Asia

Mesa Airlines and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have announced that the US regional carrier signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to commence negotiations for a potential order of up to 100 Mitsubishi SpaceJet M100 aircraft, divided … [read more]

Low-cost carrier AirAsia X and aircraft manufacturer Airbus signed a firm order for 30 Airbus A321XLR and twelve A330-900neo aircraft. With the additional A330neo jets, the largest A330neo customer has a total … [read more]

Vietnam Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, which is leased from Air Lease Corporation (ALC). The Vietnamese flag-carrier becomes the seventh operator of the new aircraft. Delivery: Vietnam Airlines … [read more]

Flight operations at Hong Kong Airport are returning to normal after two days of disruptions caused by mass protests. Large-scale demonstrations against the government had forced the airport to temporarily cancel large … [read more]

Low-cost carrier Thai AirAsia X has received its first Airbus A330-900neo aircraft, which is leased from lessor Avolon. Thai AirAsia X currently has an all-Airbus A330 fleet of ten Airbus A330-300s. A second Airbus … [read more]

Germany’s largest airline Lufthansa and its low-cost subsidiary Eurowings have announced new long-haul routes for the summer season in 2020. Both carriers will commence new services from Munich and Frankfurt, with a … [read more]

Ural Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo aircraft, which is leased from CDB Aviation. The carrier’s first A320neo jet, registered as VP-BRX, performed its first flight on July 25 … [read more]

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has received its first Airbus A321neo aircraft. It is the first of 25 A321neo jets to join the fleet. The brand new A321neo, registered as HL8364, departed from … [read more]