Ryanair has exercised options for 25 Boeing 737 MAX 8s in a move valued at over US$3 billion at list price, bringing its total firm orders for the aircraft type…
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LARA COUNTDOWN provides a convenient summary of our top 5 recent headlines for our followers. Check out this week’s video which features news from Lion Airlines, Wizz Air and Geven, a…
Southwest Airlines is expecting to cancel more flights each day this week as it continues to carry out its inspection programme on CFM56-7B engines following last week’s events. The US…
Aviation industry leaders from more than 300 airports and 100 airlines have converged in Bilbao, Spain for the 13th annual Routes Europe event this week to negotiate new networks and…
With the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) suggesting earlier this year that Brexit is an issue that affects all its member airlines directly or indirectly, the topic was unsurprisingly a key…
Russian carrier Azimuth Airlines has had its first C-check carried out on a Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) aircraft by S7 Technics. The airline, based at Platov Airport and which mostly…
Bhutan carrier Drukair is to buy an Airbus A320neo to add to its fleet of three A319s, with the aircraft’s CFM Leap-1A26E1 engines to be optimised for high-altitude operations. The…
South Korean low-fare airline Eastar Jet has commissioned Lufthansa Technik (LT) to supply components for its short and medium-haul fleet of Boeing 737NG aircraft. The carrier, formed in 2007, currently…
TAP Air Portugal has received its first of 15 Airbus A320neos, as the carrier continues to carry out its fleet renewal programme. The new aircraft was officially handed over at…
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue a directive within two weeks ordering airlines to inspect CFM56-7B engines following the uncontained failure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 on…
