Royal Air Maroc has launched a tender to buy new planes as Morocco’s flagship carrier, one of Africa’s largest, expands to meet growing travel demand, CEO Abdelhamid Addou said on Thursday. The tender has been launched on April , Addou told Reuters.RAM plans to quadruple its fleet within a...

   The U.S. is further restricting Iran’s access to low level technology, in response to Iran’s April attack on Israel and its military support for Russia, according to a posting Thursday by the U.S. Department of Commerce.The U.S. is adding to the list of items that require a license for export...

   Russia could be ready militarily to attack NATO countries in five to eight years’ time if it chose to do so, Germany’s top military official said, once it has rebuilt its forces hit by the impact of the Ukraine war. By then, based on our analysis, Russia will have reconstituted its own forces to...

   Alaska Air Group ALK.N on Thursday forecast stronger than expected earnings in the current quarter on the back of a pickup in business travel demand, sending its shares higher.The airline, the operator of the Boeing BA.N plane that suffered a mid air cabin blowout in January, also reported a...

   NATO is working to send more air defence systems to Ukraine, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday, adding that delays in providing such aid were harming Kyiv’s efforts to resist Russia’s attacks. We have compiled data about the different air defence systems we have in NATO and...

   British airline easyJet EZJ.L said it was confident travel demand would remain strong this summer, putting it on track for further growth and boosting its shares after it forecast a smaller than expected winter loss.Consumers in Europe are continuing to spend on trips despite rising fares and...

   Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, on a classified spy satellite project already capturing high resolution imagery of the Earth, according to people familiar with the program.The program, details of which...

   Ageing air defences have left Iran vulnerable to an Israeli attack if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to ignore global pressure not to retaliate directly for the unprecedented drone and missile salvoes of Saturday night.Setting aside the wider diplomatic and strategic costs that are...

   A Russian scientist who worked on hypersonic technologies was handed a seven year jail sentence on Thursday for treason after he was accused of passing state secrets to foreign nationals.A representative for St Petersburg’s court system said Alexander Kuranov, , would be sent to a high security...

   Alaska Air Group ALK.N is not concerned about the production rate of Boeing’s MAX planes as it is more focused on the quality and safety of the planemaker’s jets, a top company executive said on Thursday.The Seattle based carrier had to ground its MAX fleet for weeks following a mid air...

   European Union countries must send their anti missile systems to bolster Ukraine’s air defences as Russia pounds its cities, the EU’s top diplomat said on Thursday, warning that Europe cannot just rely on the United States to help Kyiv.More than two years into Russia’s full scale invasion, Ukraine...

   Boeing’s BA.N safety culture and manufacturing quality, both at the center of a corporate crisis following a January mid air panel blowout on a near new MAX, were scrutinized on Wednesday in two U.S. Senate hearings.Testimony at the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations...

   United Airlines UAL.O will receive compensation from planemaker Boeing for financial damages incurred in the first quarter due to the grounding of MAX aircraft, the carrier said on Wednesday.U.S. regulators had in January grounded some Boeing MAX aircraft for about three weeks for...

   The U.S. Department of Transportation’s watchdog is looking into the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing’s BA.N manufacturing of s and s, Semafor reported on Wednesday. It’s very healthy for the Office of Inspector General to be constantly auditing everything that...

   United Airlines UAL.O on Wednesday said it has been prevented from putting new aircraft into service due to an ongoing review of its operations by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAA .The review was ordered following several safety emergencies involving the Chicago based airline in...

   United Airlines UAL.O shares rose on Wednesday, driven by an upbeat profit forecast for the second quarter and strong first quarter results despite a million hit over planemaker Boeing’s safety crisis.The carrier’s shares headed for their best session in over years, while rivals...

   The Netherlands on Wednesday has handed over another three F fighter jets to a training facility in Romania, where Ukrainian pilots and ground staff are being taught to fly and maintain the planes in battle.The Netherlands has been one of the driving forces behind an international coalition to...

   An issue with the system that calculates weight and balance of Alaska Airlines ALK.N planes, causing all of its flights to be halted on Wednesday morning, has been resolved and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration FAA canceled a ground stop.The ground stop, which halted all Alaska Airlines...

   One of Ukraine’s main media companies, Media, said its satellite TV channels had suffered a cyberattack on Wednesday.It said in a statement that channels, including some of its own, were currently unavailable. Another attempt took place to jam satellite broadcasting of Ukraine on the Astra...

   Three Russian missiles slammed into the city centre of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least people, wounding dozens more and damaging civilian buildings, officials said.President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Kyiv’s allies to rush in air defence support after the city,...

   Britain’s BAE Systems BAES.L said it was investigating the cause of an explosion at its munitions manufacturing plant in Glascoed, Wales, on Wednesday.Safety protocols were immediately enacted and emergency services attended the site, where shells are filled and packed, the company said.All...

   China will hold air defence and live fire drills near its border with Myanmar from Wednesday, state media said, in this month’s second round of such exercises as fighting between Myanmar’s ruling junta and rebel forces intensifies.The drills follow a significant escalation of the conflict last week...

   Germany has appealed to European Union and NATO member states to bolster Ukraine’s air defences as quickly as possible as Russian missiles pounded Ukrainian cities on Wednesday and its president repeated urgent calls for support.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and Foreign Minister Annalena...

   Greece’s largest carrier Aegean Airlines said on Wednesday that it will order four new extended range Airbus AIR.PA A neo to cover existing and new routes in Central Africa, Middle East and Asia.The carrier says that these four specially configured newA neo aircraft will have additional fuel...

   Ryanair RYA.I said on Wednesday it expected to expand its leading position in the Italian market in the coming years despite regulatory disputes over the past few months.The Irish budget carrier would be interested in slots that could become available at Rome’s Fiumicino airport as the result of...

   Electric aircraft maker Eve EVEX.N has signed a letter of intent with Japan’s public helicopter charter service company AirX to sell up to electric vertical take off and landing eVTOL aircraft, it said on Wednesday.Eve, which is controlled by Brazilian planemaker Embraer EMBR .SA , said the...

   Ryanair RYA.I expects Boeing BA.N to deliver new jets by mid July, Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday, broadly in line with a revised schedule it has previously announced.Speaking at a news conference in Rome, O’Leary said Ryanair plans to receive plans from Boeing by the...

   United Airlines Holdings UAL.O on Tuesday forecast stronger than expected earnings in the current quarter, after reporting a narrower than expected loss in the first quarter, on robust demand for travel.United’s shares were up about in after hours trading.The airline, a prominent customer of...

   China’s military said on Wednesday it sent fighter jets to monitor and warn a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft that flew over the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a mission that took place just hours after a call between the Chinese and U.S. defence chiefs.China claims sovereignty over democratically governed...

   Australia will boost defence spending by A . billion billion over the next decade and reshuffle its weapons programs to emphasise missiles, drones and warships as it looks to the possibility of a Pacific conflict between China and the U.S.The bulk of the new spending, part of a A ...