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A Pegasus Airlines Airbus A320neo (TC-NBH) has landed at an airport in France with its nose gear twisted by 90 degrees in an incident similar to one in LAX some years ago. The flight (PC939) had operated from Istanbul to Basel-Mulhouse where it landed and due to the position of [read more]

Boeing has ended 2020 with a torrid looking order book that saw it have net orders for -1,026 aircraft, no, the minus is not a typo! The Seattle based airframer was impacted largely loss of orders for the Boeing 737 Max which over the year saw a net loss of [read more]

Due to the global pandemic Airbus found it had a problem with delivering aircraft dipping to just 14 deliveries in April 2020 so in a bid to keep deliveries flowing, Airbus developed an e-delivery system to help speed up aircraft deliveries. The system, which allows customers to receive their aircraft [read more]

Charter specialist Titan Airways (ZT/ZWC) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321P2F (Passenger to Freighter) cargo aircraft, the first of its kind in the Europe. The Aircraft, an ex-Thomas Cook Airbus A321, was converted by ST Engineering in Singapore and returned to its owner, Leasing Specialist BBAM Aircraft Leasing [read more]

The EcoPulse Hybrid aircraft being developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus has successfully passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a key milestone in the development of the aircraft. The PDR is a key step towards validating the project’s feasibility as well as firming up the architecture towards a first flight [read more]

Last month we witnessed significant progress in humanity’s latest space venture. As far as off-world international co-operation goes, this is the largest team exercise for more than 20 years. The inter-continental collaboration which constructed and now operates ISS is now eclipsed by a new task: Put feet back on the [read more]

Charter Airline Hi Fly Malta, a subsidiary of Hi Fly, will not renew its lease of Airbus A380 MSN006 (Currently 9H-MIP) when it expires later this year. Hi Fly leased the ex Singapore Airlines Super Jumbo from Doric Aviation after the asian carrier end its lease after 10 years. The [read more]

Airbus delivered the 1500th Airbus A330 airliner on the 21st September to US Airline Delta (DL/DAL) marking the latest milestone in this pioneering and hugely popular product line. In this article, we look back at the beginnings of the A330 and its 2014 reboot. A300 Replacement The Airbus A330 was [read more]