Category: Commercial Aircraft

Qatar Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. The official handover ceremony took place on Tuesday (European time) at Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse, France. Airbus posted the official delivery ceremony on its YouTube channel: The aircraft, A7-ANA, is the first of 37 A350-1000s Qatar Airways has on order. It is powered by Rolls-Royce

Boeing’s 737 MAX 9 has been certified by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), paving the way for first delivery to launch customer Indonesia-based Lion Air Group. The 737 MAX 9 received its amended type certificate from the FAA following an 10-month flight test program that began in April 2017 and featured two test aircraft,

ATR has Australia’s ageing regional fleet in its sights as it seeks new opportunities in this part of the world following the reduction of Virgin Australia’s turboprop operations. The Toulouse-based manufacturer, which is jointly owned by Airbus and Leonardo, offers the ATR 42-600 (46-50 seats) and the ATR 72-600 (68-78 seats). There are also cargo

Airbus showcased its Airbus A350-1000 to Qantas in Sydney on Monday morning during the type’s first visit to Australia. The biggest member of the Airbus’s A350 XWB family was in Sydney as part of a world tour ahead of the type’s first delivery to launch customer Qatar Airways on February 20. The aircraft, MSN065 F-WLXV,