Boeing Opens Paris Air Show With 737 MAX Apology

Boeing have opened the first day of the Paris Air Show by apologizing for the two crashes involving their 737 MAX aircraft. As Airbus celebrate the launch of their latest model, the A321XLR, the mood in the Boeing camp is far more somber as they reflect on the 737 MAX disasters and how that will affect them going forward. While plane makers usually use the global stage of the Paris Air Show to demonstrate their newest and best technology, Boeing are using it for something else. Still reeling… (simpleflying.com) עוד...

Airbus Launches The A321XLR: ALC Goes Big with A321neo & A220

Airbus has launched its latest version of the A321neo family, the A321XLR, which will become the longest ranged, single-aisle jetliner. The A321XLR will complement the existing A321neo family of aircraft, consisting of the A321neo, A321NX and A321LR. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

PAS19: Virgin Atlantic Places Order for 14 A330-900neo Aircraft

British Carrier Virgin Atlantic has announced an order for 14 the A330-900 at the Paris air show today. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

CEO: Boeing made mistake in handling warning-system problem

And yet people here will continue to insist the problem is with the pilots, airlines, and maintenance, ANYTHING but Boeing. (www.apnews.com) עוד...

Boeing Begins Paris with Product Update: Expresses Sorrow over MAX Issues

Boeing began its time at the airshow, not with an order but with a business update. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

British Airways 787 Grounding Continues As Air Belgium Lease Extended

British Airways has extended their lease of an Air Belgium A340 amid 787 groundings. Air Belgium’s A340 previously flew multiple routes on behalf of British Airways amid these groundings. Now, the aircraft will fly for a little longer to North Africa.British Airways used an Air Belgium A340 on routes from London to Toronto and Newark. Originally, the A340 was supposed to remain in operation until only mid-August. However, in a recent schedule update reported by Routes Online, the Airbus A340… (simpleflying.com) עוד...

Wizz Air claims the title of “Greenest Airline in Europe”

Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest growing airlines and the largest low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe, announced today that it operates at the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger amongst all competitor airlines. With 56.5g CO2 per passenger/km in May 2019 Wizz Air is the airline with the smallest environmental footprint per passenger. Going forward, Wizz Air is taking a proactive step to include the emissions figure into its monthly statistics, adding transparency to allow passengers… (worldairlinenews.com) עוד...

PAS19: Airbus Owns Day One, Boeing Hides Under Its Shadow

Day one at Le Bourget came to an end with a much-predicted sales performance by Airbus and a very slow and depressing act by Boeing. Here’s a quick recap of today’s Paris Air Show 2019: (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Qantas to launch non-stop Boeing 787-9 flight to Chicago

The direct flight between Brisbane and Chicago will be fourth-longest passenger flight in the world, Qantas is also adding BNE-SFO 3x/weekly. (www.ausbt.com.au) עוד...

PAS19: GECAS Orders 10 Boeing 777Fs, With Options for 15 Boeing 737-800BCFs

Leasing company GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has announced at the Paris Air Show that it has ordered 10 777 Freighters, converting them from purchase rights to firm orders, as well as adding options for 15 Boeing 737-800BCFs. This latest deal indicates three keys things, on the demand for converted Boeing 737-800s, which served as passenger aircraft previously, and that it creates a strong bridge between the 777 and 777X programs. Additionally, it shows the demand for Boeing 777… (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

PAS19: United Airlines Orders Up to 39 Embraer E175s

Embraer has unveiled its first order of the week with United Airlines, under the Express subsidiary for up to 39 E175 aircraft. (airwaysmag.com) עוד...

Azerbaijan Airlines to drop the New York route

Azerbaijan Airlines will drop its Baku – New York route on September 30, 2019. This is the airlines’ only route to the United States. (worldairlinenews.com) עוד...

Embraer considers re-entering turboprop aircraft market

During a press conference before the Paris Air Show, Embraer President and CEO John Slattery said that its company was interested in the turboprop aircraft market. In 2017, Embraer gave the first signals that it was already studying the regional turboprop aircraft market to compete directly with the Franco-Italian ATR and Canadian Bombardier. In an interview with the Aviation Week in 2017, Paulo Cesar Silva, the former President and CEO of Embraer said that the Brazilian manufacturer could… (airlinerwatch.com) עוד...

Airbus Wins Major 100 Plane Order Over Boeing

Airbus SE won its first order for a new longer range model, the A321XLR, and pressed its advantage over rival Boeing Co., which is still trying to get its most-popular narrow-body back into the skies after two fatal crashes. (www.bloomberg.com) עוד...

Airbus Family Video

Celebrating 50 years since its creation, Airbus conducted a formation flight that included representatives from each of its in-production commercial jetliner families – the A220, A320, A330, A350 XWB and A380 – along with the company’s BelugaXL airlifter. (www.youtube.com) עוד...

Oman Air threatens Boeing with starting talks with Airbus for a new aircraft deal

Oman Air threatens Boeing with starting talks with Airbus if the American aircraft manufacturer doesn't come up with a satisfactory recovery plan before the Paris Air Show which will be held on 21-23 June. Oman Air currently has five 737 MAX 8 in its fleet and further 25 copies are on order with Boeing. Like all Boeing 737 MAXs around the world, Oman Air's 737 MAX 8s have been grounded since March 10. Oman Air complains about the revenue losses and decreasing market share, especially… (airlinerwatch.com) עוד...

What Really Happened to Malaysia’s Missing Airplane

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say. Squawk poster note (frank1711) I know there have been many articles & posts about MH370 but this Atlantic article covers it all & covers the problems with the Malaysian government. (www.theatlantic.com) עוד...

Azul will have 2,000 extra flights during winter high season

The Company will operate additional flights at 37 Brazilian airports; BH, Campinas, Recife and Salvador will be the cities with the greatest number of frequencies... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) עוד...

Spirit Airlines is focusing the campaign for its next aircraft order on Airbus and Boeing, ending the consideration of the Embraer E-Jet E2.

The Miramar, Florida-based ultra-low-cost carrier is in the "late innings" of evaluating the Airbus A220, Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 Max families for an order that could top 100 aircraft with deliveries from 2022, Spirit chief executive Ted Christie tells FlightGlobal at the Airport Council International-North America's JumpStart conference in Nashville today. "The manufacturers want us as a customer, so it's a pretty good spot to be in right now," he says.… (www.flightglobal.com) עוד...