The A380 has been widely criticized by many industry analysts as too large, too expensive and too difficult to successfully operate for many airlines. However, when all costs are considered, the A380 offers compelling economic benefits for airlines that fly…
At the Paris Air Show, Airbus, through its subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke and Singapore Technologies Aerospace announced a joint venture to develop a passenger to freight (P2F) conversion for the A320 and A321 narrow-body aircraft. This is a significant development and…
This year’s Paris Air Show was expected by many industry followers to be a quiet event. No mega orders were expected, but Boeing did win one mega-order for 100 MAXs from AerCap. The typical big sources of news were tamping…
Reuters reports that around 1,400 passengers at LOT were grounded at Warsaw’s Chopin airport yesterday after hackers attacked the airline’s computer systems used to issue flight plans. The computer system was hacked in the afternoon but took five hours to…
Bombardier today at the Paris Air Show announced that the C Series will meet or exceed all of its initial targets at entry into service – including an 11.9% increase in range from 2,950 to 3,300NM for both models. Fuel…
Boeing published a video that is grabbing eyeballs worldwide. Its shows 787-9 Paris demo flight, and this is neat of course, but the video of the takeoff from above is spectacular! Views: 20