British Airways, through its parent, International Airline Group (IAG) confirmed the rumored selection of the A350-1000 for the British Airways fleet. The order is for 18 firm orders plus 18 options as the carrier continues its long-haul fleet renewal and…
The battle between Airbus and Boeing is especially intense in the single-aisle market, for which more than new 20,000 aircraft are required over the next 20 years. In the 100-210 seat market, examining the Big Two OEMs only, Airbus currently…
Progress is being made on both the Airbus A350 and Bombardier CSeries, each of which are scheduled for first flights in June. Airbus has installed the Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines and Honeywell APU on its first A350 this…
Bombardier announced today that their CSeries Flight Test Vehicle achieved a milestone. The announced successfully completed the first full powering on of the main electrical distribution system on the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV1) is one of the many…
Several international press reports today indicate that Japan Air Lines is about to break its all-Boeing fleet and order aircraft from Airbus. Reuters is reporting that the order will be for 20 Airbus A350 -1000 aircraft with an order valued…
Airbus announced it has delivered its 100th A380. This is a big milestone in any program and, given the way new airplane programs go these days, a milestone calling for a celebratory moment. The A380 program seems to have settled…