Aircraft

Airbus CEO concedes likely defeat to Boeing in order race this year

The planemaker remains ahead of its US rival in deliveries and the pipeline of outstanding orders

It was the latest safety lapse at the airline, which has previously been warned by the regulator over various matters, including crew fatigue management and training.

India investigates Air India after plane flown repeatedly without safety certificate

It also grounded the aircraft and de-rostered “concerned personnel”

Dozens of airlines from Asia to the United States said they had carried out a snap software retrofit ordered by Airbus, and mandated by global regulators.

Airbus says most of its recalled 6,000 A320 jets now modified

It is the first time Airbus has had to deal with global safety attention on such a scale since that crisis

An Airbus software update left flight controls vulnerable to cosmic radiation, requiring an urgent code fix, four weeks after an in-flight mishap first brought the issue to light.

Airbus enters last month of the year facing a cosmic distraction

The company has long grappled with parts shortages, from engines to kitchen units to toilets, that have held back output

Airbus instructed its clients to take “immediate precautionary action” after evaluating a technical malfunction on board a JetBlue flight in October.

Air travel faces disruptions over A320 software switch

Airbus has sold 12,257 of the aircraft by the end of September, compared with the sale of 12,254 Boeing 737s

There are around 11,300 A320-family jets in operation, including 6,440 of the core A320 model, which first flew in 1987.

Airbus issues major A320 recall after flight-control incident

The setback appears to be among the largest recalls affecting the company in its 55-year history

FedEx has said it is planning for “modest demand” during the holidays.

UPS, FedEx scramble to shore up networks drained by deadly crash

The grounding has drained capacity and complicated operations for the world’s largest package delivery companies just as shipping volumes surge for the peak period to Christmas

Vietjet’s flights to Con Dao will restart on Nov 25, with four daily services.

Vietnamese airline Vietjet to resume use of Chinese-made Comac planes: sources

C909, which seats up to 90 passengers, has been operating commercially since 2016

The main fuselage section of an ACT Airlines Boeing 747-400 cargo aircraft, leased by Emirates SkyCargo, is hoisted out of the water in Hong Kong on Oct 26.

Hong Kong runway resumes operations after fatal plane crash

Two men were killed in the city’s deadliest air incident since 1998

Boeing has produced 737s at higher rates in the past but the supply chain is more stressed now.

Boeing wins FAA approval to hike 737 MAX production to 42 planes per month

Planemakers receive the bulk of a customer’s payment when they hand over an airplane