Boeing considers giving A321neo a rival as they prepare two new designs of B737 Max. The new aircraft will potentially have a larger body than the current Max family, which will probably be called Max 10. The seat capacity and range will be considered for the new designs. The modification of Max 9, with larger engines, […]
Airbus Group will integrate its units by merging into a new entity to cut costs and improve decision making, effective from the 1st of January, 2017. On 29th of September 2016, the Board of Directors of Airbus Group approved the proposal of the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders. “Already in July, we launched […]
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the manufacturer of Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), might delay the first delivery of the aircraft to the launch customer, All Nippon Airways (ANA), due to technical modifications to the airplane. MRJ was supposed to be delivered in mid-2018, but the deadline might get an extension. Mitsubishi’s spokesperson confirmed that ANA has been […]
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted Charter Operator of the Year in the Industry Choice Awards at the 5th Annual Payload Asia Awards 2016, presented in Hong Kong. The 2016 awards saw a total of 90 nominations in 20 award categories with all votes audited by the independent auditing firm HLB Atrede. The Industry Choice award […]
Qatar Airways has announced it will be the global launch customer of GlobalBeacon(sm), a technology solution by Aireon LLC and FlightAware, designed to provide up-to-the minute global tracking of all aircraft equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in 2018, approximately three years before the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) recommendation for compliance by 2021. Announced […]
Jetstar Asia has appointed ECS Group Asia Pacific as its General Sales Agency (GSA) for the airline’s freight business at Singapore Changi Airport and its 25 ports across the network. From 22 October, ECS will promote and drive Singapore-based Jetstar Asia’s freight sales to existing and new customers. This covers all flights with the 3K […]
Eurowings is pressing ahead swiftly with its recent decision to set up a new base on the Balearic island of Mallorca. The airline specialising in low-cost direct flights, which is part of the Lufthansa Group, has just released the first scheduled flights for booking which are to be operated by two Airbus A320 stationed at […]
The biggest turboprop aircraft in the world the AN-22 Antei has completed its renewal programme and performed its first commercial flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Abu-Dhabi, UAE on 10th of September, 2016. The AN-22 carried a coil reel for charterer Karpeles/DB Schenker on behalf of shipper Hyundai. Engineers of ANTONOV Company designed a special transport […]
Azores Airlines, which is fully owned by Sociedade Açoreana de Transportes Aéreos (SATA), is modernizing its short-haul and trans-Atlantic fleet with the Airbus A321neo and by 2019 with the longer range A321LR. The decision follows a growth strategy to expand into new trans-Atlantic routes. Azores Airlines (SATA) has been an Airbus customer since 1999 operating […]
On Wednesday, September 21st at 7.20 inaugural flight from Beijing to Warsaw operated by Air China landed at the Warsaw Chopin Airport. A330 plane was greeted with a traditional water salute and a cake. Flights CA 737/8, are operated four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The outbound flight departs from Beijing […]
