CommercialAvianca to Expand Airbus Fleet with Order for 88 New A320neo Aircraft Avianca, the Bogota, Colombia-based airline, has confirmed an order for 88 A320neos, under a new purchase agreement with Airbus that includes an option to acquire 50 additional aircraft. Avianca will start receiving…
CommercialBreeze Airways Equips A220 Fleet with Viasat In-Flight Connectivity Breeze Airways has selected the in-flight connectivity (IFC) service provider, Viasat, for its Airbus A220-300 fleet, according to a March 8 announcement from the two companies. Salt Lake City-based Breeze first launched…
CommercialEmbraer Launches Passenger to Freight Conversion Program for E-190, E-195 Jets Embraer became the latest commercial aircraft maker to launch air cargo variants of existing models, with the São José dos Campos, Brazil company launching the E-190F and E-195F Passenger to Freight Conversions…
Air TaxiCAAC Formally Adopts Special Conditions for EHang’s eVTOL The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) recently announced that the Special Conditions for Type Certification of EHang’s EH216-S aircraft have been formally adopted. EHang, developer of autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) products…
Air TaxiAstronics CEO Sees Commercial Aerospace Recovery, eVTOL Opportunities in 2022 Astronics reported a $7 million increase in aerospace segment sales in its full-year 2021 earnings report last week, and during an earnings call to discuss the results, CEO Peter Gundermann covered several…
CommercialPLAY CEO Talks A321 Fleet Strategy for Iceland’s New Low-Cost Transatlantic Airline Iceland’s newest low-cost airline, PLAY, has announced the addition of Orlando International Airport as its fourth U.S. market less than a year after beginning operations out of Reykjavik. Avionics International caught up…
ConnectivityHow Airlines Are Using In-Flight Connectivity for Passenger and Operational Applications ST Engineering iDirect and its partners are hosting a series of webinars focused on advanced mobility technology and its impact and importance to end user customers. As part of that series, which…
CommercialOPINION: Four Strategies to Help Airlines Manage and Mitigate Supply Risks While it may be an understatement to say that the airline industry is exposed to volatility, it is fair to say that the latter half of the last decade was a time…