Airbus Financial Services has sold three A380s on lease to Singapore Airlines to Doric Asset Finance at a base purchase price of $198.6 million each, marking the first A380 financings to be completed. The aircraft were previously on Airbus’ books.
The purchase price includes buyer furnished equipment costs. The 2007 list price for an Airbus A380 […]

All Nippon Airways, a key target of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to be a launch customer for its proposed MRJ, confirms that it is evaluating the new regional…

Air Canada has now confirmed that 10 passengers and crew were hospitalised after an incident on a flight between Victoria and Toronto on 10 January.
The Star Alliance carrier does not say what caused the injuries but passengers from flight AC190 are quoted as saying the Airbus A319 began to shake violently while cruising and […]

An Air Canada Airbus A319 en route from Victoria to Toronto made an emergency landing at Calgary today, and “some injuries requiring hospitalization” have been confirmed.
The aircraft, operating as flight AC190, was carrying 83 passengers and five crewmembers. These figures are subject to confirmation, as are the number of people injured, says Air Canada […]

Officials at Delta Air Lines’ pilots union, the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), are meeting this week in Atlanta to discuss the possibility that the carrier may soon be involved in industry consolidation, and to form a three-member merger committee to ensure the group’s needs are met in the event of a tie-up.
The announcement, […]