Qantas Group CEO Vanessa Hudson says the fleet renewal programme underway at the company's airline brands is the most significant in its history. Speaking at a news conference in Sydney earlier this week, she described the renewal as "a significant investment in growth and customer experience". Qantas Group owns and operates Qantas, Jetstar Airways, Qantas [...]
Boeing (BOE, Washington National) and Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) are reportedly in talks about a coordinated framework agreement to acquire the parts of Spirit AeroSystems that are most important for each respective OEM, sources close to the matter have told Reuters. Given the prevailing concerns about antitrust action in this duopoly market, it is unclear [...]
Be Aero (Istanbul Airport) has added its first Challenger 850, T7-LISA (msn 8106), ch-aviation research has revealed. The 13.6-year-old aircraft was ferried on March 13, 2024, from Singapore Seletar to Istanbul Atatürk via Colombo International and Abu Dhabi International. It has not been active since then. It was previously operated by ZYB Lily Jet (HZY, [...]
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Oman Air (WY, Muscat) is leaning towards a simplified fleet with a focus on widebodies, according to the carrier's chairman, Said Hamood Al Maawali. Cited by Oman's Daily Observer, he said the airline's transformation plan would continue through to 2027 and part of that plan is to focus on reducing the number of aircraft types [...]
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