PARIS — Boom Supersonic (Boom), the Colorado company building history’s fastest commercial airliner, on Tuesday showcased its key strategic milestones during a press conference held at the Paris Air Show. During the conference, Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl, joined on stage by Takeshi Morita, Director, Business Creation Strategy Department at Japan Airlines—a strategic partner and investor in Boom—reviewed the company’s plans for rolling out XB-1, its two-seat supersonic demonstrator aircraft,"...

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Safety concerns, trade wars and growing security tensions in the Gulf are dampening spirits at the world’s largest planemakers as they arrive at this week’s Paris Airshow with little to celebrate despite bulging order books.
The aerospace industry’s marquee event is a chance to take the pulse of the $150 billion a year commercial aircraft industry, which many analysts believe is entering a slowdown due to global pressures from trade tensions to flagging economies.
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The sultanate’s national airline Oman Air has halted its 2019 expansion plans following the suspension of its five Boeing 737 Max aircraft, Oman News Agency (ONA) reported on Friday.

“The company’s expansion plans for the year 2019 have been halted due to the suspension of our five 737 Max aircraft and also the non-delivery of additional three"...

Aircraft manufacturers and suppliers big and small will gather at the Paris Air Show to showcase new products and technologies, trumpet orders (both firm, tentative and recycled) and pontificate on the industry.

This year’s event comes amid concerns that the robust commercial aerospace spending cycle that has fuelled record backlogs is getting long in the tooth. Passenger traffic grew 4.3 per cent in April, which was an improvement from a"...

Airlines in India are capitalising on the opportunity to add more flights and increase fares as debt-laden Jet Airways remains grounded, which could help the aviation industry turn profitable this year, analysts say.

“Indian airlines are ramping up capacities fast to make up for the supply deficit in the wake of the cessation of operations by Jet Airways,” says Garima Mishra, an analyst at Kotak Institutional Equities, based in Mumbai.

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air has announced the launch of its inaugural summer service to Malaga Costa del Sol in South Spain.

The Gulf Air’s flight GF021 was welcomed into Spanish airport with a water cannon salute and, upon arrival, a celebratory event was held at the airport that saw the attendance of various dignitaries, Costa del Sol Tourism Authority,"...

Emirates is yet to confirm when the first flight using the livery will take place, but it said passengers will be able to watch the rugby action live on 175 aircraft.

It currently flies direct from Dubai to Osaka, Tokyo Haneda and Tokyo Narita.

'Stay tuned for our first flight to the host nation Japan with some special guests onboard, including the iconic Webb Ellis"...

Airline executives called on the industry to stop paying “lip service” to the need for diversity in boardrooms and instead take decisive action to enable women to rise the ranks to senior positions.

The executives expressed their concerns during the International Air Transport Association’s annual meeting in Seoul where the group, which represents some 290 carriers, presented for the first time awards for diversity and inclusion"...

Dubai-based carrier Flydubai has carried over 70 million passengers since it began operations ten years ago today, the airline announced on Sunday.

The airline’s first flight – from Dubai to Beirut – took place on June 1, 2009.

To celebrate the milestone, a special flight arriving in Beirut at 12:20 local time on Sunday was met with a celebratory water"...

Inmarsat has announced a contract with Airbus Defence &Space (Airbus) to develop a pioneering new generation of satellites for its Global Xpress (GX) network, which will mark a transformative step-change in inflight broadband capabilities for airlines across the world.

Airbus has been selected to deliver Inmarsat’s newest fleet of satellites as part of a long-term"...