iscoverBoeing’s 787 Dreamliner made its 1000th flight on Wednesday February 23, marking yet a key milestone in the aircraft’s delayed flight test program. Seven 787 development aircraft are currently participating in flight testing, with February 23’s landing of test aircraft ZA004 at Yuma International Airport counting as the 1000th official flight. The 787 program is
The first Airbus A380 for Korean Airlines has emerged from the paintshop at Airbus’s Hamburg facilities. The aircraft, the first of 10 A380s on order for Korean, will be delivered in the second quarter of the year. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google.
Virgin Blue has announced it has chosen the ATR 72 as its regional turboprop airliner to be operated under its recently announced strategic alliance with Skywest Airlines. With 68-seats, the ATRs will replace the Embraer E-170 in Virgin Blue service. According to the airline, the ATR offers less than half the fuel burn and fuel
Chile’s LAN Airlines ordered three additional Boeing 767-300ERs, valued at $493 million at list prices. In total LAN has ordered 33 767s, with 28 in service. 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 source.
Pratt & Whitney says it has successfully completed initial ground testing of the first PurePower PW1000G series engine. The PW1524G, being developed for Bombardier’s CSeries, completed nearly 200 hours of ground tests at the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility, which the company says confirmed results of its 2008 geared turbofan demonstration program. This content
ATR has officially signed a contract for the sale of nine ATR 72-600 aircraft to Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Airlines. 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 Forgot password? Keep me signed in on this
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