Boeing and flydubai today announced a commitment for up to 100 737 MAX 8 airplanes and 11 Next-Generation 737-800s on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow. The commitment from the low-cost carrier of ...
Boeing today launched the 777X program at the 2013 Dubai Airshow with a record-breaking number of customer orders and commitments for the newest member of its twin-aisle product family. Agreements for...
Dubai-based Emirates airline has placed an additional order for 50 A380 aircraft, confirming the continued strong demand for very large aircraft in the Middle East that are needed to meet the region’s...
Boeing forecasts that airlines in the Middle East will require 2,610 new airplanes over the next 20 years, worth an estimated $550 billion. While one-third of that demand – 900 airplanes – will replac...
Xiamen Airlines has celebrated the 100th airplane to join its all-Boeing fleet. Formed in 1984 as China's first joint venture between CAAC and a municipal government, Xiamen Airlines started services ...
Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) and Lufthansa Technik have won the right to retro-fit all in-service A380s with Panasonic’s advanced Global Communications Services. The joint agreement allo...
Airbus has achieved Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of its Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) for the Airbus A320 Family, allowing for today’s delivery of the first A320 Famil...
S.A.T., the holding company of the Berlin-based German carrier Germania, has taken delivery of its first out of two A321s on order. Both aircraft are equipped with Sharklets. The airline has already b...
Vanilla Air, Japan’s newest low-cost carrier, has taken delivery of its first A320 in Toulouse, France, on lease from AWAS. The airline will start commercial services on December 20 from Narita Intern...
A Japan Airlines (JAL) 787 flight from Helsinki to Tokyo has reported battery problems, although it did not overheat or emit smoke but a cockpit indicator showed trouble with the supply's connection t...
The second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner completed a successful 4-hour, 18-minute first flight today. The airplane, known as ZB002, departed Paine Field in Everett, Wash., at 8:06 a.m. and landed at 12:24 p...
Airbus has achieved assembly of the engine pylon for the first A320neo to fly. The pylon, which has just been completed at the dedicated pylon facility in St Eloi in Toulouse, is the first major airfr...
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