Airline news
Airbus Installs Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Engines and Honeywell APU on A350 XWB MSN001
Airbus has installed on the first flight-test A350 XWB (MSN001) its two flight-ready Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and is also installing the new Honeywell HGT1700 auxiliary power unit (APU) at Airbus’ production facilities i...
Virgin Atlantic Paints the East Coast Red
Richard Bransons trans-Atlantic airline brings cheerful delights to grey days in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC Virgin Atlantic has spent the last two weeks bringing special surprises to commuters, followers and fans in...
Airberlin Group Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A320 Equipped with Sharklets
Between now and 2015 the airberlin group, Germanys second biggest airline, will receive 13 more A320-Family aircraft with Sharklets. Germany’s airberlin group took delivery of its first Airbus A320 equipped with fuel sa...
Hawaiian Airlines Orders 16 A321neo Aircraft
Following a Memorandum of Understanding in January 2013, Airbus today announced a firm order for 16 A321neo aircraft from Hawaiian Airlines – the first single-aisle order of Airbus aircraft for the carrier. The aircraft will ...
PAL Looking to Buy 20 Boeing 777X Jets
Philippine Airlines (PAL) said it is looking at buying 20 Boeing 777X jets as part of a fleet upgrade aimed at challenging its main domestic rival Cebu Air and launching flights to the United States and Europe. The jet, ...
Vueling Takes Supply of Its First Airbus Sharklet Outfitted A320.
Sharklets are newly designed wing-tip gadgets that toughen the airplanes aerodynamics and considerably reduce the airlines gasoline burn and emissions through 4 per cent on longer sectors. Vueling, the most important low va...