Category: Civil Aviation

IAG (the parent company of British Airways and Iberia) has signed a firm order for eight Airbus A330-300s, confirming a deal announced earlier this year. The aircraft, to be powered by GE CF6s, will be operated by Iberia. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on

Boeing has delivered the first 737 fitted with the new standard CFM56-7BE engines with the handover of a 737-800 to China Southern Airlines last week. The CFM56-7BE engine configuration features modified high and low pressure turbines to improve fuel consumption and reduce maintenance costs, and is a key element of Boeing’s 737 performance improvement package,

Boeing has apparently backed down on its plans to replace the current 737NG with a New Small Airplane (NSA) from 2019, and instead will follow Airbus’s lead and build a re-engined 737’RE’ to fulfil part of American Airlines’ large narrow body requirement and looming orders from other US major carriers. American announced overnight Australian time

American Airlines has become the launch customer for a re-engined 737 powered by the CFM LEAP-X engine as part of a massive narrowbody airliner buy for up to 460 aircraft, including 130 A320neos, split between Boeing and Airbus. The orders and commitments, announced at American’s Dallas Fort Worth headquarters on July 20, comprise firm orders