RwandAir took delivery of the first of two long-haul, widebody Airbus A330s—an A330-200—becoming the launch operator of the type in East Africa, on Sept. 28. The Kigali-based carrier also has an A330-300 on order, which will be delivered in November. ATW correspondent was invited to join the delivery flight of RwandAir's first widebody aircraft from Toulouse via Entebbe, Uganda, to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.

While the sunsetting of the US Airways brand is the most public change from its merger with American, most of the work of integration happened behind the scenes and in fact is continuing.

There is still disagreement over whether short-term aircraft demand has already peaked or is about to­—or whether there is time left until the going gets much tougher.

Aircraft & Engine News-Sept. 28, 2016

The US-based Flight Safety Foundation said investigators’ conclusion about the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may make this the rare airline crash that calls for a criminal prosecution.

Air Astana expects to take delivery of its first leased Airbus A320neo in October, six months behind schedule, the Kazakhstan flag carrier’s president and CEO Peter Foster told ATW in Almaty.

RwandAir has taken delivery of the first of two long-haul, widebody Airbus A330s—an A330-200—becoming the launch operator of the type in East Africa.

The missile that brought down a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200, killing all 298 people onboard, was brought in from Russia and fired from a field controlled by pro-Russian rebels, the official investigation team announced Wednesday.