On a scorching opening day of the year’s most significant airshow, commercial aircraft news overwhelmingly dominated with orders worth US$43.6 billion, with engine orders of US$2.8 billion adding up to a combined total of US$46.4 billion — some A$62.5 billion — all in all, more than double the first day of orders at the 2016 Farnborough’s
As the eyes of the aviation world turn their attention towards the Farnborough Airshow, reporter John Walton reports on some of the major announcements as the event officially gets underway. Embraer shows off E190-E2, forecasts robust market Embraer showed off its latest E190-E2 regional jet to media including an hour-long demonstration flight over southern England.
It’s official. The struggling Bombardier C Series regional jet is no more. Bedecked in its new livery and renamed the Airbus A220, the jet conducted a low-level flypast before media from around the world before touching down at its new home in Toulouse, France on Tuesday in what the European planemaker’s commercial aircraft president Guillaume
Airbus has lifted its forecasts for new aircraft deliveries over the next two decades as airlines seek to meet growing demand for passenger travel and replace older generation aircraft. The Airbus 2018-2037 Global Market Forecast (GMF) published on Friday (European time) said airlines are expected to order 37,389 new aircraft between 2018 and 2037. The
Brisbane has welcomed Australia’s first Airbus A321neo passenger service with the arrival of Philippine Airlines’ inaugural flight with the next-generation narrowbody. Flight PR221, operated by A321neo RP-C9930, touched down at Brisbane Airport a little after 0900 on Tuesday after the seven and a half hour, 3,125nm journey from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The aircraft
It was a case of all smiles at Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters when the first BelugaXL rolled out of the paintshop. The over-size transport aircraft has been painted in a special Beluga whale-inspired livery including whale-inspired eyes and an enthusiastic grin. The first BelugaXL completed final assembly in early January. The aircraft will undergo ground testing
