Aviation

  Cairo / AFP The Solar Impulse 2 landed in Cairo on Wednesday for its penultimate stop as the solar-powered plane nears the end of its marathon tour around the world. After the two-day flight from Spain, just one final leg lies between it and its final destination, Abu Dhabi, where it started its odyssey in March last year. The aircraft ...

  Bloomberg Bombardier Inc. is targetting a major European aircraft order as the next step in the recovery of its C Series programme following a $5.6 billion sale to Delta Air Lines Inc. that helped turn around the jetliner’s prospects. The Canadian planemaker expects a “strong second half of the year” for its marquee jet, which is more than two ...

  Shanghai / AFP An aircraft leasing company will buy 30 of China’s homegrown regional jets for an Indonesian airline to use, a statement said, just two weeks after the ARJ21 made its first commercial flight. Beijing is keen to build an aerospace industry of its own, and almost all orders for the long-delayed ARJ21 aircraft — which was supposed to ...

  Bloomberg Qatar Airways is in discussions about purchasing as many as 30 Boeing Co. 737 airliners amid a dispute with Airbus Group SE over unresolved faults with its A320neo model. The carrier, which has canceled delivery of one A320neo due to glitches with engines made by Pratt & Whitney, will continue rejecting the plane until the issues are fixed, ...

  AFP European aerospace giant Airbus scored the first big win at the Farnborough airshow, which opened on Monday facing global economic headwinds triggered by Brexit. Airbus, which traditionally fights US rival Boeing for blockbuster order announcements at Farnborough, southwest of London, revealed a US$4.4-billion (3.9-billion-euro) firm order from Virgin Atlantic for twelve wide-bodied Airbus A350-1000 jets. The carrier has ...

  Bloomberg Airbus Group SE is poised to win an order for as many as 100 jetliners from AirAsia Bhd, people familiar with the matter said. The deal may be announced as early as tomorrow, said the people, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. The purchase would consist likely of A321neo narrow-body aircraft, which have ...

  Bloomberg Boeing Co is seeing strong airline interest in a new mid-range aircraft on its drawing board, bolstering the case for its biggest potential product development of the next 10 years. No current-generation aircraft are specifically designed for long flights within a region, like the seven-hour trek from Tokyo to Singapore, said Ray Conner, chief executive officer of Boeing’s ...

    Bloomberg Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp, the maker of Japan’s first passenger jet, has won an order for as many as 20 planes from Swedish leasing company Rockton, according to a person familiar with the deal. The order is the second for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet this year, following a deal from US lessor Aerolease Aviation LLC for as many ...

  AFP The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane’s landmark round-the-world journey. The experimental aircraft took off from Seville at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) for a flight that should last about 50 hours and will take it over the Mediterranean Sea. Swiss national Andre Borschberg ...

  Bloomberg The US government proposed eight airlines to begin scheduled passenger service to Havana, as carriers hustle to open regular flights to the Cuban capital for the first time in half a century. Flights may begin as early as this fall, the Department of Transportation said in a statement. The airlines winning approval for Havana service were American, Delta, ...