MRJ First Flight – new video
Mitsubishi has released a new video of the first flight. Views: 21
Year 2015
Chengdu Airlines gets its ARJ21
The ARJ21-700 has finally entered service. COMAC celebrated the delivery of the first model of the Chinese regional jet (serial number 106) to Chengdu Airlines. Chengdu Airlines will operate its new aircraft between the main cities of its network (Shanghai,…
Norwegian Airlines passengers using free WiFi
Norwegian became the first airline to offer live TV on board of European flights. Passengers use free WiFi and can now watch Bloomberg Television and TV2 News on Norway’s fleet of 87 aircraft. The new service was launched this week…
Airbus Patents Detachable Cabins
The civil aviation world, always looking for ideas to save time and money, may be launching the era of the plane “container”. The patent office of the United States approved, after two years of painstaking tests, an Airbus project for…
SSJ100 VIP
The first of two VIP SSJ100 aircraft ordered by the Thai government have arrived in Zhukovsky near Moscow for their customizing. The aircraft with serial number 95093 has obtained a temporary Russian registration 97015. The second aircraft (95095) is preparing…
US airline profitability and fuel hedges
As fuel costs have come down we have seen the US airline industry report record profits. But how is the impact playing out? We created the following chart to illustrate this using the Boeing 737-700 and a few airlines as…