Air France will receive its first Airbus A318 next month, becoming the first airline to operate all four types in the A320 family. The aircraft is pictured following its roll-out at Airbus's Hamburg factory. The airline launched the CFM International CFM56-5B8/P-powered variant in 1999 when it placed 15 firm orders with 10 options, and should have four 117-seat A318s in service by the end of the year, alongside 39 A319s, 66 A320s and 13 A321s.
Source: Flight International
Scandinavia’s Norse Atlantic Airways has tentatively agreed a wet-lease for six of its aircraft to another carrier, the identity of which has yet to be disclosed. Norse Atlantic exclusively operates a fleet of Boeing 787s. It states that the wet-lease – still the subject of a letter of intent – ...
Lessor Avolon has delivered the first of 20 new Airbus A330neo widebodies to the parent of Malaysia Airlines, a key step in the renewal of the Oneworld carrier’s fleet.
SkyTeam alliance carrier SAS is to open services to the Korean capital Seoul next year, operating from its Copenhagen base. Seoul is the hub of Korean Air, one of SAS’s new SkyTeam partner airlines. SAS says the route will be the first ever regular service between Scandinavia and Korea, operating ...
