iscoverAirbus has announced that it booked 644 orders for its commercial aircraft in 2010, a slightly higher figure than the 625 sales for the year Boeing announced earlier this month. The European manufacturer also achieved a company high delivery total of 510 aircraft for the year (Boeing delivered 462), 12 more than in 498, handed
Sukhoi has released its first official photos of the Superjet SSJ100-95LR in the colours of launch customer Aeroflot, which plans to order as many as 40 of the 100-seat class twin-engine airliner. Sukhoi says it has booked a total of 150 firm orders for the jet, which is due to enter service in 2012. This content is available exclusively to Australian
Günter Butschek has been appointed as Airbus’s executive vice president (EVP) operations, effective from March 1. Butschek will replace current EVP Gerald Weber, and will also become chairman of the board of management of Airbus in Germany (Airbus Operations GmbH). Butschek, 50, comes from an automotive background, where has had more than 25 years of
Indian budget carrier IndiGo will be the launch customer for Airbus’s re-engined A320neo as part of a potential record order for 180 aircraft, which the manufacturer says would be the largest single order in commercial aviation history. IndiGo has signed an MoU with Airbus for 180 A320s, of which 150 will be A320neos and the
Boeing held a small ceremony at its Everett plant to mark the start of final assembly of the 1000th 767 on January 10. The milestone aircraft is a 767-300ER for Japan’s All Nippon Airways, which is due for delivery in February. The 1000th aircraft is also the last to be assembled in the 767’s existing
Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP) has cancelled its remaining orders for two 747-8F freighters after cancelling its other two in early 2010. The lessor, which ordered four 747-8Fs in August 2007, says the delays to the aircraft’s development program and the associated economic impact left it with “no alternative” but to cancel the order. Two of
PROFILES
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
Raising the Bar in Commercial Laundry: How Rinse & Repeat Is Redefining Service for Aviation
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
UPRT Australia- Transforming Aviation’s Greatest Risk into Its Greatest Asset
