Source: Boeing Five-year digital solution contract signed at Farnborough Air Show Crew Rostering will produce nearly 13,000 cabin crew schedules for the airline Air France has used Boeing's Jeppesen Crew Pairing solution since 1999 Air France has selected Boeing's (NYSE: BA) Jeppesen Crew Rostering solution to optimize crew schedules for the nearly 13,000 cabin crew at the airline, as part of a five-year contract signed at the Farnborough Airshow. Jeppesen Crew Rostering leverages an industry-leading optimization engine to construct productive and balanced crew rosters by considering complex factors such as legal requirements, training, crew availability, crew preferences, reserves and other critical factors. The powerful optimizers allow for faster roster construction, closer to the day of operation, which support greater operational [...]

Source: Airbus LATAM Airlines has ordered 17 A321neo aircraft to further expand their route offering, bringing the airline’s total A320neo order book aircraft to 100. Additionally, the airline has also confirmed to bring in the A321XLR to complement their long haul operations. “We applaud LATAM’s strategic vision and sustainability ambition. This order for the A321neo on the heels of its restructuring is a strong sign for the value Airbus brings to making this vision and ambition a reality. The A321XLR will enable the opening of new routes and will allow LATAM to increase its international reach in the region” said Christian Scherer, Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Airbus International. The A321neo is the largest member of Airbus’ A320neo Family, [...]

Source: Embraer Alaska Air Group announced plans to grow its regional fleet with an order of eight new additional E175 jets and options for 13 more. The E175 aircraft will fly exclusively for Alaska Airlines under a Capacity Purchase Agreement (CPA) with Horizon Air. The value of the contract, including options, is USD $1.12 billion based on list price. Horizon’s new 76-seat aircraft from this order will be delivered in Alaska’s livery and three-class configuration over the next four years starting in Q2 2023. Mark Neely, VP Americas, Embraer Commercial Aviation, said, “The E175 is the backbone of the US regional network, feeding airport hubs across the country as well as producing the connectivity all communities need to thrive, both [...]

Source: Airbus ITA Airways, Italy’s new national carrier, has decided to adopt Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) as its future fleet performance tool. The agreement covers over more than 60 aircraft. “We are very happy to welcome ITA Airways as the latest customer joining the club of Skywise Health Monitoring users,” says Charbel Youzkatli Head of Europe Commercial Services  "By using this tool coupled with Skywise aviation data platform, ITA Airways operations are digitally boosted from day one, benefiting from state of the art efficiencies on maintenance planning and troubleshooting across the A320, A330 and A350 fleet.” Using the power of the Skywise aviation data platform, Skywise Health Monitoring collates and centralises the alerts in real time, flight-deck effects, maintenance messages etc., prioritises [...]

Source: Airbus Delta Air Lines has firmed up orders for 12 A220-300 aircraft, bringing Delta’s total firm order for A220s to 107 aircraft - 45 A220-100s and 62 A220-300s. The A220s will be powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engines. “The A220-300 is economical, efficient and delivers superior performance,” said Mahendra Nair, S.V.P. - Fleet & TechOps Supply Chain at Delta. “These additional aircraft in the A220 Family are an excellent investment for our customers and employees and will be fundamental as we work toward a more sustainable future for air travel.” “Delta was the U.S. launch customer for the A220 and it is great to announce this incremental order that demonstrates how satisfied it is with the A220, economically and [...]

Source: Airbus Airbus and a number of major airlines – Air Canada, Air France-KLM, easyJet, International Airlines Group, LATAM Airlines Group, Lufthansa Group and Virgin Atlantic – have signed Letters of Intent (LoI) to explore opportunities for a future supply of carbon removal credits from direct air carbon capture technology. Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) is a high-potential technology that involves filtering and removing CO2 emissions directly from the air using high powered fans. Once removed from the air, the CO2 is safely and permanently stored in geologic reservoirs. As the aviation industry cannot capture CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere at source, a direct air carbon capture and storage solution would allow the sector to extract the equivalent amount of emissions from [...]