Category: Civil Aviation

Avianca has become the first Latin American customer for the Airbus A330 Freighter, signing a firm order for four, to be operated by its cargo subsidiary Tampa. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news

Russia’s UTair Aviation has signed a firm order for 40 Boeing 737s, comprising seven 737-900s and 33 737-800s, confirming a deal announced at the Paris Airshow in June. Boeing says the aircraft are worth US$3.8 billion at list prices. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source

Japan’s ANA has formally accepted the first Boeing 787 to be handed over to a customer, with the signing of formal documents handing over ownership of the aircraft (registered JA801A) in Everett on September 25, ahead of a delivery ceremony scheduled for September 26. Boeing says the contractual delivery followed a series of acceptance flights,

The Boeing 747-8F program has suffered a further blow with the news Atlas Air has cancelled delivery of its first three of 12 747-8Fs it had on order due to “delays and performance considerations”. “As prudent asset managers, terminating the first three aircraft was the right decision for our fleet, our customers and our stockholders,”