Taiwanese carrier Starlux has five more Airbus A350F freighters for its cargo operation doubling the initial order placed by the airline. Starlux already operates the A350 on its passenger routes which means the A350F will fit seamlessly into its operation. It also operates A321neo and A330neo Airbus aircraft. The A350F, [read more]
2024 was a year of recovery for aircraft OEMs who all continued their post-pandemic recovery but for Boeing in particular there was also the recovery from several years of very high-profile production problems with their 737 Max and 787 range. The 2024 Farnborough Airshow threw up some decent orders which [read more]
Swiss International Airlines has issued a statement confirming the death of a cabin crew member who was onboard an Airbus A220 that made an emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Two other cabin crew members are still in hospital as a result of the incident that [read more]
Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air, along with its UK subsidiary Wizz Air UK, has struck a deal with Pratt & Whitney over engine problems which have kept many of its aircraft grounded. The problems affect Wizz Air A320neo aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-JM engines of which around 40 [read more]
Irish airline Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has taken delivery of the first two of six Airbus A321XLRs at its home base of Dublin (DUB/EIDW). The two aircraft have been registered EI-XLR and EI-XLT and named St Lelia / Liadhain and St Melanie / Mella respectively. These extra long range variants of the A321 single-aisle [read more]
The first ever Airbus A220 for a Romanian airline when the first of 22 of the type was delivered to Animawings. The A220-300 was delivered to Bucharest from the Montreal production line and is one of four being financed from US-based Lessor Azorra. Powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW1500G [read more]
Aircalin, the airline of the French territory of New Caledonia, has disclosed it is the customer for two Airbus A350 airliners that previously were listed as undisclosed on Airbus’ order sheet. The two A350s will join Aircalin’s two A330neos on its long-haul network operating from the South Pacific island to [read more]
Air India has disclosed it is the customer for 10 A350 and 90 A320 family aircraft that previously sat as undisclosed on Airbus’ order books. The order is in addition to the 250 aircraft order the TATA Group owned airline had already placed with Airbus which consisted of 40 A350s [read more]
The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) has recently held its annual awards ceremony handing out the global aerospace community’s most prestigious and long-standing awards that honour achievement and innovation in the sector. Being awarded an Honorary Fellowship to the RAeS is the highest distinction for aerospace achievement snd is awarded only [read more]
Dublin-based leasing specialist Avolon has delivered the first of 20 Airbus A330neo’s to Malaysia Aviation Group, the parent of Malaysia Airlines. The placement of aircraft by Avolon includes 10 aircraft directly from Avolon’s order book with the OEM, Airbus, as well as 10 aircraft via sale and leaseback to the [read more]
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