s Aeroflot has received its fiftieth Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100), concluding the delivery of aircraft ordered via two separate contracts for 30 and 20 respectively. The aircraft was named after…
A dozen Embraer E190-E2 regional jets have been ordered by Swiss airline Helvetic Airways, firming up a Letter of Intent (LoI) first revealed at the Farnborough Airshow. The firm order…
CityJet has signed a sale and lease back transaction with regional aircraft lessor TrueNoord for two Bombardier CRJ900 ERs on 10-year operating lease terms. Pat Byrne, Cityjet’s CEO, sees the…
LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. With airline margins coming under increasing pressure, according to IATA’s latest data, the need to…
New Caledonia-based carrier Aircalin has partnered with SITAONAIR to add the Internet ONAIR solution to its fleet. The airline, based in the French territory in the south-west Pacific, selected the…
Pratt & Whitney Canada’s FAST (Flight Data Acquisition, Storage and Transmission) engine diagnostics and prognostics solution for regional airlines now has over 400 installations in service. According to Frederic Lefebvre,…
India’s SpiceJet has taken delivery of the first 90-seat Q400 turboprop aircraft from Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. The aircraft was handed over to the airline, which will be the launch operator…
