Air New Zealand is working with European planemaker ATR on hybrid electric aircraft and what is needed to support them.

ATR and Air New Zealand have signed an agreement to explore the role of new propulsion technologies, could play in the future of the regional aircraft ecosystem.

Sheremetyevo International Airport met the first flight from Damascus operated by Cham Wings Airlines on November 07, 2018. New regular flights on the route Damascus -- Moscow (Sheremetyevo) -- Damascus will be performed on Wednesdays on Airbus A320 aircrafts with 12 first-class seats and 144 economy-class seats. Passengers will be served at Terminal F.

Air Astana is pleased to announce that it is to launch a low cost airline in the first half of 2019. The airline will be called FlyArystan. It will operate a fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft configured to an all-economy class of 180 seats. It will operate a classic LCC model, following the examples of highly successful airlines such as easyjet, Indigo, Cebu Pacific, and Air Asia. It will offer low airfares - approximately half of what Air Astana offers today - on mostly domestic routes - but it is expected to expand onto regional international routes in the mid-term.

U.S. top aircraft manufacturer Boeing Company has issued an Operations Manual Bulletin to 737 Max operators after Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 crashed into the Java Sea last month, killing all 189 people aboard.

Hainan Airlines, part of HNA Group, selected Airbus FHS-Components services for its A350 fleet. Through this new contract, Airbus Flight Hour Services reaffirms its leading position on the A350 XWB Powered By flight hour services market both globally and in China.

The 3-day annual meeting of the Airbus Global University Partner Programme opened in Zhuhai, China on 5 November, running alongside the International China Airshow, being held from November 6 to November 11. The annual meeting gathers over 80 university and Airbus delegates with the aim of exploring innovative ways to develop the competencies required by the aerospace industry and to build a better talent pipeline from partner universities into Airbus.

Airbus China Innovation Centre (ACIC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Huawei, a leading global provider of information and communications technology infrastructure and smart devices, to cooperate on research and applications for inflight connectivity and the Internet of Things (IOT) at Airshow China.

Airbus is accelerating its research and technology cooperation efforts in China, leveraging the country's strong innovation capability.

ATR has today published its new Chinese Market Forecast at the Zhuhai Airshow where it estimates a total market for 1,100 turboprop aircraft in the next 20 years. These aircraft will be required to serve China's rapidly developing Regional Aviation and General Aviation segments. ATR foresees that in 2037 87% of the Regional and General Aviation activity will come from newly created routes, calculated at a total of close to 2,200.