Delta Air Lines’ first Airbus A330-900 has emerged having been painted in the US carrier’s livery.
Airbus has shown off the airline’s initial A330neo, MSN1915, which has yet to be fitted with its Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 powerplants.
Delta has 35 A330-900s on order with the European airframer. The twinjet type is set to complement its A350-900 fleet.
Flight Fleets Analyzer indicates that the aircraft is due to be registered N401DZ.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
The engine-maker says the successful demonstration involved a GE Aerospace CT7 turboshaft engine combined with internally-produced electric machine and power electronics.
Panama’s Copa Airlines has cut four destinations from its network and again pushed back fleet growth plans due to a shortage of new jets from Boeing.
The Federal Aviation Administration intends to require airlines to inspect horizontal stabiliser hardware on Boeing 787s due to components possibly being assembled incorrectly by the company during manufacturing.
Brazilian carrier Azul believes it has secured enough additional aircraft to support its target of increasing capacity by 10% next year.believes it has secured enough additional aircraft as it targets a 10% increase in capacity next year.
US commuter carrier Cape Air has revealed a Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander adorned with a colourful Caribbean-themed livery to celebrate its 35th year of operations.
Restructuring Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet will add more flights using reactivated De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Q400s after disclosing a settlement to take ownership of 13 of the twin-turboprops.
