Category: Civil Aviation

Etihad Airways has ordered 10 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners and two 777 Freighters in a deal valued at $2.8 billion, the airline and Boeing announced. With the order, Etihad becomes the largest airline customer of the 787-9, the larger version of Boeing’s new twin engine, carbon composite airliner. The Abu Dhabi based carrier now has a

The US has asked the World Trade Organization for permission to impose trade sanctions over what it calls an inadequate European Union plan to curtail subsidies to Airbus. The threat of sanctions, which could amount to between $7 billion and $10 billion a year, opens a new chapter in a long running dispute over EU

Boeing and Los Angeles based Air Lease Corporation (ALC) have finalised a deal for four 787-9 Dreamliners as ALC also exercised options on four 737-800s. The deal, first announced at the Paris Air show in June, has a total value at list prices of $1.2 billion. The 787-9 is the larger version of Boeing’s new

Airbus has completed first flight of the ‘Sharklet’ wing-tip devices that make up a key part of its A320neo design. The 2.5 metre tall devices will replace the A320’s current wingtip fence and are claimed to reduce fuel burn by about 3.5 per cent. They will be available as an option on current generation A320s