Orders from Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines for 18 cargo aircraft have allowed Boeing to launch its long-awaited stretch of the Boeing 747-400. The 747-8 will first enter service with Cargolux in late 2009. The manufacturer hopes to win its first orders for the 450-seat passenger version of the aircraft in 2006.
Source: Airline Business
Investigators are probing an in-flight oscillation at cruise altitude which affected a South African Airways Airbus A330-300 operating a domestic service. The aircraft – flying from Cape Town to Johannesburg on 27 October – had been cruising at 41,000ft when it started to oscillate in pitch, between nose-up and nose-down. ...
Congo Airways is to lease a pair of Boeing 737s from Avia Solutions Group as part of an effort to restore capacity. Both aircraft are being taken on a six-month wet-lease from Avia’s KlasJet division. KlasJet says Congo Airways’ pair of Airbus A320s have been grounded for engine maintenance, and ...
Bangkok Airways is to wet lease a pair of Airbus narrowbodies from French operator Amelia to provide capacity boost for its international operations.
