Fleets – Page 680
-
News
Short-field 737 goes into flight test
Improvements designed for Brazilian carrier could boost performance across entire Next Generation family.
-
News
Boeing warms to stretched 787-10
Emirates enthusiasm for new model and looming threat from Airbus A350-900 driving force behind possible variant
-
News
Forecasts 2006: Airlines - With costs falling,recovery will continue
Airlines recovery is likely to be sustained as carriers continue to address costs.
-
News
Bangkok Airways orders six A350s
Thailand’s Bangkok Airways has placed firm orders for six Airbus A350s, after evaluating the type against the Boeing 787.
-
News
Ethiopian selects GEnx for 787s
Ethiopian Airlines has selected the General Electric GEnx engine to power its Boeing 787s.
-
News
Iceland's Avion orders four more 777 freighters
Iceland’s Avion Group has ordered a further four Boeing 777 freighters for its wet-lease division, Air Atlanta Icelandic.
-
News
Air India starts seeking financing for Boeing orders
Air India has begun seeking financing for pre-delivery payments to Boeing for its long-awaited order for new widebodies and narrowbodies.
-
News
Azerbaijan Airlines grounds remaining An-140 after crash
Azerbaijan Airlines has grounded its remaining Antonov An-140-100 turboprop following its fatal 23 December crash involving one of the type.
-
News
India's Air Deccan orders 30 more A320s
Indian low-fare carrier Air Deccan is to order 30 more Airbus A320s for delivery from 2008.
-
News
Virgin America CEO says startup meets ownership laws
Virgin America CEO Fred Reid is extremely confident the startup carrier’s application for US DOT certification will withstand regulatory scrutiny, saying it was arranged “emphatically to address being within the right boundaries of foreign ownership laws”.
-
News
Boeing celebrates as Xiamen deal pushes 737 orders past 6,000
Boeing has confirmed the sale of 10 737-800s to Xiamen Airlines as a historic landmark for the aircraft program, which has now surpassed 6,000 orders.
-
News
Airbus rakes in pre-Christmas orders
Airbus has pulled in three final orders in the run-up to the Christmas break, announcing deals from Easyjet, Brazilian carrier TAM and an undisclosed customer.
-
News
JAL orders five more 777-300ERs, one more 767-300ERF
Japan Airlines (JAL) has placed a follow-on order with Boeing for five more 777-300ERs and one more 767-300ER freighter.
-
News
BAE Systems regional aircraft losses wipe out gains from Airbus
UK-based BAE Systems is warning that its regional aircraft division is expecting an increased loss this year, following a review prompted by the bankruptcy of several its US operators.
-
News
How Boeing's 787 beat the A350 at Qantas
Cost, technology and delivery times were the key factors driving Qantas choice of 787 over Airbus A350