JetBlue Airways announced on Wednesday that it will expand its service out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. This comes as U.S. carriers rush to increase service in key markets for bankrupt discount airline Spirit Airlines. JetBlue, based in New York, is offering nine nonstop routes across the United States and Latin America as well as the Caribbean. Rivals, such United Airlines and Frontier Group are also rushing to capitalize on Spirit Airlines' second bankruptcy filing within a year. JetBlue announced that it would offer 113 flights per day during the winter peak season to maintain its status as the airline offering...

Embraer announced on Wednesday that it had reached an agreement with Avelo Airlines, a budget airline in the United States, for 50 firm orders of the Brazilian planemaker’s E195E2 jets and 50 purchase rights. This is the first U.S. contract for this plane. The announcement coincides with an important gathering of leaders in the aerospace industry. It also comes at a time when Brazil's planemaker, which is the third largest in the world, has been lobbying for the Trump administration to eliminate 10% tariffs while highlighting U.S. Airlines' reliance on regional jets. Embraer described last week the planned announcement of...

Amazon.com's Zoox began Wednesday offering free robotaxi rides on the Las Vegas Strip and in the surrounding area, while it waited for state approval before charging fares to compete with Alphabet’s Waymo or Tesla. Waymo offers a robotaxi that transports paying passengers to many U.S. city, while Tesla has robotaxis in Austin, Texas. Zoox is a vehicle designed to look and feel like a toaster on wheels. The vehicle has no manual controls, such as a pedal or steering wheel. Its passengers are seated facing each other. Aicha Evans, Zoox's Chief Executive, said: "This is an experience so different that...

Wizz Air, the Hungarian budget airline, announced on Wednesday that it will stop its base operations at Vienna by March 2026. This follows a strategic assessment. In a press release, Mauro Penda, the Managing Director, said that "the airport cost base, taxes, and ground handling service have all increased significantly since we launched, making it unsustainable to continue operations." On October 26, 2025 the airline will remove two aircraft from service and two routes - Bilbao to London Gatwick and then three aircrafts and routes - in March 2026. The budget airline announced in July that it would close its...

Carsten Spohr, chief executive of Lufthansa Group, told reporters in Frankfurt that the group's turnaround plan is progressing, but 2025 and 2026 are transitional years, as it attempts to stem spiraling costs. The airline group warned twice about its profit in 2024, as its core airline struggles with rising costs and labor disruptions. Meanwhile, Eurowings, the more successful airline within the group continues to grow. "It is obvious that the performance of recent years has been poor. It was therefore obvious to us that the year 2014 would be another year of transition. Spohr added, "But it's a year for...

Singapore will acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon naval patrol aircraft. The country's Defence Ministry announced this on Wednesday. This order represents the first phase of a refreshed capability for the Singapore Armed Forces in maritime security. The planes will replace the existing Fokker-50 aircraft, which has been in service since 1992, according to a statement. The value of the agreement was not disclosed. Boeing did not respond immediately to a comment request. Singapore's Minister of Defence Chan Chun Sing said that production has started on 20 Lockheed Martin F-35 jet fighters Singapore ordered and that they will be delivered by...

Air Cambodia announced that it would buy up to twenty C909 regional aircraft made in China. This adds Cambodia to the growing list of Southeast Asian countries who are customers of China’s state-owned planemaker COMAC. COMAC is looking to sell their aircraft worldwide. Air Cambodia, the flag carrier of Cambodia, and Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China announced on Tuesday that they had signed an agreement in China to confirm 10 C909 aircraft orders with the option of purchasing 10 more. COMAC has developed its own commercial jets in order to compete with the dominant planemakers Airbus & Boeing but is...

The war of words escalated between United Airlines and Spirit Airlines' executives on Tuesday, after the Chicago-based carrier's chief questioned Spirit Airlines' business model and voiced doubts about its ability to stay in the airline industry. Spirit replied minutes later. In a blog post, the Florida-based airline said that its customers loved its low fares and premium products. The airline stated that "Maybe this is why United executives are always yapping on about us". Scott Kirby, the CEO of United Airlines, has been vocal in his criticism of no-frills carriers and their business model. He has also repeatedly questioned its...

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has issued a safety warning to airlines on Tuesday, citing an alarming number of incidents involving lithium batteries. The FAA has recommended that airlines implement risk mitigation strategies. This includes clear messaging about potential fire risks associated with lithium batteries carried by crew and passengers, and reviewing firefighting training and procedures. The FAA reported that 50 incidents of lithium-ion batteries causing extreme heat, smoke or fire have occurred in the U.S. this year. Some of these have caused accidents or injuries. A cell phone that was being used by a passenger on an American Airlines flight...

Senior officials at the Brazilian antitrust regulator CADE have told Brazilian airlines Gol & Azul to stop publicly commenting on a possible merger, unless they're prepared to pursue it formally. In an interview on Friday evening, CADE President Gustavo Augusto stated that "they should stop talking about mergers if they don't intend to pursue them or notify us formally of a merge". CADE ordered last week that the companies formally notify it of their codeshare agreement with May 2024 for the cross-selling of tickets and integration of their loyalty programs. They were also barred from expanding the partnership on additional...

Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, said that on Tuesday the situation with completed airframes awaiting delayed engine deliveries had improved. However the European planemaker still needs more engines to meet its delivery target. Faury stated in July that the number of gliders, as they are called by the industry, had risen from 60 to a total of 60. He also said that Pratt & Whitney was now responsible for the delays on top of the earlier problems with CFM. Faury, a reporter at the Global Aerospace Summit of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Washington, said: "We are still...

Boeing announced on Tuesday that they delivered 57 jets during August, up from the 48 it had delivered in July. The number of aircraft delivered in August was the highest since 2018, when Boeing handed over 64 planes. By August 31st, the company had already delivered 385 planes in 2025. This was more than its total for 2024 of 348. The delivery of planes last year was hampered by a strike by Seattle-area union workers that lasted seven weeks, but the stoppage didn't begin until September. Airbus, a rival European manufacturer, delivered 61 aircraft in August, bringing its total to...