Temasek announces support for Singapore Airlines’ Air India investment bid
The state investor supports SIA's long-term India strategy but stops short of committing fresh capital as the loss-making carrier seeks USD 1.5 billion...
Category : Aviation
Qantas to retire its iconic A380 superjumbo fleet from 2028 onwards
The Aussie carrier is currently in talks with Airbus and Boeing about converting 20 options to firm orders for A350s and 787s from 2030...
Finnair suspends Dubai flights, joins Air Canada in pulling back from DXB
Finnair, that operates a seasonal route between Helsinki and Dubai, halted a significant portion of its Middle East operations in February...
Operation Blue Skies: Google, UK launch AI trial to cut aviation contrails over North Atlantic
The initiative will reroute some flights across Shanwick airspace, testing whether contrail avoidance can be scaled across an entire oceanic corridor...
China’s COMAC C919 takes international leap in challenge to Boeing and Airbus
The Air China-operated C919 departed Beijing Capital International Airport at 3 pm on August 12 and landed in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, at 4.58 pm local time...
Ryanair signs Google Cloud deal, to deploy Gemini and DeepMind models across operations
The agreement will extend Google Workspace and Google Cloud services to 35,000 Ryanair employees ahead of the airline's further expansion...
Battle of numbers: Airbus gets the edge as Boeing delivers only 53 jets in July
Boeing also booked 30 new orders after adjusting for cancellations in July. Airbus, on the other hand, booked 204 orders in the same month...
EasyJet accepts Apollo Global’s 5.7 billion pound offer as Castlelake exits the race
EasyJet shareholders will receive 7.15 pound a share, a price Apollo had tabled in July after the airline recommended a rival offer from Castlelake...
Griffin hands VietJet its first leased 737 MAX 8 as Vietnam’s fleet race accelerates
Griffin and VietJet signed the financing agreement for six 737 MAX 8 jets in February 2026, in a transaction valued at roughly USD 965 million...
Wingman drones and the rise of the AI-powered fighter escort
Boeing's MQ-28 Ghost Bat made its first-ever static appearance in the Farnborough Airshow, General Atomics and Anduril too brought models of their projects...