aircraft orders

Central Asia’s Uzbekistan Airways this week agreed to buy 14 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, with options for eight more, at it plans more long-haul routes.

WestJet this week placed an order with Boeing for 60 737 MAX 10 narrowbody jets and seven 787-9 Dreamliners as part of its ongoing fleet expansion effort.

Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific this week ordered 14 more Boeing 777-9 aircraft, bringing its total order for the model to 35.

The company currently has 145 A320neo-family aircraft in its delivered fleet, and commitments for a further 358, including this week’s order.

Ryanair has threatened to cancel up to $30 billion in Boeing aircraft orders, citing concerns over potential U.S. tariffs.

The three major U.S. carriers have placed orders for 865 new aircraft over the past three years. Boeing will deliver 74% of the market share.

JetBlue on Tuesday announced an agreement allowing the airline to exercise options to add an additional 30 Airbus A220 aircraft to its order book. The order brings the airline’s total to 100 A220s making it the largest operator of the type. The New York-based carrier announced its initial order for the A220 in July of […]

Since June 2021, what was initially thought to be a relatively small dispute between Airbus and Qatar Airways has evolved into a massive legal dispute.  Signs of the rift between the two parties gave rise due to the surface pain issues on the airline’s flagship Airbus A350s for both the -900 and -1000 variants, which […]

With its team of approximately 800 cargo employees worldwide, China Airlines was able to continually expand its freight network that eventually led to the China Airlines Cargo business soaring past new heights, even so making last year the best-ever year in the operation’s 62-year history – as air cargo revenue was up 186 percent above […]

Last year has certainly been a drier year for Chicago-based aircraft manufacturing Boeing with production issues and fewer orders as opposed to fellow rival Airbus, especially with several notable airline customers who have switched to the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer. Fortunately for Boeing, the manufacturer seems to be getting a slightly better start to this year […]