BAA Jet Management of Hong Kong has taken delivery of its first managed Airbus aircraft, an A318 Elite, becoming the first to operate the type in the Asian region. The Airbus A318 Elite - the first to be registered in the People's Republic of China -...

Arkia Israeli Airlines is the newst member of the EMBRAER E-Jet family. The Airline will operate one EMBRAER 195 jet from Tel Aviv to major Mediterranean and European destinations. There will be no changes to Embraer’s current backlog, due to this a...

AerCap Holdings has taken delivery of the first Airbus 330-200 of its total order of 30 new A330s. This aircraft is the first of ten A330s that AerCap has agreed to lease to Aeroflot. AerCap also took delivery of a new A320-200 as part of an order pl...

EADS North America will further expand the company's U.S. industrial presence with the construction of a new 27,000-sq. ft. aircraft maintenance delivery center at the Mobile, Alabama facility of its EADS CASA North America business unit. This $5.6 m...

China Southern Airlines has signed an agreement with the Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) to supply eX2 on five A380-800 aircraft with the first deliveries slated to begin in 2009. In addition to this new contract, Panasonic will also suppl...

The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG approved a bid to purchase up to 100% of the shares in Austrian Airlines. Lufthansa will initially acquire the 41.56% share in Austrian Airlines AG held by Österreichische Industrieholding AG (ÖIAG). Thi...