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Malaysian changes

Bloomberg reports that Malaysian Airlines is likely to see some big changes.   A possible new CEO, layoffs and an aircraft order review are the identified changes. The current CEO has a contract that expires in the next few weeks.  It…

BOC Aviation buys Boeing

Boeing announced an order from BOC Aviation for 50 737 MAX 8s, 30 737-800NGs and two 777-300ERs. The order is valued at $8.8bn at list prices. This is the largest in BOC Aviation’s 20-year history. “Following the successful placement of…

Goodbye Martin Mars

Coulson Group, owners of the world’s only Martin Mars, are retiring the aircraft.  Only five of these giants were built by Glenn L. Martin Company in Baltimore. Coulson’s website has this history of the aircraft: “The Hawaii and Philippine Mars…

Vulcan and Lancasters in Formation

This was a historic and special moment for aviation fans.  Yesterday the world’s last two flying Lancasters joined the last flying Vulcan for a flight over Bomber Command memorial at Canwick Hill in England. The event even got its own…

Turkish and Iranian pilots

Recently there was a bit of a flutter in some Israeli media about Turkish Airlines hiring Iranian pilots.  Given the current heated emotions in the Levant, the tension is understandable. We contacted Turkish to ask about this.  Here is the…