Launch customer Aeroflot will not recieve its Sukhoi Superjet 100s until the second half of next year, a year behind schedule, a Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. spokesperson has told Agence France Presse,

BOC Aviation has named two new key executives.

Aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce and British Airways have announced a scientific test program to investigate the viability of alternative fuels for the aviation industry.

Emirates Airline will showcase its first new, double-decker Airbus A380 during exclusive familiarisation flights in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Single-aisle planes will make up the bulk of new aircraft deliveries during the next 20 years, according to Boeing's newly-updated 20 year plan released overnight.

Japanese airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) says media reports it has agreed to buy five Airbus A380s are an exaggeration.

Boeing says Alenia Aeronautica has successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabiliser of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

VietJet Air, Vietnam's first private airline, has signed a letter of intent with aircraft leasing and finance firm GECAS to lease two Boeing 737-700s.

Singapore Airlines took delivery of new aircraft from Airbus and Boeing - on the same day.

Saudi Arabian Airlines and Kuwait based Alafco Aviation Lease and Finance Company announced their agreement for the sale and lease of 17 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Airbus says it has started transporting the first aircraft segments to the new single-aisle assembly line in Tianjin, China.

Japan Airlines is to work with Boeing and Pratt & Whitney in a test flight to accelerate current research and development of a second-generation biofuel.

Boeing has moved its 787 Dreamliner designated for fatigue testing from the final assembly factory in Everett, to another production bay at the facility, where assembly work will continue.

Yogyakarta Airport was in breach of its major safety obligations - and effectively unlicensed - when a Garuda jet crashed there on March 7 last year killing 21 people, including five Australians.

Deteriorating levels of customer service by airline staff—rather than high fares and extra charges for amenities—have led to a significant decline in customer satisfaction with airline carriers.