Category: Civil Aviation

Boeing has announced its deliveries for the first quarter of 2010, showing that it delivered 108 commercial aircraft for the three months ending April 31. Deliveries were comprised of 86 737NGs, three 767s and 19 777s. There were no 747 deliveries over the three month period. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members.

EASA (the European Aviation Safety Agency) has granted type certification to the Airbus A330-200F, after the new freighter completed a 200 hour, two aircraft flight test campaign, which validated the aircraft’s payload as 70 tonnes, one more than originally expected. “After a very smooth and successful flight test campaign we have reached certification in line

Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed an order for six Airbus A330-200s, firming up a memorandum of understanding announced at the Singapore Air Show earlier this year. The new aircraft will be powered by Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, and brings the number of A330s on order for the carrier to 23. This content is available

Evergreen International Airlines has launched a US$175m (A$189m) lawsuit against Boeing after the aircraft manufacturer contracted Atlas Air to operate its four 747 Dreamlifter aircraft. Evergreen has filed the suit in the federal court in Seattle, alleging bad faith and breach of contract, after Boeing gave notice to Oregon based Evergreen that it would switch