Airbus A319/A320/A321

By Lee Ann Shay
MRO Japan’s base in Okinawa includes firsts and sets it up for potential growth.
Supply Chain

By Christine Boynton, Lori Ranson
Airlines in Latin America are boosting their internal MRO capabilities, creating opportunities to capture more third-party work.
Workforce & Training

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
SriLankan Airlines will be modifying its Airbus A320s and A330s with Fokker Services Group’s upgraded electronic flight bag system.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Tony Osborne
Airbus has completed the first flight of an Airbus A320 modified with a Eurofighter nose to support active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar testing.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
South African Airways (SAA) has rebuilt its fleet to 20 aircraft with the arrival of two Airbus A320s on lease from AerCap.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Etihad Airways has taken back a daily slot at London Heathrow Airport (LHR) that had been leased to American Airlines.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Major events in aerospace and defense during 2024.
Aerospace

By Jens Flottau
A look at which trends are gaining popularity and which are losing steam in commercial aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
Air Transat will return to the German market after a 10-year hiatus with a new route to Berlin.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Dublin-based Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first two Airbus A321XLRs from the Airbus production site in Hamburg.
Airlines & Lessors

By Tony Osborne
DLR is gearing up for flight trials of an AESA radar for German and Spanish Eurofighter combat fleets using a modified Airbus A320 testbed.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By David Casey
Air Arabia is adding Sochi to its growing Russian network as UAE-Russia seat capacity hits record levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris
Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) has received U.S. FAA engine type certification for use on the longer-range Airbus A321XLR.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Thierry Dubois
Airbus and Daher are negotiating for the potential acquisition of some Daher activities in A320 family aerostructures subassembly near Nantes, Western France.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Guy Norris
Neptune Aviation Services has announced plans to develop an A319 air tanker modification program to augment and eventually replace its firefighting BAe 146s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Air India has revealed new details about how it will integrate Vistara’s operations into its domestic network following the recent merger of the two carriers.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Airline execs at Routes World in Bahrain agreed lack of available capacity because of aircraft and engine supply issues remains a major challenge.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Icelandair plans to offer Boeing 737-8 service to Istanbul from next September.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The airframer’s latest narrowbody enters long-haul service with the Spanish flag carrier Nov. 14 on a Madrid-Boston route.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Christine Boynton
Seeking improvements to scheduling and pay, Allegiant Air pilots have voted to authorize a potential future strike as negotiations continue.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By James Pozzi
MRO Japan will subcontract third-party conversion services for EFW’s Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Angus Batey
The British Business and General Aviation Association is seeking a meeting with the UK aviation minister about a planned 50% hike in the air passenger duty.
Airports, FBOs & Suppliers

By Alan Dron
There is no chance of airline over-capacity in the Persian Gulf area, despite the mushrooming size of the region’s LCCs, according to Flyadeal's CEO .
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Ben Baldanza, former president and CEO of U.S. ultra-low-cost-carrier Spirit Airlines, died Nov. 5 after a long battle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Airlines & Lessors