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Aeromexico expands fleet with Boeing 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner orders
/Mexican flag-carrier Aeromexico has reached an agreement to increase its fleet with a total of 28 new Boeing aircraft. The deal includes 24 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, both 737-8 and the slightly larger 737-9, as well as four 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft as part of the airline’s restructured agreements with the manufacturer and certain lessors
Read moreUS start-up carrier bolsters A220 order, becomes second-largest customer
Breeze Airways, a new US start-up carrier looking to launch in this year, has reportedly ordered an additional 20 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, bringing its total A220 order to 80 jets, according to industry sources. Breeze was founded in 2018 by industry veteran David Neeleman, who previously co-founded a number of airline ventures including Morris Air,
Read moreNASA’s Mars helicopter flies further and faster than ever in third successful flight
/NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has officially flown further and faster than ever before, with its third successful flight test on Sunday exceeding parameters of the flight tests on Earth. Ingenuity’s third flight test saw it soar five metres high, the same height as its second test, before flying a total of 50 metres downrange, just
Read moreRyanair threatens to axe Irish routes, says travellers lie to avoid hotel quarantine
European budget giant Ryanair has said it may look to temporarily cancel a number of Irish routes from its network, in light of the Irish government’s current hotel quarantine requirements. According to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs, any passengers travelling into the Republic of Ireland who have, in the last 14 days, spent any
Read moreGreen aviation start-up raises US$20.5m, pushes for hydrogen flight by 2025
/Universal Hydrogen, a US company working towards developing solutions for the use of hydrogen as an alternative to jet fuels in aviation, has successfully raised US$20.5 million in its series A funding round. The company has said the funds are allowing it to accelerate its development in green aviation solutions, and it hopes to see
Read moreIndiGo secures sale-and-leaseback deal on 14 new Airbus A320neo family jets
/Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has come to a sale-and-leaseback agreement with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for 14 LEAP-powered Airbus A320neo-family aircraft. Under the agreement, seven A320neo and seven A321neo aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the middle of 2022. Currently India’s largest airline (by both passengers carried
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