After 5 days of deals, European aerospace giant Airbus has dominated the order books over US rivals Boeing, by some margin. It was also going to be a tough ask for Boeing to keep up with Airbus given the record breaking IndiGo deal announced on day one but it wasnt [read more]
Airbus A330neo topped the types for orders on day three of the Paris Air Show as Irish leasing specialist Avolon signed up for 20 of the type. Avolon also converted orders for 50 A320neos to larger A321neos. Andy Cronin, CEO of Avolon, said: “We have been a strong supporter of [read more]
US aerospace giant may have been initially overshadowed by the record-breaking Airbus order on Day 1 of the show but orders are now starting to come in for the Seattle-based airframer. Air Algerie was among the first to order with commitments for eight Boeing 737 Max 9 jets and two [read more]
Airbus has been awarded the largest ever single purchase order in the history of commercial aviation from Indian carrier IndiGo on day one of the Paris Airshow. The order is for a total of 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft and brings the total number of Airbus aircraft IndiGo have on [read more]
Aerospace giant Boeing has forecasted demand for 42,600 new commercial airliners over the next 20 years to replace older aircraft and to keep up with demand for air travel. Boeing says that the demand for air travel is currently outpacing economic growth in many regions driven largely by domestic air [read more]
There has only ever been two fatal accidents involving Supersonic Transport (SST) aircraft and in a bizarre twist of fate, despite happening 27 years apart, they happened less than 4 km apart. Two supersonic airlines have been built and flown, The anglo-french designed Concorde and the Soviet Tupolev TU-144, dubbed [read more]
The 2021 edition of the bi-annual Paris Air Show at Le Bourget has been officially cancelled due to uncertainty over the on-going Coronavirus Pandemic. The Board of Directors of the GIFAS (French Aerospace Industries Association), the Board of Directors of the Paris Air Show say that they have taken the [read more]
British Airways parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), has given Boeing a boost at the Paris Air Show with a letter of intent for Boeing 737 Max aircraft. The surprise move sees IAG commit to purchasing 200 of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft which are currently grounded following two fatal [read more]
The bi-annual International Paris Air Show got underway at Le Bourget yesterday with a big success for European air-framer Airbus. The Toulouse based company confirmed that it was offering an Extra Long Range variant of its Airbus A321neo, dubbed A321XLR and it was an immediate success attracting orders from Air [read more]
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