Category: Civil Aviation

Boeing has delivered its 7000th 737 aircraft, a 737-800 to budget carrier FlyDubai. Since entering airline service in 1968, Boeing says the single aisle 737 has become the most popular airliner in history with total orders exceeding 9300 aircraft. That includes more than 900 orders for the new 737 MAX, a re-engined version scheduled to

FedEx Express has ordered 27 767-300 Freighters and exercised existing options for an additional two 777 Freighters, Boeing announced on Thursday. The new additions will bolster the Memphis-based freight carrier’s existing fleet of over 690 aircraft, and allow for both the replacement of less efficient widebodys with the 767 and further growth in the international

Southwest Airlines has become the launch customer for Boeing’s 737 MAX after becoming the first airline to sign a contract for the re-engined 737 with a firm order for 150. The Dallas based carrier, which has also ordered 58 Next-Generations 737s, will be the first airline to place the MAX into service, in 2017. With

Airbus has started joining the first 21-metre long front fuselage section for its A350XWB. Once completed in the coming weeks, the fuselage will be transported by Beluga from Airbus’s facility in Sant-Nazaire, France, to the A350 final assembly line in Toulouse. The fuselage will be the first major section of the A350 to enter the