The Saudia group is taking the final steps to launch a "substantial" order of airplanes, awaiting its board of directors to give the green light before starting formal conversations with the various manufacturers.This was explained by its executive vice president of Strategy, Sanjiv Kapoor, in an interview with "Bloomberg". The...
A plane has been evacuated this Friday at Tenerife South airport after one of its passengers alerted to a presumed bomb threat, according to sources from the Civil Guard confirmed to RTVC. The agents have ordered to evacuate the aircraft preventively while the necessary checks are carried out to determine...
The Council of Ministers has given its approval to a framework agreement for the joint purchase, by Spain and Poland, of Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft, with an estimated budget of 5.4 billion euros.The main objective of this agreement is to incorporate MRTT aircraft and ensure the necessary logistical...
The CEO of BOC Aviation, Stevel Townend, has warned that the global shortage of aircraft will extend until the end of this decade, as a consequence of a persistent structural imbalance between the available supply and the demand of the sector.The executive pointed this out in an interview granted to...
Lufthansa Group has launched this Wednesday the Starlink wifi connection on an Airbus A320neo that took off from Frankfurt (Germany) heading to Rome (Italy), marking the start of the implementation of this technology in the airline, the company has informed in a statement.Before the end of the year, up to...
The airport of Santiago-Rosalía de Castro could incorporate a new airline starting next winter. Fly2Galicia plans to start its operations on December 1, 2026, with eight national and European destinations, after several months announcing on social media a project with which it aims to increase direct connections from Galicia. The announced schedule includes...
Airbus is forced to reach a pace close to 90 monthly deliveries by the end of the year if it wants to meet its goal of 870 aircraft in 2026, after having recorded 67 aircraft delivered in July, the same amount as in July 2025, the company has reported in...
The CEO of Boeing, Kelly Ortberg, estimates that the company will not be in a position to put its new generation single-aisle aircraft into service until the end of the next decade, understanding that the company is still not ready on the financial front and that market demand has not...
Boeing completed the delivery of 314 commercial aircraft in the first half of 2026, representing a 12% rebound compared to the same period of the previous fiscal year and representing the highest volume of shipments in a first semester since 2018.Despite this improvement, the US group continues to lag behind...
Airbus has communicated that, until June 2026, commercial aircraft deliveries reached 351 units, distributed among 77 clients, as detailed by the aeronautical manufacturer itself in an informative note.Regarding the breakdown by model, the company has specified that 167 A321neo aircraft, 102 A320neo, two A319neo, 43 A220-300, one A220-100, 10 A-330,...
The European aeronautical group Airbus estimates that global passenger traffic will increase at an annual rate of 3.9% over the next two decades (2026-2045), supported by the expansion of cities, the advancement of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and growing air connectivity thanks to the greater efficiency of next-generation aircraft.In...
Iberia will introduce from this Tuesday, June 23, a new way of naming the different types of hand luggage that travelers can bring on board its planes. The objective is that the reservation process becomes more transparent and intuitive, maintaining exactly the same current conditions.According to the airline company to...
Airbus has called on its workforce to right the ship after a below-expected start to 2026. The European aeronautical consortium has set itself the goal of achieving the best second half of its history, in a scenario still conditioned by ongoing supply chain problems.This was communicated by the CEO, Guillaume...
Airbus completed the delivery of 81 commercial aircraft in May, which is 30 units more than in the same month of 2025. This rebound is largely explained by the momentum registered after the end of the Chinese blockade on the reception of new aircraft in its territory, a pressure measure...
Ukraine announced this Thursday an agreement with Sweden to significantly strengthen its Air Force through the acquisition of 20 Swedish-made Gripen fighter jets, an operation that is completed with the free delivery of another 16 aircraft by the Swedish Armed Forces."Ukraine's top priority is air defense. To strengthen it, Sweden...
Pakistan has become the first country to officially recognize a critical situation of aviation fuel supply as a consequence of the war in Iran and the restrictions in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the most important energy routes in the world. Pakistani authorities admitted this Saturday that the country has enough...
The problem for European aviation is no longer just how much fuel costs, but something much more basic: if there will be enough. If the conflict in the Middle East lengthens and ends up affecting refining in the Gulf, the passage of oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz or...