Hamburg, 15 June 2022 – Airbus’ first A321XLR (Xtra Long Range) has successfully accomplished its first flight. The aircraft, MSN 11000, took off from Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport at 11:05 hrs CEST for a test flight which lasted approximately four hours and 35 minutes. The aircraft’s crew consisted of experimental test pilots Thierry Diez and GabrielDiaz de…
Perth, Australia, 24 October 2021 – The Fokker 100, a Dutch workhorse from the 1980s with a seating capacity of 109 seats. The aircraft is powered by two Rolls-Royce Tay turbofan engines allowing a range of 1,400 nautical miles. Out of the 283 built, less than 110 are still in operation with 69% of those…
London, 1 August 2020 – Textron Aviation is set to close both of its line service centres by October of this year. It is understood that staff had been notified of the plans just over a week ago, however, no public announcement has yet been made about the closures and redundancies of staff affected so…
Delhi, 25 July 2020 – Vistara is raising the service bar by introducing flat-bed seats in Business Class onboard its new Airbus A321neo fleet. Vistara, a TATA Group and SIA (Singapore International Airline) joint venture started in 2014, has received its first Airbus A321neo registered VT-TVA and is powered by 2x CFM LEAP1A engines. The…
London, 28 June 2020 – British Airways took delivery of it’s first of twelve 787-10s which landed at the airline’s main base of operation shortly before midday today. Delivery of the first aircraft, G-ZBLA, had been delayed a number of times since it’s original delivery date pencilled in for January 2020. The aviation world has…
Toulouse, 28 February 2020 – Aeroflot, the Russian flag carrier and member of the SkyTeam alliance, has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900, becoming the launch operator of the latest generation widebody aircraft in Eastern Europe and CIS. Aeroflot’s A350-900 features a distinctive new livery embracing its almost 100-year heritage. Aeroflot has a total…
Boeing took a huge leap forward with their 777X project yesterday with the completion of the 777-9’s first flight. Originally scheduled for Friday 24th January 2020, this was later postponed due to inclement weather. As the world waited in anticipation on Friday following live streams online, it was maybe no surprise to anybody watching that…
TOKYO, Jan. 9, 2020 – All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, will be launching the third of its specially designed “FLYING HONU” Airbus A380s, allowing for ANA to offer both daily flights between Narita and Honolulu on these unique aircraft. ANA currently provides two flights daily on the…