Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways is likely to lease three of its Boeing 777-300 ERs to its equity partner Etihad Airways after they return from Turkish Airlines later this year, according to sources. Jet was earlier planning to induct these wide …
The long-range 777, which can seat between 300 and 380 passengers, is Boeing's best-selling type of widebody jet and accounts for a sizable chunk of the company's profits. Mr. Wojick said several of the deals now in negotiations are similar to one …
Air Canada recently showed off the first of the 37 Boeing 787 Dreamliners it purchased to great fanfare. The state-of-the-art jet is said to be quieter, lighter and 20 per cent more fuel efficient than its predecessors, while still carrying more cargo …
A Bombardier Inc. CSeries test aircraft suffered a major failure of one of its two engines during a ground test Thursday, halting flight trials of a new commercial jet that aims to challenge the dominance of Boeing Co. and Airbus Group NV. The unknown …
The deal, which could be announced on the sidelines of a global airlines meeting in Doha on Sunday, is the latest step in the airline's fleet renewal program that will also see it soon introduce the latest version of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner. Airbus has …
Canada's Transportation Safety Board said it had sent an investigator to Mirabel to probe what it described as an engine failure. Pratt said Friday that it was working closely with Bombardier to understand the incident. The single-aisle CSeries, which …
Boeing had been in Wichita since 1927, employing as many as 40,000 workers. Boeing sold its commercial business in 2004 to Onex Corp., which formed Spirit AeroSystems. Boeing announced in 2012 that it would end defense work in Wichita. In closing the …
Alcoa already makes the same components in smaller sizes for engines that propel business jets and planes flown by regional airlines. Boeing and Airbus are stepping up production as airlines order new, more fuel-efficient planes. Asian airlines in …
Satellite analysis in the days after the Boeing 777 went missing on March 8 with 239 people onboard placed the jet somewhere in a huge tract of the Indian Ocean stretching from near Indonesia south towards Antarctica. But in a ….. According to the …