Facing a possible loss of contracts to fly for US Airways, Mesa Air Group signed codesharing deals with Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Starting in October, Mesa will operate up to 30 Bombardier CRJ200s in Delta's network and 30 under the United Express name. Mesa will now place jets that could have been bumped from US Airways contract flying under recent deals that US Airways signed with both Air Wisconsin and Republic Airways.
Source: Airline Business
Boeing still aims by year-end to boost production to 38 737s and five 787s monthly, returning to output levels at which the company had said it was operating prior to this year’s production slowdown.
Longtime aerospace executive and former Collins Aerospace chief Kelly Ortberg will succeed David Calhoun as Boeing’s chief executive on 8 August.
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury says the airframer has been “blindsided” by a sharp drop-off in CFM International Leap engine deliveries, and is waiting to see how soon the powerplant manufacturer can recover. Speaking at a half-year briefing on 30 July, Faury said the Leap delays were “not factored” into ...
