All Fleets articles – Page 4
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NewsQantas to upgrade 737 cabins, fully restore A380s this year
Qantas has announced a cabin upgrade programme for more than half of its Boeing 737-800s, as part of wider fleet renewal plans that will also see the return to service of the airline’s last pair of stored Airbus A380s.
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NewsIndiGo to damp lease three more Norse Atlantic 787s
Indian operator IndiGo is to damp lease three additional Boeing 787-9s from Norse Atlantic Airways, which will eventually operate flights from India to Europe.
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NewsThai to add four new aircraft in 2025, including first A321neo
Thai Airways International expects to take delivery of four new aircraft this year, including its first Airbus A321neo, as it looks to tap into “ever-growing demand for travel” in the near term.
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NewsANA to be Japan’s first Embraer E2 operator with order for up to 20 jets
All Nippon Airways will be the first Japanese operator of Embraer’s E2 family of aircraft following an order for up to 20 E190-E2s, part of a broader fleet renewal as it announced commitments for up to 77 aircraft for future growth.
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NewsVolaris ‘carefully planning’ GTF engine removals through at least 2027
Following a year in which it averaged more than 30 Airbus jets out of service for Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine removals, Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris does not foresee its fleet availability issues being resolved anytime soon.
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NewsFlydubai turns in record full-year profit despite 737 delivery hassle
Middle Eastern carrier Flydubai did not receive any of the new aircraft scheduled for delivery to the airline last year but, despite the constraints, it turned in a record pre-tax profit. Although Flydubai received four Boeing 737 Max 8s in the first half of 2024, it says these were part ...
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NewsAir Greenland acquiring A320neo to reinforce Copenhagen links
Air Greenland is to introduce a narrowbody jet to its fleet, with the introduction of an Airbus A320neo scheduled for delivery at the end of next year. The airline is to take the twinjet under a six-year lease from Carlyle. It will be “adapted to Greenlandic conditions”, says the carrier, ...
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NewsOman’s SalamAir seeks 10 A320-family jets to meet three-year fleet-expansion plan
Middle Eastern low-fare carrier SalamAir is seeking another 10 Airbus A320-family aircraft to support operational development. The Omani carrier says the expansion will take place over the next three years and is intended to meet increasing passenger demand. SalamAir has placed requests for the 10 twinjets with “multiple” aircraft lessors, ...
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NewsAir NZ flags challenging second half as ‘uncertainty’ grows over engine issues
Air New Zealand expects a “significantly lower” financial performance for the six months to end-June, as it continues to be impacted by engine issues on its Airbus A320neo family aircraft and Boeing 787 fleets.
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NewsShareholders of lessor NAC approve $2bn takeover by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise
Shareholders in lessor Nordic Aviation Capital have approved the company’s proposed acquisition by Dubai Aerospace Enterprise. The company values the transaction at more than $2 billion – inclusive of outstanding debt. Nordic Aviation Capital says the shareholder vote was 85% in favour of the agreement, under which DAE will take ...
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NewsUzbekistan’s Qanot Sharq to introduce A321XLRs
Uzbekistan-based carrier Qanot Sharq is expanding its ties with US lessor Air Lease through an agreement for long-range Airbus A321XLRs and A321LRs. The three XLRs and two LRs are scheduled to be delivered to the operator over the course of 2026-27. Qanot Sharq, based in Tashkent, already has A321neos and ...
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NewsProfitable Jet2 expects higher summer costs to cover late Airbus deliveries
UK leisure carrier Jet2 is expecting to take delivery of 14 more Airbus A321neo twinjets by the end of summer this year, increasing its fleet to 23. But it states that the arrival of “a number” of these will be delayed past their agreed delivery dates. “Consequently we expect to ...
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NewsAlaska Air Group pushes back 787 and 737 fleet-growth plans due to Boeing delays
More than a year after taking delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, Hawaiian Airlines is operating only two 787s and has been informed by the US airframer to expect further delays.
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NewsFinnair aims to replace 15 oldest A320-family jets in ‘partial’ fleet renewal
Finnair is preparing a partial renewal of its narrowbody fleet, indicating that it will involve its 15 oldest Airbus A320-family airframes. Speaking during a full-year results briefing, chief executive Turkka Kuusisto said the scope and timing of the modernisation will be detailed when the company has “finalised calculation”. But he ...
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NewsJetBlue’s GTF engines off-wing for average of 360 days amid widespread aircraft groundings
JetBlue Airways reports that it takes roughly one year on average for its Pratt & Whitney engines to return to service once taken off-wing for inspections and repairs.
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NewsCopa ‘perfectly fine’ with revised 737 delivery schedule: CEO Pedro Heilbron
All-Boeing operator Copa Airlines anticipates taking 13 737 Max jets this year – two more than previously anticipated – under a revised delivery schedule from the US airframer.
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NewsNorwegian to take call on Max options in next six months
Norwegian will take a decision in the next six months on the 30 options it holds for Boeing 737 Max jets as it expects to take delivery 11 to 13 aircraft this year.
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NewsUnited claims ‘world’s largest’ mainline fleet following milestone aircraft delivery
United Airlines boasts that it has overtaken competitors as the world’s largest airline by fleet size after taking delivery of its 1,000th “mainline” jet.
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NewsThai Airways to bring in A321neos next year
Thai Airways International is to lease a batch of Airbus A321neos from next year for its regional network. The carrier is taking eight of the twinjet type from lessor SMBC Aviation Capital. According to the Irish-based leasing firm the aircraft will be delivered over the course of 2026-27. It stats ...
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NewsSkyWest returning 30 regional jets to service for summer block-hour surge
Regional carrier SkyWest Airlines expects to approach “2019 levels” of block-hour flying this year as major US airlines boost their feeder networks.
