When the A350 XWB first flight test aircraft took off from Toulouse Airport June 14, there was genuine excitement and a palpable sense of achievement among the crowds of Airbus and supplier employees gathered to watch the event. There was also a feeling that the real work had begun to get the aircraft into service by its promised date and to ramp up production in a way that both meets commitments but does not jeopardize progress.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has hinted he may be poised to make an order announcement in Dubai, with the Boeing 777X and Bombardier CSeries on his wish list.
Rolls-Royce has admitted it “clearly fell short” after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that a fatigue crack in an incorrectly manufactured oil feed pipe caused a Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure.
Airbus and CAE are ending their 10-year airline training services partnership for a new relationship that gives Airbus broader scope to expand its own direct training service offerings.
Bombardier has pushed back CSeries first flight by one month, saying in a statement issued Wednesday that the aircraft will now make its maiden test flight “by the end of July.”
Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.
Finnair has finalized a deal to lease three Embraer E-170s to Aeromexico Connect as it seeks to optimize capacity under its €140 million ($184 million) cost-savings program.
Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a memorandum of understanding for eight Airbus A350-900s and four A330-300s as part of its strategy to modernize its fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft
Air New Zealand has confirmed destinations for its new fleet of 10 Boeing 787-9s, with the primary long-haul cities to be Shanghai and Tokyo, while mid-haul destinations will include Honolulu, Auckland, Perth and Papeete.
Brazilian regional airline Passaredo Linhas Aereas wants to lease a further five ATR 72-500s as it seeks to grow its fleet to around 30 aircraft within the next three years.
Airbus’s newly announced “regional” version of the A350-900 will match the range of Boeing’s new 787-10 but is not a direct response to the US aircraft, Airbus said Monday.
The Airbus A350 XWB first flight test aircraft, MSN1, took to the skies above the Paris Air Show Friday, exactly one week after the aircraft’s maiden flight.
