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On Monday evening, the first Airbus A350-900 aircraft set to be delivered to Malaysia Airlines rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse, France. The airline has a total of  six A350 aircraft on order, all of which are leased from Air Lease Corporation, or ALC, according to the airline. Per Business Traveller, the aircraft […]

The Geneva-headquartered World Trade Organization’s appellate body on Monday announced the repeal of a November decision that had ruled tax incentives Boeing was receiving for keeping the 777X plant in Washington state were illegal. The European Union had claimed the American aircraft manufacturer was receiving $8.7 billion in illegal subsidies in the form of tax […]

On Sept. 1, Hong Kong Airlines took delivery of their first Airbus A350-900XWB aircraft. The delivery is the first of four for the airline via AerCap Holdings, a leasing company. The airline is expecting a second A350 to be delivered in November of this year. In a press release from AerCap, Zhang Kui, Co-Chairman of […]

Being promoted from a first officer to a captain can be a lengthy process, taking sometimes up to ten years to receive the promotion. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines plans to offer faster promotions for junior pilots entering the airline industry. The only guideline is that new pilots must fly the McDonnell Douglas MD-88 jet, nicknamed […]

While news organizations often announce airlines’ financial results, it quickly becomes difficult to further dissect and understand the major cost drivers, particularly related to fuel. This is the first part of a two-part series explaining the basics of fuel hedging and how it impacts airlines around the world. The first part will focus on an […]

While aviation conglomerates tend to lack lavish cash spending that other businesses might have, the rise of the Chinese company HNA Group has certainly caught the eyes of many people. So where did this less than 25 year old company come from and how did it manage to obtain over 25 different brands and over […]

United Airlines has partnered with Amazon to become the first U.S. airline to offer an Alexa skill for customers to check-in for flights, check flight status, view in flight amenities and more. This new skill allows customers to check-in and learn about their flights without lifting a finger. Customers can use Alexa-enabled devices, such as […]

Located at Ercan International Airport (ECN) on the border between the North and South Island of Cyprus, Turkish KTHY, or “Cyprus Turkish Airlines,” was based on the Turkish side of the island. The airline started off in December 1974 in the city of Nicosia, with the first flight taking off in February 1975. The airline […]

Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeast Texas over the weekend causing widespread destruction and disruption, along with disrupting thousands of flights across the country. The storm made landfall as a category four storm, with winds up to 130 mph being reported, southwest of Houston. With the city being a major hub for two national carriers, […]

As of Tuesday afternoon, Southwest became the first airline in the U.S. to take delivery of the 737 MAX 8. According to the airline, they will begin working to get the aircraft on schedule for the launch of passenger flights on Oct. 1. Southwest is expected to have 14 737 MAX 8 aircraft in their […]