Airbus, Air France want EU green funds used for jet incentives – documents
Airbus (AIR.PA) and Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) have urged policymakers to use EU-backed green stimulus funds to support aircraft sales, according to documents released on Thursday by InfluenceMap, an investor-led climate lobbying watchdog.
The $15 billion jet dilemma facing Boeing’s CEO
Boeing Co CEO Dave Calhoun faces a multibillion-dollar dilemma over how to rebuild sales in its core airliner business that has sparked an internal debate and put the future of the largest U.S. exporter on the line, industry insiders say.
COVID-19 to speed up consolidation of aircraft leasing industry -SMBC
Consolidation of the aircraft leasing industry, which controls over 40% of the global passenger fleet, is likely to be accelerated by COVID-19, the head of major lessor SMBC Aviation Capital, said in an interview on Tuesday.
Lufthansa extends feeder flight agreement with Condor until May 2022
Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) will extend until May 2022 an agreement that allows passengers of smaller rival Condor to use Lufthansa feeder flights as part of their journey to holiday destinations, a spokesman for the company said on Tuesday. Condor has complained that Lufthansa abused its market dominance when it cancelled the agreement. read more Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust […]
EXCLUSIVE Boeing faces new hurdle in 737 MAX electrical grounding issue -sources
U.S. air safety officials have asked Boeing Co (BA.N) to supply fresh analysis and documentation showing numerous 737 MAX subsystems would not be affected by electrical grounding issues first flagged in three areas of the jet in April, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The extra analysis injects new uncertainty over the timing of when […]
More electrical problems found on some Boeing 737 MAX -sources
An electrical problem that led to dozens of Boeing 737 MAX jets being suspended from service has widened after engineers found similar grounding flaws elsewhere in the cockpit, industry sources said on Friday. Airlines pulled dozens of MAX jets from service a week ago after Boeing Co (BA.N) warned of a production-related electrical grounding problem in a […]
