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First All Nippon Airways Airbus A380 in flight

All Nippon Airways takes delivery of its first A380

Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380 at a special ceremony in Toulouse, becoming the 15th operator of the world’s largest passenger aircraft. The delivery ceremon... Read More...

Airbus’ Skyways drone trials world’s first shore-to-ship deliveries

Airbus has begun shore-to-ship trials in Singapore with its Skyways parcel delivery drone. This marks the first time drone technology has been deployed in real port conditions to deliver a variety of sm... Read More...

Airbus delivers first FANS-C-equipped A320 to easyJet

Airbus has delivered the first *FANS-C-equipped A320 aircraft to easyJet. In the framework of Europe’s SESAR Air Traffic Management (ATM) research programme, this aircraft – and others to follow – will take par... Read More...

British Airways 747 in Landor special livery for centernary

British Airways’ 747 in heritage Landor design

The third retro livery to mark 100 years of British Airways

Saturday March 9, 2019 British Airways welcomed the arrival of the third in its series of four heritage liveries – a Boeing 747 painted in the Landor design, which will be recognisable for many as it flew on Br... Read More...

A British Airways’ Airbus A319 in heritage BEA design

The second retro livery to mark 100 years of British Airways

British Airways unveiled the second in its series of heritage liveries, a British European Airways (BEA) design on an Airbus 319, as it touched down at Heathrow on Monday March 4, 2019. The arrival drew large c... Read More...

A British Airways’ 747 in heritage BOAC design

The first retro livery to mark 100 years of British Airways

On February 18, 2019 a large crowds gathered at Heathrow to watch the much-anticipated arrival of a British Airways Boeing 747 painted in the iconic design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporatio... Read More...

Emirates signs deal for 40 A330-900s, 30 A350-900s and Airbus will close its A380 programme

Airbus and Emirates reach agreement on A380 contract – with the airline to receive 14 more A380s by end 2021, bringing its total A380 order book to 123 units. With this decision Airbus will close its A380 prog... Read More...

boeing PAV - Autonomous Passenger Air Vehicle

Boeing: completed the first flight of autonomous PAV – Passenger Air Vehicle

Boeing successfully completed the first test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) prototype in Manassas, Virginia. Boeing NeXt, which leads the company's urban air mobility efforts, utilized Boe... Read More...

Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft at its hub at Dubai International Airport

Emirates announces network updates for 2019

Emirates has announced adjustments to its operational schedules in 2019 to minimise the impact of the closure of Dubai International Airport’s Southern Runway in April and May 2019, and to respond to global tra... Read More...

First A380 All Nippon Airways rolls out in special livery

First All Nippon Airways Airbus A380 rolls out from paint shop with unique special livery

The first A380 for All Nippon Airways (ANA) has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Hamburg, Germany, bearing the airline’s distinctive and unique Hawaiian green sea turtle livery. ANA has firm orders for... Read More...

Boeing delivers the 787th B787 Dreamliner

Delivered the 787th B787 Dreamliner

Special milestone airplane to be operated by China Southern Airlines

Yesterday December 13 2018 Boeing delivered the 787th 787 Dreamliner to come off the production line, marking a special milestone for the super-efficient airplane family and the fastest-selling twin-aisle jet i... Read More...

Qatar sells the world’s largest private plane, a Boeing 747

Qatar Amiri Flight, an airline owned and operated by Qatar government, put one of two 747-8i Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) aircraft on sale. Today this aircraft is known as the largest private aircraft in the world... Read More...

Tecnam P2010 validated in Australia and New Zealand

Tecnam announced that the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority and the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand have validated the Tecnam P2010 four-seater based on the EASA type certificate A.576, includi... Read More...

Tecnam, BRP-Rotax and Siemens team up for hybrid propulsion for general aviation

The Project selected for Horizon2020 had a Successful Kick-Off Meeting

Last May 17th, 2018 H3PS(acronym for “High Power High Scalability Aircraft Hybrid Powertrain”) kick-off meeting took place in Capua (Italy), at TECNAM headquarters, coordinator of the project. The European Comm... Read More...

PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to Authorized Pilatus Center Western Aircraft Delivered

The Authorized Pilatus Sales and Service Center Western Aircraft, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, took delivery of the first PC-24 Super Versatile Jet to the Pilatus dealer network. In a ceremony at Pilatus B... Read More...

Singapore Airlines takes delivery of world’s first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner

26 March 2018 - Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-10 from the manufacturer’s production facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. SIA is the world’s first airline to take d... Read More...

10th anniversary of first A380 flight to London Heathrow

More than 200 million passengers have enjoyed the A380 experience

Airbus and Heathrow airport are celebrating the 10th anniversary of A380 operations at the airport. They began on March 18th, 2008 with the arrival of the first A380, a Singapore Airlines flight SQ308 from Sing... Read More...

Boeing 737 MAX 7 First Flight

Boeing's new 737 MAX 7 successfully completed its first flight. The aircraft remains on schedule and now begins a comprehensive flight test program leading to certification and delivery in 2019. "Everything ... Read More...

Turkish Airlines expands its fleet with the Airbus A350 XWB and the Boeing B-787 Dreamliner

Turkish Airlines, the carrier based in Istanbul, has signed on March 9 a Letter of Intent (MoU - Memorandum of Understanding) for the purchase of 25 Airbus A350-900 aircraft plus five options and on March 12 an... Read More...

Cobham Helicopter Services announces launch customer

Chinese Rescue and Salvage announced as launch customer at the Cobham Helicopter Academy

Cobham announced China Rescue and Salvage (CRS) as the launch customer for the new Cobham Helicopter Academy based at Newquay Cornwall Airport, Cornwall. China Rescue and Salvage is China’s dedicated national m... Read More...