Airbus has finalized its deal with Indian budget airline IndiGo to sell 250 A320neo aircraft. This is the second largest order by value for Airbus-it is the largest ever in the number of aircraft sold. IndiGo is the largest domestic airline by market share in India. Not only has this but it also flown one in three of India’s air travelers. Read more >>

Emirates Airline is set to dethrone Qantas for the title of longest active airline route in the world. The Middle Eastern airline is preparing to add a nonstop service that travels all the way from its hub in Dubai to Panama City. The voyage is 8,590 miles long, which barely edges out the current record by about 12 miles. Read more >>

Mitsubishi Aircraft recently opened a brand new aircraft engineering facility in Seattle, Washington, in hopes of accelerating its Mitsubishi regional jet (MRJ) program. The new facility was named the Seattle Engineering Center (SEC) and will allow Mitsubishi to strengthen its aircraft development capabilities. Its 150 members will include 50 Japanese engineers and 100 from Seattle that will work on analyzing flight-test data to get the new Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) certified and into service with various airlines. Read more >>

Delta Air Lines is set to buy a 3.55% stake in China Eastern for $450 million, in hopes of taking a minority position in overseas carriers. Read more >>

Boeing announced that the company has finalized a deal with five Japanese partners to supply components for the new 777X aircraft. The deal tails a memorandum of agreement (MoA) between Boeing, Japan Aircraft Industries (JAI), and Japan Aircraft Development Corporation (JADC) to deliver approximately 21% of the major aircraft structure components. Components that are covered under the contract include fuselage sections, center wing sections, pressure bulkhead, main landing gear wells, passenger, cargo and main landing gear doors, wing components, and wing-body fairings. Read more >>

The aircraft manufacturing giant Airbus is undergoing preparation to deliver the first A330 wide-body aircraft from its China plant in 2018. The company had signed a deal with Aviation Industry Corp. of China and the Tianjin Port Free Trade Zone earlier this month to construct a cabin completion center in Tianjin, where the A320 jets are assembled. This will be constructed next to the already existing A320 final assembly plant, and will be able to assemble two aircraft per month. The facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2017, and deliveries from the plant are planned to begin early 2018. Read more >>

Rolls-Royce announced that they have secured contracts from International AirFinance (IAFC) and Saudi Arabia's national carrier Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) worth more than USD$2.2 billion. These contracts call for Rolls-Royce to deliver their Trent 700 engines to IAFC’s 20 Airbus A330 regional aircraft which is being ...

The carrier has been in contact with several banks to find funds with a maturity of twelve years, with a minimum five-year lifespan. The airline is ready to accept it in any form, including multi-currencies and floating or fixed interest rates. Read more >>

The US Patent and Trademark Office approved an application from Robert Budica, James Herzberg, and Frank Chandler of the Boeing Company for a laser and nuclear driven airplane engine. This is Boeing’s latest idea to stay on top of all the new, efficient ways that airplane makers are powering their products. Read more >>

US carrier Delta Air Lines will be joining a bid to save Japan's bankrupt carrier Skymark, possibly providing the North American carrier an exceptional entrance point ...