India's Jet Airways has agreed a deal with Boullioun Aviation Services to sell it two of its Boeing 737-400s and in return lease two 737-700s. The737-700s will arrive in November and December. The carrier will add three more ATR 72-500s by January.
Source: Airline Business
Comac’s ARJ21 has completed its first high-altitude commercial flight in China, marking the regional jet’s first regular high-altitude operations.
Airbus’s framework agreement with Spirit AeroSystems shows that the aircraft manufacturer might yet acquire Scottish or Malaysian operations of Spirit if a third-party buyer does not emerge. Both Sprit’s Glasgow Prestwick division and its Subang airport arm in western Kuala Lumpur supply components for Airbus programmes. Neither has been included ...
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
