Dubai-based Emirates Airlines has confirmed an order for 15 more A350-900 airliners from European aerospace giant Airbus despite concerns raised over the maintenance schedules of the Rolls-Royce XWB engines. Emirates had wanted a guarantee of 2,000 flight cycles on the wing between maintenance cycles, something current XWB engines fall short [read more]
Norse Atlantic Airways has made a historic aviation milestone this week by flying a Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Antarctica, the largest airliner ever to land in the region. The flight, which originated in Oslo, took from Capetown, South Africa, and landed on the “Blue Ice” runway at Troll Airfield carrying [read more]
Whilst their is no announcement yet on the anticipated Turkish Airlines or Emirates deals, both Airbus and Boeing attracted orders for widebody airlines as the Dubai airshow deals start to flow. Airbus secured an order from Egyptair for 10 Airbus A350-900 airliners which the Egyptian carrier will use to replace [read more]
The Dubai airshow is set to get underway tomorrow with rumours of a huge order of Airbus aircraft from Turkish Airlines already making the rounds. If confirmed, the deal will see Turkish Airlines become the largest operator of A350 aircraft in the world. Both Boeing and Airbus will be hoping [read more]
Leading aviation finance company Avolon has completed the delivery of five new Airbus A320neos to Suadi Arbaian airliner Flynas. The Dublin-lased Lessor delivered the 5th aircraft direct from Toulouse yesterday on a sale and leaseback basis with the middle-esstern Low Cost Carrier (LCC). Paul Geaney, President and Chief Commercial Officer [read more]
European and UK based Wizz Air has been awarded Global Environmental Sustainability Airline Group of the Year for the second consecutive year at the Centre for Aviation (CAPA) Asia Aviation Summit. The award recognise airlines, airports and suppliers who are putting climate change at the forefront of their business models [read more]
Leading UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has celebrated back to back victories in the Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA) Domestic Airline of the Year Award. The award was given off the back of votes from SPAA members who clearly back Lognair as their airline of choice for domestic travel. The award [read more]
Scrap metal micro-business, Plane Reclaimers, confirmed in a Facebook post yesterday that it will be selling its usual array of “memorabilia” from the BOAC liveried ex-British Airways Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC which was nominally sold to eCube at St Athan to be preserved. The news has been met with anger from [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG), the UKs biggest domestic airline, has announced changes to the time allowed for check-in for flights in a bid to improve on-time performance. Passengers could preciously check-in up 30 minutes before a Loganair flight but the airline is now adding 10 mins to that meaning check-in will now [read more]
Dublin, Ireland based aviation leasing specialist Avolon has delivered a strong set of 3rd quarter results showing an 8% increase in leasing revenue. The company made $588m from leasing the 3rd quarter of 2023 compared to $546m in the same period of 2022. During that period Avolon executed 43 lease [read more]
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