Boeing 787

Alongside BA’s latest transatlantic plans for summer 2022, Atlantic Joint Business partners American Airlines, Finnair, Iberia and LEVEL are also increasing connectivity between the US and Europe.

Input from whistleblowers underscore the need for reform of FAA product certification oversight, with emphasis on ensuring company-employed experts working on behalf of the agency remain free of undue pressure.

Titanium parts made for Boeing 787s by a sub-tier vendor and supplied via Leonardo do not conform to Boeing’s design specifications and must be re-worked.

Delhi flights have restarted from Toronto and Vancouver.

Paris will join Frankfurt and London on the Indian airline’s route map from November.

Flights to Lagos will operate from late November as the airline continues to expand its African network.

The carrier, which serves three airports in Nigeria, has not flown to Enugu since 2019.

Additional frequencies are being added by the Japanese carrier on select international routes as passenger traffic recovers.

The long-haul services will now start in January; American still plans to launch a New York JFK-Delhi route on Oct. 31.

CEO Ed Sims says the carrier will proceed with 'caution' when building back its European network.

The carrier seeks to fill the gap left by Norwegian Air Shuttle stopping transatlantic flying.

The resumption increases the number of points served in Europe by WestJet to three.

Fresh from announcing flights to Madrid from Guadalajara, the Mexican airline has confirmed the launch of another route to the Spanish capital.

Boeing booked 14 net orders in July and delivered 22 737 MAXs, keeping momentum going in two key areas—positive monthly transactions and clearing out its backlog of undelivered narrowbodies.

Senior VP of network planning Mark Galardo tells Routes he expects a big boost next month when Canada’s borders reopen for vaccinated travelers.

Mexico’s flag-carrier is increasing capacity to Spain by more than 20% with a new long-haul route from Guadalajara.

Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr now expects the U.S. to reopen air travel for fully vaccinated international passengers by the end of September, a step that could be a key milestone in the airline’s recovery.

The route launch forms part of a wider expansion between the UK and the Caribbean this winter.

With commercial operations scheduled to commence on Aug. 11, the airline is already planning to expand its network internationally.

The agreement covers routes from Amsterdam to 18 cities across Europe.

A fourth international destination will join the long-haul LCC’s network in September.

Boeing is shifting some Charleston, South Carolina factory employees from 787 production to inspection and rework to resolve production-quality issues that are holding up deliveries.

Destinations in Tanzania, Oman and Sri Lanka are being added to the carrier’s international network.

Amsterdam will join the airline’s route map in August, while flights to London return in July.

Flights from Doha to Sharjah will resume in July, seven months after the blockade on Qatar was lifted.