US & Canada

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and its partner DLR (Deutsches Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum/German aerospace Center) have announced the planned retirement of its flying observatory, the Boeing 747SP nicknamed SOFIA, in September. … [read more]

The Oneworld airline alliance says it does not take any action regarding its Russian member airline S7. Instead, it appears to be shifting the responsibility to its members. At a recent press … [read more]

Air Canada has announced orders for a total of 26 Airbus A321XLR, the extra-long-range version of the A321neo. The Canadian airline will receive 15 leased aircraft from Air Lease Corporation, five from … [read more]

Canada‘s second largest airline WestJet has announced plans to purchase competing Canadian leisure airline Sunwing. The deal involves both Sunwing Vacations, a tour operator, and Sunwing Airlines. As part of this deal, … [read more]

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus and engine manufacturer CFM International have signed an agreement to introduce a hydrogen-powered flight demonstration programme. This partnership will see the two companies modify and equip an Airbus A380 … [read more]

JetBlue has announced that it is exercising options to increase its total firm orders for the Airbus A220-300 by 30 aircraft. This brings the US carrier’s total order for the type from … [read more]

The two largest ultra low-cost carriers (ULCC) in the United States, Frontier Airlines and Spirit Airlines, have entered into an agreement to merge, thus creating the largest ULCC in the Americas. The … [read more]

Boeing has unveiled the long anticipated freighter version of the next generation Boeing 777, the 777-8F, on Monday, 31st January. During a ceremony at the White House in attendance of Qatar‘s ruling … [read more]