Fleets – Page 231
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Luxair Q400 comes to rest on fuselage after aborting take-off
One of Luxair's Bombardier Q400 turboprops has come to rest on its lower fuselage after aborting take-off from Saarbrucken.
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Wizz Air lifts full-year net profit forecast
Central European budget carrier Wizz Air is raising its net profit forecast again, to around €190-200 million ($215-225 million).
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PICTURE: Cathay takes its 70th Boeing 777
Cathay Pacific has taken delivery of its 70th Boeing 777 aircraft, making it the largest Asian operator of the widebody type.
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Chinese state company commits to 300 Boeing orders
A holding company of China’s Civil Aviation Administration has signed an agreement committing to purchase 300 Boeing aircraft in a deal worth $38 billion at list prices, Boeing announces.
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ROUTES: Finnair targets US debut for A350
Finnair aims to become the first airline to operate an Airbus A350 service to the USA, with plans to use a -900 for New York JFK flights before the end of the year.
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ROUTES: Hawaiian focuses on A321neo introduction plans
Hawaiian Airlines is focused on developing its entry-into-service plans for the Airbus A321neo, which it will begin taking the airframer in 2017.
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ROUTES: Growing Mango eyes African expansion
South African low-cost carrier Mango will turn its attentions to expanding into routes beyond South Africa as it continues on recent strong growth.
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ROUTES: Proflight Zambia plots all-jet fleet
Proflight Zambia will eventually phase out its fleet of BAE Systems Jetstream 31s and 41s to become a “jet only” operator, commercial director Keira Irwin discloses.
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ROUTES: South Africa's Skywise plans to quadruple fleet
Johannesburg-based Skywise Airlines is in "expansion mode" and is planning to acquire seven to eight Boeing 737-800s to its fleet over the next three to four years, co-chairperson Tabassum Qadir discloses.
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Lighting-collision Qatar 777 conducted intersection departure
Investigations into a Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER’s collision with lighting during departure from Miami will examine whether the intersection take-off played a role in the accident.
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PICTURE: First Finnair A350 conducts maiden flight
Finnair’s first Airbus A350-900 has carried out its maiden flight, just a few weeks before the carrier becomes the first European customer to introduce the twinjet.
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Avation delivers first ATR 72 leased to Flybe
Lessor Avation has delivered the first of five new ATR 72-600s leased to UK operator Flybe.
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PICTURES: TAM's first A350 emerges from paint shop
TAM's first Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the paint shop in Toulouse, ahead of the aircraft's delivery to the Brazilian carrier in December.
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ANA takes two 777-300ERs from GECAS
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of two Boeing 777-300ERs under a sale and leaseback deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
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Thailand's City Airways signs for 10 C919s, 10 ARJ21s
Thailand’s City Airways has signed a tripartite agreement with Comac and ICBC Leasing to take 10 C919 narrowbodies and 10 ARJ21 regional jets.
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Wow chief sees buyers' market for aircraft
Declining fuel prices, China's economic woes and global instability have created a "buyers' market" for new aircraft, Wow Air chief executive Skuli Mogensen believes.
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GE stops short of confirming BA 777 engine failure
GE Aviation is not yet confirming initial reports that a British Airways 777-200ER suffered a “catastrophic" engine failure on 8 September.
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Deliveries trending upwards as portion of installed fleet: Ascend
Aircraft deliveries will equate to around 7.2% of the installed fleet this year and the figure will continue to trend upwards through 2018, Flightglobal's Ascend consultancy predicts.
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Weather data suggests crosswind at time of BA 777 fire
Meteorological data from Las Vegas at the time of the British Airways Boeing 777-200 fire indicates a crosswind from the left at the time of the departure.
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PICTURE: Air China to take China’s first 242t A330
Air China will be the first Chinese carrier to take delivery of the increased 242t maximum take-off-weight Airbus A330.