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Welsh Wings for Delta as airline orders 100 aircraft

15/12/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Key US airline Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) has ordered 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft from the European airframer in a snub to US-based Boeing. Traditionally a Boeing operator, the Atlanta based airline has chosen the Airbus A321neo over the Boeing 737max10 in order to refresh its fleet of ageing 737’s & A320 aircraft. [read more]

Primera Air increases Max9 order to 10

08/12/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Danish low-fares carrier Primera Air has increased its Boeing 737 Max9 order to 10 further enhance the carrier’s growth potential with possibilities of adding, even more, new routes to its already extensive network. Primera Air will be the first airline to operate the Boeing 737 Max9 with Extended Range. Andri [read more]

Wales gets new boost from Qatar

07/12/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Qatar has converted a tentative order for A320neo’s into a firm order for 50 Airbus A321neo aircraft for state airline Qatar Airways. The Airline, which starts flights from Cardiff Airport to Doha on 1st May 2018, chose to upgrade to the largest of the A32X family to give it maximum [read more]

Rolls-Royce facing fresh troubles with 787 engine faults

07/12/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Air New Zealand is the latest airline that has been forced to cancel flights due to what it described as “engine events” in their Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 powered Dreamliners have been involved in a raft of recent engine issues which started with issues reported [read more]

Cardiff Aviation must have cash injection from investor

01/12/2017 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Bruce Dickinson has said that Cardiff Aviation must have cash invested in the company to continue its Maintenance & Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility at St Athan. At an organised press event Mr Dickinson claimed that he had “credible overseas investors” lined up ready to invest around £15m into the [read more]

Airbus appoints sales chief to replace John Leahy

29/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

European airframer Airbus has appointed Eric Shulz to replace John Leahy as Chief of Sales, Marketing & Contracts for the company’s Commercial Aircraft business. Mr Shulz, who joins the company from Rolls-Royce, will take over the role in January 2018 and will report directly to Airbus CEO Tom Enders. Eric Schulz [read more]

Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce team up for hybrid aircraft

28/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airbus, Siemens and Rolls-Royce have teamed up to develop a hybrid aircraft featuring an electric engine as part of a move towards cleaner aviation. The groundbreaking collaboration will see the firms put an electric engine alongside 3 conventional jet engines on a BAe146 flying test bed. Airbus is no stranger to [read more]

Airbus A350-1000 certified by the FAA & EASA

27/11/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Rhys Hutchings

On the 25th November 2017 the Airbus A350-1000 officially got its certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Airbus’ biggest variant of the A350 got its type rating last Tuesday after a extensive flight test program carried out by the Airbus team over [read more]

What the Dubai Air Show means for Wales

16/11/2017 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The 2017 Dubai Air Show has just ended and over the 5 days it delivered surprises and shocks, and a record breaking order haul. For Wales, that record breaking order was great news as it is just one of many orders for aircraft whose wings are made in Broughton, North [read more]

Emirates rejects A380plus concept

15/11/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Emirates (EK/UAE) has rejected the proposed A380plus concept from Airbus effectively killing off the project. The Dubai based carrier is expected to place an order for 36 more Airbus A380 aircraft but CEO Tim Clark said “We would rather they just offered us the continuation of the line” adding that [read more]