US-Bangla Airlines has agreed to lease a Boeing 737 Max 8 from AerCap, making it the first Bangladeshi carrier to have committed to the re-engined variant. …read more

Thai AirAsia parent company Asia Aviation (AAV) has confirmed that it is considering taking a stake in loss-making carrier Nok Air. …read more

Sino-Russian joint venture CRAIC is very close to finalising the engine supplier for its CR929 widebody programme, with certification pushed back two years to 2027. …read more

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has noted that the return on aeronautical assets of Australia s major airports increased over the 2017-18 financial year, which is in contrast to previous years where returns have been falling. …read more

Indian infrastructure group GVK has announced that its airport division has up its stake in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL). …read more

Shareholders of Jet Airways approved a plan to swap the airline’s lenders’ loans for equity at a 21 February extraordinary general meeting. …read more

Jet Airways has grounded two more aircraft after it failed to pay their lease rentals. …read more

Local Bangladeshi media have reported that a passenger on board Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 147 has been killed by special forces after he was suspected of hijacking the aircraft. …read more

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has obtained security video showing Atlas Air flight 3591 in a steep nose-down attitude prior to crashing in Trinity Bay near Houston on 23 February. …read more

US investigators are converging on the site where the 767-300ER Freighter crashed into the water on 23 February, killing three people on board. …read more