Category: Commercial Aircraft

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker says the airline is prepared to switch engine suppliers for its order of Airbus A320neos should Pratt & Whitney fail to fix issues with its PW1100G geared turbofan “very soon”. The oneworld alliance member had been scheduled to be the first airline to take delivery of the neo

Embraer says its new E2 family of jets is on track to make its maiden flight in the second half of 2016 after the first E190-E2 rolled out of the company’s Sao Jose dos Campos facility in Brazil overnight (Australian time). The rollout ceremony was attended by thousands of invited guests, media, suppliers and company

Air Niugini plans to expand its current Boeing fleet with four new 737 MAX 8s due for delivery from 2020. The order for four of Boeing’s newest narrowbody offering was announced at the Singapore Airshow on Friday. It was previously listed on Boeing’s orders and deliveries website as from an unidentified customer. This content is

Boeing has forecast a $US140 billion market for 950 new aircraft for Oceania – Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific – over the next 20 years as airlines in the region replace order models with newer, more fuel efficient jets. The estimate, contained in Boeing’s Current Market Outlook (CMO) for 2015-2034, is a reduction