Lufthansa will mark its centenary in 2026 and as plans progress to mark the occasion, the German flag carrier has unveiled a special livery. The special livery adorns a Boeing 787-9 and features a predominately blue livery with a white Lufthansa crane hovering above it with its wings merging into [read more]
Türkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines has placed an order with Boeing for up to 75 Boeing 787 Dreamliners to aid its ambitious growth plans. The order consists of firm orders for a mix of Boeing 787-9 and 787-10 aircraft with a further 25 options with the airline currently negotiating with [read more]
Seattle-based OEM Boeing has won an order for 22 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from Central Asian carrier Uzbekistan Airways in what is the airlines biggest-ever order. The order is made up of a firm order for 14 Boeing 787-9s with options for a further eight as part of its fleet [read more]
Aircraft manufacturers battling record order backlogs may find help from an unlikely source: Formula One. Hexagon, a global leader in digital reality and metrology solutions, is transferring knowledge gained from its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing into the aerospace sector. The company believes that advanced measurement technologies, honed in [read more]
Boeing has unveiled a video previewing the cabin of the Boeing 777X showing its spacious, modern layout and cabin architecture options. When it enters service, the Boeing 777X will be the latest twin-engined airliner in service and airlines will be demanding a cabin that is both comfortable, customisable and of [read more]
Canadian airline WestJet has announced an order with Seattle-based OEM Boeing for 67 aircraft in its largest ever order. The order consists of 60 Boeing 737 Max 10 single-aisle airliners and seven Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner widebodies, with options for four more. WestJet will use its new Dreamliners to grow its [read more]
Dublin-headquartered global aviation finance specialist Avolon has delivered the first of six Boeing 737 Max 8s to Virgin Australia. The six 737 Max 8s are being delivered to Virgin Australia on a sale and leaseback arrangement, an arrangement where the purchased airliner is sold and then immediately leased back. Virgin [read more]
Airbus and Boeing, the world’s two largest commercial airliner OEMs, have released their financial and operational results for the first half of 2025, offering a snapshot of the commercial aviation sector’s ongoing recovery and the differing fortunes of each manufacturer. Deliveries: Airbus Ahead in Volume Airbus delivered 306 commercial aircraft [read more]
The UK’s first Boeing E-7 Wedgetail has made its debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford in a world-first flypast with the RAF Red Arrows. The Boeing E-Wedgetail AEW Mk1 is the RAF’s latest airborne early warning aircraft and is based on the Boeing 737 airliner. It [read more]
With the publication of the preliminary report into the crash of flight AI171 from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick last month which killed 260 people, victims families and the wider aviation industry have been left with far more questions that answers. We now know that shortly after taking off, as the [read more]
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