LARA editor Mark Thomas summarises the latest happenings across the low-fare and regional aviation industry. Business, as they say, is all about relationships and nowhere is this truer than in…
The China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Corporation (CRAIC) joint venture, owned by United Aircraft Corporation of Russia and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), has issued a request for proposal (RFP)…
Mexican ultra-low-fare carrier Volaris has started codeshare operations with the US ultra-low-fare airline Frontier. Volaris already flies point-to-point to destinations in the United States and Central America but says its…
MRO provider SR Technics is to expand its narrow-body aircraft maintenance facility in Malta after signing a contract with Malta Enterprise and Malta Industrial Parks Limited. The agreement includes the…
The EDM Group has bought fellow UK company RP Aero Systems, with the acquisition to enable the latter to have better access to larger geographical markets, additional customers and greater…
LARA Countdown this week’s top five news stories. This video features news on IATA and CFM in an engine MRO settlement, Scoot airlines renews SITA AirportHub services, $17.4 billion order backlog…
Ukrainian startup airline Fan Air, which only began flying at the start of this year, has signed up to use the Lido/mPilot navigation solution from Lufthansa Systems. The carrier will…
SpiceJet of India will become the first airline to use the 90-passenger version of Bombardier Commercial Aircraft’s Q400 turboprop after it received certification from Transport Canada. The aircraft will be…
A recent agreement between the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and CFM International to improve the opportunities available to third-party providers of engine parts and MRO services on the CFM56…
Investigations are continuing into the accident that saw an Aeroméxico aircraft crash during take-off at General Guadalupe Victoria International Airport in the city of Durango on Tuesday. The Embraer E190AR…