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Boeing has announced its plan to cut production of the 737 MAX by one-fifth starting in mid-April. The aircraft manufacturer will now produce 42 MAX aircraft a month opposed to the 52 they have been producing. In a statement released Friday, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg says the production cut will allow “[Boeing] to prioritize additional […]

The solution to the never-ending saga of ailing Italian flag carrier Alitalia has been further delayed. The three commissioners now at the helm of the virtually bankrupt airline have officially communicated that the new turnaround plan, due on March 31, is going to be presented on April 30. According to Reuters, Alitalia management requested a […]

After seven hours of discussion, Avianca Brazil was able to approve its judicial recovery plan in a heated assembly of creditors held this Friday in São Paulo. Of the total creditors, 77 percent voted in favor of Avianca’s proposal, which should now be approved by Judge Tiago Limongi of the first Court of Bankruptcy and […]

Ethiopian Airlines will grow its North American routes, adding two cities in the continent to its route map. Scheduled to start in June, New York and Houston will see the African carrier launch flights to Addis Ababa via West Africa using Ethiopian’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. First on the list is New York, where Ethiopian […]

American Airlines and the LATAM Airlines Group this week filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation for a joint venture. If approved, the joint venture would bring in over $273 million in annual benefits in improved connectivity, passenger experience and potentially new routes for both airlines, covering flights between the United States and […]

All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery the first of three Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner’s arriving on March 31 (JA 900A) becoming the first Japanese operator of the longest variant. ANA, which is the largest operator of the 787, flies the 787-8 and 787-9 variants and will now operate all three of the Dreamliner variants from […]

Miami-based investment firm 777 Partners has acquired a 25 percent equity piece in Canadian ultra-low-cost Flair Airlines, the maximum amount of a foreign entity that they can under Canadian federal regulations. Investments are not always publicized, but Flair Airlines hopes this announcement will help customers continue to trust the fairly small airline following a series […]

In its 24-year lifetime, the airline currently known as XL Airways France has had quite the history. Initially launching in 1995 as Star Europe, the carrier provided short-haul services with a small fleet of Boeing 737-400 aircraft. Rebranding as Star Airlines in 1998, the carrier began expanding into the long-haul realm with the delivery of […]

With airline consolidation and the dominance of the hub-and-spoke route network system in the U.S., new airlines entering the market seem few and far between. The ones that do sprout up, often seeking to fill the gaps left by the current model, need to be unique in order to draw in the public and persuade […]

Have you ever wondered how airlines decide what their aircraft will look like on the inside? Well, the process will be made easier as Airbus is opening a new Airspace Customer Definition Center in Hamburg, Germany, an expansion to the already existing A350 Definition Center. As Airbus is rolling out its new Airspace by Airbus […]