Transaero disclosed a letter of intent for eight A320neo family aircraft at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow today, the first Airbus order for this Boeing customer. Engines for the aircraft have not been announced. Combined with the Qantas order,…
In a major victory for Airbus, Qantas has ordered the A320 and A320neo as it begins a five-year program to restructure the airline. As a 737NG operator, this is a major coup for Airbus, winning another Boeing customer for the…
The US government is under financial pressure not seen before in most people’s lifetimes. Every American realizes we are in tradeoff territory – we need to spend money where it does most good, or at least minimal damage. Perhaps we…
Airbus just provided a press release stating “After delivery of the first A350 XWB centre wing box to Airbus Saint-Nazaire on August 8th, Airbus Nantes has delivered the second major A350 XWB component manufactured on the site – the keel…
David Kaminski-Morrow, Air Transport Editor at FlightGlobal, published two interesting stories on the AF447 aftermath which now is best described as the acrimonious phase. Now its pilots and airline vs. Airbus. On a visit to Airbus last year we were…
Among the more popular posts on this site is one that addresses old planes (Old Planes, Good Planes). In that vein, and acknowledging that this site is focused on commercial aviation, we could not resist sharing this video with you. …