Airline news
China Formally Approves Boeing 787 For Use
China’s civil aviation regulator on Thursday formally approved the Boeing 787 Dreamliner for use in the country, clearing the way for Chinese airlines to start operating the aircraft. The regulator made the announc...
Delta To Wait For New Jets To Prove Themselves
US carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes and wait for the aircraft to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday. The two p...
Airbus Wins Oman Air Order For Three A330s
Oman Air Airbus A330-300. Airbus has won an order for three A330-300 aircraft from Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, the European plane maker said on Wednesday. The order, which Airbus said would b...
Lufthansa Launches New Munich to Vancouver Route
The new route marks 30 years of Lufthansa service to Vancouver and complements the airline’s daily Frankfurt-Vancouver flights which commenced in May of 1983. The new Munich-Vancouver route is the only international long-...
Airbus A350 Could Fly At Paris Air Show
Airbus could steal the Paris air show with a flypast of its newest passenger jet, the A350, as confidence grows over a first flight in about four weeks. The timescales of its previous airliner launches suggests the Europ...
All United 787s To Return To Service This Week
United Airlines expects to have its entire fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliners back in service this week, as the airline’s first flight with the airliner in four months landed safely in Chicago. “Every new airpla...
