A next generation narrowbody that offers significant improvements in operational efficiency over current designs but has “a common type rating” with the Boeing 737 would be ideal for Southwest Airlines, an executive at the airline tells ATI.
Asked to discuss Southwest’s interest in narrowbody replacement, the carrier’s senior director of engineering and maintenance programs Dale […]

Aircraft manufacturers should brace themselves for some difficult times ahead as customers begin to take a second look at the aircraft orders they placed…

Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has completely overhauled its livery, switching its base colour from red to turquoise blue and ditching the traditional khanjar dagger symbol in favour of a logo representing incense smoke.
Oman Air chief executive Ziad Al-Haremi has unveiled the new livery at a ceremony in Muscat. The new identity follows the […]

Middle Eastern start-up carrier RAK Airways has ordered four Boeing 737-800s and placed purchase rights on another two.
The Ras Al Khaimah-based carrier’s chairman, Sheikh Oman bin Saqr Al-Qasimi, today signed an agreement with the airframer at an event in the United Arab Emirates.
It follows the airline’s indication last month that it was planning […]

A new flight-planning module promising fuel savings of up to 2% was launched by Lufthansa…