Flightline is to expand its damp-lease contract with Croatia Airlines, providing a second BAe 146-200. The Southend, UK-based charter company has leased one BAe 146 with flightcrew to the airline since May on an 18-month contract. The second aircraft will join Croatia in October on a one-year lease, with a six-month option. The two 90-seat aircraft will primarily fly to Frankfurt, London and Munich. The new deal is worth $5 million.
Source: Flight International
Airbus has shown off a mock-up of its A350 freighter, and is highlighting its large main-deck cargo door as a key feature. The aircraft will have a maximum payload of 111t. Airbus has yet to detail a formal payload-range chart, but has previously indicated ranges of 4,550nm at 111t and ...
Comac’s ARJ21 has completed its first commercial flight from a high-altitude airport in China, the latest in a series of milestones for the regional jet.
Airbus’s framework agreement with Spirit AeroSystems shows that the aircraft manufacturer might yet acquire Scottish or Malaysian operations of Spirit if a third-party buyer does not emerge. Both Sprit’s Glasgow Prestwick division and its Subang airport arm in western Kuala Lumpur supply components for Airbus programmes. Neither has been included ...
