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
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer’s chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
VoltAero has signed up Tennessee-based AltiSky to assemble its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft for the North American market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...
