iscoverBoeing and All Nippon Airways have begun service ready operational validation (SROV) with the 787 Dreamliner in Japan, as the airline prepares to take delivery of its first aircraft later this year. Arriving at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after a non-stop flight from Seattle yesterday morning, 787 flight test aircraft ZA002 will participate in the week
Garuda Indonesia has signed a firm order for four Airbus A330-300s, while it has converted three previously placed A330-200 orders into -300 versions. Garuda currently operates a leased fleet of seven A330-200s and six A330-300s. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this
Airbus will aim to have half of all A320 rudder production take place in China by 2014, after signing an agreement with joint venture partner AVIC HAFEI in Berlin yesterday. Under the agreement, Hafei’s Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC) will increase its production of A320 rudders progressively from its current rate of three shipsets per
Boeing has announced the opening of a new 787 vertical fin assembly line at Salt Lake City, Utah, with production slated to begin next month. Operated by Boeing Fabrication, the new assembly line will build vertical tail fin assembles for all 787s to be assembled at Boeing’s South Carolina plant. This content is available exclusively
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has finalised an agreement with Airbus to acquire an additional 15 A330-300s, which will be leased for an initial six year term. To be delivered between 2013-15, they will join the airline’s existing 19 strong A330-300 fleet, and will be used on routes within Asia and to Australia and the Middle East.
Airbus has announced that Chinese firms China Aviation Supplies Holding Company (CAS) and ICBC Financial Leasing Co havesigned agreements for a total of 88 A320 variants. CAS signed an overall General Terms Agreement (GTA) with Airbus for all 88 A320s, which will see ICBC take 42 of those aircraft under a purchase agreement which has
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