Austrian Airlines Concludes Wet Lease Agreement with Air Berlin
Austrian Airlines and Air Berlin have concluded a wet lease agreement stipulating the lease of five aircraft operated by the Air Berlin Group. The airplanes will be successively integrated into the Austrian Airlines fleet in the months of March and April 2017. "With the five aircraft from Air Berlin, we will take advantage of market […]
Peach Aviation orders 10 A320neo and three A320ceo
Japan"™s Peach Aviation has signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of 10 A320neo and three A320ceo aircraft. The order was announced at a signing ceremony in Tokyo attended by Shinichi Inoue, Managing Director and CEO, Peach Aviation and Fabrice Brégier, Airbus President and CEO. The aircraft will join Peach"™s existing A320 Family […]
Hong Kong Airlines confirms order for 9 more A330s
Hong Kong Airlines has signed a contract with Airbus for the firm order of nine additional A330-300 aircraft. The aircraft will be operated across a network which links Hong Kong with a wide range of destinations in Asia, and beyond. «Today’s announcement underscores our plan to operate an extensive regional network in Asia,» said Zhang […]
WOW air orders four A321s
WOW air the low-fare airline based in Iceland has signed a firm order for four A321s. The airline"™s first purchase agreement directly with Airbus also makes WOW air a new Airbus customer. WOW air is an all Airbus operator with 11 aircraft in its fleet to date and will grow to 12 by the end […]
Delta Air Lines becomes launch customer of Airbus"™ digital Prognostics and Risk-Management solution
Delta Air Lines has become the launch customer for Airbu"™ "Prognostics and Risk Management" solution following a successful year-long collaboration between the Airbus and the airline. The web-based application is part of the Smarter Fleet "˜big data"™ solutions platform developed by Airbus in partnership with IBM. Jim Jackson, Manager of Predictive Maintenance Engineering at Delta […]
United Airlines will retrofit its Boeing 777 fleet to accommodate TEN seats per row in coach class
United Airlines has confirmed plans to reconfigure several of its Boeing 777 airliners to accommodate 10 seats across each row instead of nine in its economy class on domestic routes. United will retrofit 19 of its 74 Boeing 777 widebodies with the additional seating, applying the change to nine of the aircraft already used for […]
World"™s fastest emerging economy requires over 1600 new aircraft
India"™s preference for Airbus aircraft was further consolidated in 2015 with 250 new firm orders, lifting market share of orders and the in-service fleet to over 70 per cent. Today some 56 per cent of India"™s in service fleet are Airbus aircraft operated by most leading Indian carriers. This includes India"™s first A320neo, the first […]
World needs pilots! Record growth leads to record need
A 35% increase in demand for air travel. A tripling of the region’s airplane fleet. Up to nearly 13,000 new planes needed. Predictions for growth in the Asia Pacific aviation industry over the next two decades are impressive. But one question keeps recurring in the region and, indeed, around the globe. Will there be enough […]
SpiceJet considering Embraer jets to expand its fleet
SpiceJet, which has activated plans to place orders for new planes to expand its fleet strength, is considering Embraer jets for its fleet among others. The Brazilian aircraft maker had late last year given a presentation on its aircraft to the SpiceJet management, which is exploring all options before taking a final call on the […]
A350 MSN2 rolls out of paint hangar with special "˜Carbon"™ livery
"¢ Will also be the first to fly with full passenger cabin for "˜Early Long Flight"™ On Thursday 2nd January 2014 Airbus rolled-out its third A350 XWB flight-test aircraft, MSN2, from the paint shop in Toulouse, marking yet another successful milestone on the path to entry-into-service in Q4 2014. As well as featuring a distinctive […]
