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Airbus says its A350 static test airframe successfully completed ultimate load wing testing in December, where the wing was subjected to loads 1.5 times greater than those it could expect in service, and where the wintip deflection exceeded five metres. Airbus says ultimate loading testing on the A350 fueselage was completed earlier in December. This

The RAAF has completed its last airlift flight in support of United Nations relief efforts in South Sudan. A January 12 C-130J flight was the last of the RAAF’s eight C-17 and two C-130J flights that delivered approximately 200 tonnes of equipment to the United Nations Mission in South Sudan since January 3. This content

Airbus has won bragging rights for the most commercial airliner orders for 2013, announcing on Monday that it took net orders for 1,503 aircraft worth US$225 billion at list prices, which compares to Boeing’s earlier announced net order tally for 2013 of 1,355 aircraft worth US$198 billion. But Boeing delivered more aircraft, handing over 648

Jetstar is considering the sale and leaseback of some of the seven Airbus A320s it has in storage pending start-up approval for its Jetstar Hong Kong franchise. Seven A320s bound for Jetstar Hong Kong are parked at Airbus’s Toulouse, France plant while Jetstar Hong Kong awaits regulatory approval to begin operations. Jetstar Hong Kong lodged

Fiji Airways says it will add four additional aircraft, increase seat capacity by 35 per cent and staff numbers by nearly 30 per cent under a new five-year strategic plan. The renamed Air Pacific says it will lease or buy an additional A330-200, two 737-800s and two ATR 72-600s (one of which will replace an

Moody’s has joined Standard & Poor’s in downgrading Qantas’s credit rating from an investment grade to a ‘junk’ rating, potentially leading to increased borrowing costs for Australia’s largest airline. The Moody’s downgrade comes as little surprise, given it had announced it was reviewing its grading status for Qantas following the airline’s December revelations it is on