Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus, Boeing, ATR and Bombardier announced a swathe of new aircraft orders on day one of the Paris Airshow. A list of orders by company and airline is as follows: This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or

The first Airbus A380 for China Southern has emerged from the paintshop at Airbus’s Hamburg facility. It is the first of five A380s China Southern has on order. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username or Email Password

Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot completed its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 commercial flight on June 16. Superjet S/N 95008 operated Aeroflot’s maiden flight, taking off from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport at 9:10 am local time and landing at Pulkovo International Airport in St Petersburng at 10:40am, with a host of government and company officials onboard. This

Airbus is increasing the payload range performance of its A350-1000 through an increased thrust Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine and changes to the aircraft’s wing and undercarriage that will now see the aircraft enter service in mid 2017, 18 months later than originally planned. The new “optimised” Trent XWB engine for the A350-1000 will generate 97,000lb