The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has increased its industry profit forecast for calendar 2023 and flagged even better airline profits in 2024. Read More »

Airbus received commitments for 113 commercial aircraft last month, increasing the OEM’s total gross orders for 2023 to 1,512 airliners. Read More »

Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has signed a firm order with BETA Technologies for a battery powered all-electric aircraft that will operate as a demonstrator airplane from 2026. Read More »

Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China's (COMAC) C919 and ARJ21 aircraft will be flown to Hong Kong on December 12, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government said. Read More »

Air India has closed its data centres in Delhi and Mumbai and migrated its IT infrastructure to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Read More »

Cathay Pacific said the 21 graduates from its cadet pilot training program were the first cohort of students to complete its integrated training program in partnership with the AeroGuard Flight Training Center and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). Read More »

Today's briefs report news from Airbus, Asiana Airlines, Atlas Air, BMW Group, Daher, Repsol, Safran and Swiss AviationSoftware. Read More »

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