Etihad Airways has taken delivery of its tenth and final Airbus A380. Employees from Etihad Airways and Airbus gathered at the European plane-maker’s Hamburg Finkenwerder plant in Germany, where the aircraft was officially handed over to the UAE national airline before commencing its delivery flight to Abu Dhabi. The airline’s award-winning double-decker A380s are the […]
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Aer Lingus has welcomed a brand new Airbus A330-300 into its fleet. The new A330 aircraft, named Saint Carthage, registration EI-GAJ, has a total capacity of 313 seats, which is made up of 30 business class seats and 283 economy seats. It is scheduled to make its first commercial voyage on Aer Lingus flight EI109 […]
Airbus Corporate Jets has launched a private jet version of its A330neo airliner, which combines new-generation engines and aerodynamic and other improvements that it says will deliver comfort, efficiency and long range. Called the ACJ330neo, it will fly 25 passengers 9,400nm (17,400km) or 20 hours, enough to fly nonstop from Europe to Australia. It features […]
Assembly of the first A350 XWB for Air Mauritius is advancing well at Airbus’ final assembly line in Toulouse, France. The wing-fuselage junction, the installation of the tail plane and also the tail cone have all been completed. The aircraft is in the next assembly station for structural completion such as the installation of winglets, […]
In response to customer demand, Emirates will provide an all-A380 service on its Beijing and Shanghai services when it upgrades the second daily flights. Both EK308/EK309 on its PEK route and EK304/305 on its PVG route will be operated by the superjumbo, replacing the current Boeing 777-300ER. The move, effective from July 1st, will increase […]
Airbus Corporate Jets has launched a private jet version of its new A330neo. The new aircraft combines new-generation engines and aerodynamic and other improvements to deliver even more comfort, efficiency and true non-stop to the world range. Called the ACJ330neo, it will fly 25 passengers 9,400 nm/17,400 km or 20 hours, enough to fly non-stop […]
Delta Air Lines has placed an incremental order for 30 firm A321ceo aircraft. This order follows three previous Delta orders for the Current Engine Option version of the largest Airbus A320 Family member. The airline took delivery of its first A321 in March of last year. Delta now has ordered a total of 112 A321s, […]
