Air Vanuatu has signed a firm order with Airbus for four A220s, marking its first ever order with Airbus and becoming the launch customer of the A220 in the Pacific…
LARA editor Glenn Sands embraces a move into the commercial aviation industry in his first Editor’s comment and provides a summary of the latest happenings across the low-fare airline and regional aviation…
LARA Global is the new global event dedicated to low-fare and regional aviation. Find out five reasons why you can’t afford to miss this event! 1.Commercial aviation is changing The…
Lufthansa Technik is to establish a new site for the repair and overhaul of aircraft engine parts, with construction planned to begin in 2021. The company has acquired property in…
Elix Aviation Capital has delivered a Bombardier Dash 8 Q200 aircraft on lease to new customer, Safarilink, an airline based in Kenya. Elix said the delivery, which took place late…
ATR has received certification from EASA to extend the intervals between the Type A maintenance checks from 500 to 750 hours for all of its aircraft series. ATR say the…
Flydubai reported an annual loss of AED159.8 million (US$43.5 million) in 2018 in a “challenging year” of higher fuel costs, interest rates and unfavourable currency movements. The losses were reduced…
Aircraft Maintenance Services Australia (AMSA) has rebranded to Heston MRO in a step towards the company’s aim of creating a regional alternative to global MRO brands. The company has been…
The sale of regional airline Flybe to Connect Airways, a consortium made up of Virgin Atlantic, Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital has been completed. Flybe confirmed the successful completion of…
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) and CityJet have responded to reports that the Irish regional airline could return its SSJ100 aircraft. SCAC deny the reports, stating that they “contradict the reality.”…