Category: Movements & Images

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has unveiled an Airbus A380 featuring the Singapore flag in a stylised design on the fuselage. The special livery, which will be on two of SIA’s A380s until the end of 2015, has been created to commemorate Singapore’s 50th birthday and features a 10m-tall and 47m-long design on both sides of the fuselage

Fiji Airways plans to boost frequencies to Australia and New Zealand after taking delivery a fifth Boeing 737 this week. The leased 737, named Island of Ovalau and with registration DQ-FJN, landed at Nadi on Wednesday from the Netherlands, Fiji Airways said in a statement. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login

CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines powering the Airbus A320neo have taken flight for the first time. The first A320neo flight equipped with a pair of LEAP-1A engines, operated by F-WNEW, took off from Toulouse Airport on May 19, Airbus said in a statement. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member

The first F-35 Lightning II to feature Australian-made vertical tails has rolled out of Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth facility. Built by Melbourne-based manufacturing company Marand, the vertical tails are on an F-35 AF-73, which emerged from Lockheed Martin’s aircraft final finishes facility on April 29. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login