Boeing is set to deliver a record number of aircraft this year to Turkey’s flagship carrier Turkish Airlines, who will take delivery of 6 brand new Boeing B777-300ERs and 20 Boeing B737-800 Next Generation aircraft this year! “Turkish Airlines is one of the world’s ascendant airlines and an established global network carrier. It has achieved…
Air Côte D’Ivoire, the national carrier of the Ivory Coast have announced the signature of a firm order for 2 Airbus A320neo and two Airbus A320 aircraft. This agreement makes Air Côte D’Ivoire the first airline in Africa to order the A320neo. This order also makes the airline a direct new customer with Airbus! Air…
Philippine Airlines (PAL) has finalised a purchase agreement with Airbus covering the firm order of six A350-900s, plus six options. The contract firms up a Memorandum of Understanding announced earlier this year during the Singapore Airshow. The A350 XWB will become the flagship of PAL’s future long haul fleet and will be configured with a…
All UK commercial passenger flights of the Airbus EC225LP Super Puma helicopters have been grounded by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority, following a crash in Norway. 1 Briton, 11 Norwegians & 1 Italian who were onboard are presumed dead at this time. Other companies who operate the aircraft such as BP & Statoil have suspended…
Following yesterdays order of 75 Bombardier C Series CS100 aircraft, Delta have also confirmed an order of 37 Airbus A321 aircraft! This brings the airline’s total narrowbody order book to 82 aircraft! “The Airbus A320 family of aircraft continues to be a cost-efficient, reliable and customer-pleasing mainstay of our narrowbody fleet,” said Ed Bastian, Delta’s…
JetBlue, New York’s Hometown Airline and the biggest carrier in Boston have announced plans to increase frequencies across Boston & New York! Starting on Monday, October 31, 2016, JetBlue will offer six-times weekday service between LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Logan International Airport (BOS). The airline will also offer two roundtrips on Saturdays and three roundtrips…
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (28 Apr) further expanded its Edinburgh winter 2016 schedule with a new route to Warsaw, in addition to the 6 new winter services announced earlier to Bologna, Bordeaux, Bratislava, Gran Canaria, Palma and Poznan, which will deliver 2.5m customers p.a. and support 1,900+ jobs at Edinburgh Airport. Ryanair’s Edinburgh winter…
Just completed my first #emergencylanding courtesy of #americanairlines #firetruck Une photo publiée par Damon (@06kj) le 29 Avril 2016 à 5h53 PDT Piedmont Air Flight 4801 operating for American Eagle made an emergency landing at PHL around 8:18 a.m. The Embraer ERJ-145 had taken off from Richmond, Virginia and made an emergency landing after smoke…
A flight out of Newark made an emergency landing in Ohio after the plane experienced engine issues. United Airlines said Flight 38 – a Boeing 737 – took off from Newark Liberty International Airport at about 4 p.m. and was headed to Omaha, Nebraska. The pilot declared an emergency during the flight and diverted to…
China Eastern Airlines has signed a purchase agreement with Airbus for 20 A350-900 aircraft, making the airline the latest customer for the aircraft. “The introduction of the latest generation A350 XWB aircraft demonstrates that the partnership between China Eastern Airlines and Airbus has embarked on a new phase. The introduction of A350 XWB will play…
Boeing and China Eastern Airlines finalized an order for 15 Boeing B787-9 Dreamliner aircraft on April 28th. The order is valued at list prices of $4 billion. “We are very happy to introduce the new 787 Dreamliners into our long-haul fleet,” said China Eastern Airlines Chairman Liu Shaoyong. “The addition of these next-generation, fuel-efficient airplanes…
