British Airways Flight BA 009 From London to Auckland on 24 June 1982
By: Ehelepola Dharmasiri The British Airways Flight 9 or Speedbird 9, operated by B747-236B from London to Auckland to the following routing, Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Melbourne encountered…
AirAsia X added another 34 A330neo jets to its previous order…
AirAsia X has placed an order for additional 34 Airbus A330neo wide-body Aircraft valued at over $10 billion, and becomes the largest customer of A330neo. The order was announced today at the Farnboro…
The first Beluga XL takes to the sky for the first time.
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Airbus hinted of launching its A321 variant called A321XLR(eXtra Long Range)
Airbus hinted about its next new variant of Airbus’ A321neo, called A321XLR (eXtra Long Range) at Farnborough Airshow. The airframer already designed a longer range version of its A320 family jet, cal…
Boeing’s next 797 jet would be of all metal fuselage…
Boeing’s next new jet 797 would be built with a combination of aluminium alloy fuselage and carbon composite wings.. according to Steven Udvar-Hazy, executive chairman of Air Lease Corp. reporte…
Boeing leads Airbus on order commitments at Farnborough Airshow 2018
Photo: Boeing Boeing leads Airbus in securing orders on the first three days of Farnborough Airshow 2018. Out of more than 1200 aircraft ordered so far at the Airshow, Boeing confirmed orders for 525 …
EasyJet has taken delivery of its very first A321neo.
Photo: Threshold.aero London Luton Airport based EasyJet, has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo today at Farnborough Airshow. The EasyJet A321-251NX was flown in at FIAFarnborough,…
Airbus withdrew deliveries of A330s to HNA Group.
Airbus withdraw deliveries of A330s to HNA Group after a stand off in late payment. According to industry sources HNA group has six A330 jets worth well over $1 billion to be taken delivery, but its f…
Singapore Airlines takes home the “Airline of the year” Skytrax-2018 award.
Singapore Airlines was awarded the title “Airline of the Year” at the 2018 Skytrax World Airline awards held in London on Tuesday. Skytrax awards are considered as Aviation industry’…
Industry require 42,700 jets valued $6.3 trillion over the next 20 years – Boeing predicted
Boeing raised the industry deliveries over the next 20 years to 42,700 jets from 41,030 a year ago, on its 2018 ‘Current Market Outlook’ report released on Tuesday. World’s largest p…
Delta Airlines, U.S – WestJet, Canada joint venture
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HIFly A380 livery in promoting environmental protection.
The Portuguese wet-lease operator HiFly has flown in its first Airbus A380 in new livery to Farnborough air show. The livery creates awareness of global warming and promotes efforts to preserve our en…
British Airways Flight BA 009 From London to Auckland on 24 June 1982
By: Ehelepola Dharmasiri The British Airways Flight 9 or Speedbird 9, operated by B747-236B from London to Auckland to the following routing, Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth, Melbourne encountered…
AirAsia X added another 34 A330neo jets to its previous order…
AirAsia X has placed an order for additional 34 Airbus A330neo wide-body Aircraft valued at over $10 billion, and becomes the largest customer of A330neo. The order was announced today at the Farnboro…
The first Beluga XL takes to the sky for the first time.
The first Beluga XL took off for the very first time today in front of more than 10,000 people. The aircraft departed Toulouse-Blagnac Airport at 10:30 hrs local time, and was in the air for four hour…
Airbus hinted of launching its A321 variant called A321XLR(eXtra Long Range)
Airbus hinted about its next new variant of Airbus’ A321neo, called A321XLR (eXtra Long Range) at Farnborough Airshow. The airframer already designed a longer range version of its A320 family jet, cal…
Boeing’s next 797 jet would be of all metal fuselage…
Boeing’s next new jet 797 would be built with a combination of aluminium alloy fuselage and carbon composite wings.. according to Steven Udvar-Hazy, executive chairman of Air Lease Corp. reporte…
Boeing leads Airbus on order commitments at Farnborough Airshow 2018
Photo: Boeing Boeing leads Airbus in securing orders on the first three days of Farnborough Airshow 2018. Out of more than 1200 aircraft ordered so far at the Airshow, Boeing confirmed orders for 525 …
EasyJet has taken delivery of its very first A321neo.
Photo: Threshold.aero London Luton Airport based EasyJet, has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo today at Farnborough Airshow. The EasyJet A321-251NX was flown in at FIAFarnborough,…
Airbus withdrew deliveries of A330s to HNA Group.
Airbus withdraw deliveries of A330s to HNA Group after a stand off in late payment. According to industry sources HNA group has six A330 jets worth well over $1 billion to be taken delivery, but its f…
