iscoverAirbus has maintained its industry record for order backlogs, in July receiving a further 174 orders while delivering 52 aircraft. New narrowbody business was led by easyJet’s confirmation of 135 A320-family aircraft comprising 100 A320neo and 35 A320 current-model aircraft. Airbus also received orders for15 A321s from International Lease Finance Corporation and CIT for five
Airbus has delivered its 8,000 aircraft, an A320 to AirAsia’s Indonesia operation. The milestone aircraft departed Toulouse for Jakarta on Saturday. “The people behind Airbus and their commitment in delivering the best product are key to our fruitful relationship, and we are extremely proud to have the 8,000th Airbus as a member of our fleet,”
Beechcraft has secured an order for up to 105 King Air 350i aircraft in what is believed to be the largest ever order for GA propeller aircraft. The deal with fractional ownership company Wheels Up is valued at US$1.4 billion and includes a US$600 million maintenance support program. The first 35 aircraft will be delivered from
As Airbus reported a 95 per cent increase in earnings for the first half of 2013, parent company EADS has confirmed the EADS brand will be replaced by Airbus. As the lead product in the EADS portfolio, the parent company sees greater strength in market positioning under an Airbus Group brand. “The renaming simply gathers
Bombardier has confirmed it will delay by some weeks the first flight of its CSeries regional jet. The company said: “The highly technical last steps are taking more time than initially anticipated to validate the overall systems and ongoing software integration”. The aircraft’s twice-delayed first flight was expected by the end of July. “While the
The first 787-9 has emerged from the paintshop sporting Boeing’s new revised livery that includes a prominent number on the tail to help distinguish among models within the same product family. Boeing says the 787-9 is “on track to roll out and fly… in late summer”. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login
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