Asia

Aircraft leasing company BOC Aviation has cancelled 30 of its orders for the Boeing 737 MAX. This comes one day after Boeing successfully started re-certification flights for the currently grounded aircraft type. … [read more]

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has been banned from flying to most of Europe by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This comes after a fatal crash in May that was caused by … [read more]

Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines’ subsidiary One Two Three Airlines (OTT Airlines) are now the latest operators of Comac’s ARJ21-700 aircraft. Chinese aircraft manufacturer Comac simultaneously delivered the first … [read more]

Thai long-haul low-cost carrier NokScoot Airlines is set to terminate its business and enter a liquidation process, its owners confirmed on Friday. NokScoot was a 2014-founded joint-venture between Thai low-cost carrier Nok … [read more]

Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has released its preliminary report for last month’s crash of a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Airbus A320 in Karachi which killed 97 of 99 occupants and one person on … [read more]

Cathay Pacific has announced a recapitalisation financing plan, worth HK $39 billion (US $5 billion), to preserve its operations amid the ongoing Coronavirus crisis. This includes Hong Kong taking a stake in … [read more]

The United States plans to ban Chinese airlines from operating flights to and from US airports, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced on Wednesday. The order is effective starting June 16th and … [read more]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has completed the acquisition of Bombardier’s Canadair Regional Jet (CRJ) aircraft programme on Monday. The takeover, valued at approximately $750 million, was announced back in June 2019. Last … [read more]