Qantas is seeking passenger input for the design of cabin amenities for its proposed Project Sunrise nonstop flights from Australia’s east coast to London and New York. The airline said on Tuesday it would soon survey its frequent flyers to gauge their opinions on what the airline has termed “the sky is the limit” concepts. These
Pratt and Whitney has nearly completed the redesign of a faulty engine part responsible for delays to deliveries of the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft, a news report says. The Bloomberg news agency reported on June 19 Airbus executive Klaus Roewe telling reporters the engine maker was “close to finalizing the redesign”. “We’re reasonably confident
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Cathay Pacific has become the second airline in the world and first in Asia-Pacific to take delivery of the Airbus A350-1000. The delivery flight of B-LXA took off from Airbus’s Toulouse headquarters with airline staff and media on board a little after 1440 on Tuesday (European time), landing at Hong Kong Airport about 12
Airbus’s A330neo certification program has entered the home straight with the start of a world tour for route proving tests. The aircraft that will fly to 15 cities across five continents while accumulating 150 flight test hours is MSN1819, which is the first A330-900 production aircraft and features the colours of launch customer TAP Portugal.
Airbus is considering enhancements to its A321neo LR narrowbody that would increase the fuel carrying capacity and add extra range to the aircraft, news reports says. The Reuters news agency reported on June 18 the potential new aircraft had the working title A321XLR and would be of the same size as the existing A321neoLR. The
Airbus has cut the ribbon on a new A320 family aircraft production line at its Hamburg, Germany facility. Hamburg joins existing A320 final assembly lines at Toulouse, France; Tianjin, China; and Mobile, United States. Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury officially opened the new facility on June 14 amid 500 invited guests, staff and media.