UK ad hoc charter carrier British World Airlines has gone into receivership after its aircraft lessors ran out of patience on 13 December. Two of its customers collapsed recently, leaving it with close to £1 million ($1.4 million) of debts, and the company was unable to solve its cash flow problems. The airline operated six BAe ATPs, three Boeing 737-300s and one 757-200 out of London Southend airport.
Source: Flight International
Comac’s ARJ21 has completed its first commercial flight from a high-altitude airport in China, the latest in a series of milestones for the regional jet.
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.
