Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus CEO Tom Enders has formally taken over as chief of parent company EADS during the aerospace giant’s annual shareholders meeting. Enders, a 53 year old German who has headed Airbus since 2007, succeeds Frenchman Louis Gallois. Airbus COO Fabrice Bregier has been appointed to replace Enders as Airbus chief, while Günter Butschek has been

Boeing has delivered its 20th 747-8 jumbo jet, a cargo model for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings. Atlas will operate the aircraft on behalf of Swiss freight carrier Panalpina. Dubbed the Spirit of Panalpina and the first aircraft to be painted in Panalpina livery, the 747-8 Freighter was due to depart Seattle today for Hong Kong,

Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380, becoming the eighth operator of the world’s largest commercial jetliner. MAS said it would use the aircraft, the first of six A380s it has on order, for non-step services between London and Kuala Lumpur three times weekly starting in July. The aircraft is configured

When the opportunity came along to host 10 readers of Australian Aviation on a close up tour of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner in Sydney today, I jumped at the chance. In the first instance it was an opportunity to once again climb over this wonderful aeroplane that I first saw in Seattle last year.