A new Brazilian airline, ITA Transportes Aéreos (Itapemirim Transportes Aéreos), received its first aircraft, a 15 year-old Airbus A320-200 previously operated by Spanair (a former Spanish scheduled airline) and Vueling (a Spanish low-cost airline) on the 20th of February and is to start operations on the 19th of March. Founded in early 2020 by parent […]
Airbus is to raise its Airbus A320neo production rate from 40 to 47 aircraft a month starting in the 2nd half of next year. The production rate was reduced from 60 due to the negative financial impact of the coronavirus on Airbus. Therefore the 40 Airbus A320neo per month production rate will be kept up […]
Here is a video that resumes some of the main events that have occurred in the aviation industry this week:
Here is a video that will show some of the main events that have taken place in aviation this week:
Middle East Airlines (MEA, the flag carrier of Lebanon), has recieved the 10’000th Airbus A320 family aircraft. The aircraft, an Airbus A321neo (registered T7-ME3), brings the fleet size to 19 aircraft, all of which are Airbuses. MEA already recieved its first 2 Airbus A321neos in July this year, and they have a configuration of 28 […]
Japanese LCC Peach Aviation has taken delivery of its 1st Airbus A320neo. The airline has 27 more A320neos and 6 Airbus A321LRs (the Long Range version of the A321neo) in its order book. Peach Aviation’s A320neos have a 188-seat, single-class layout and will permit the airline to expand its operations in Japan. Peach Aviation already […]
Delta has announced that it is to add the Airbus A220-300 to its fleet in November this year. Since the Airbus A220-100’s (the shorter version of the A220-300) entry in service with Delta in early 2019 (Delta was the 4th global airline to operate the A220), the airline already operates 31 Airbus A220-100s, and has […]
The last Airbus A380 has been assembled at Airbus’ aircraft assembly unit in Toulouse, France (Toulouse is an assembly unit for the A380, the A320 , A330 and A350 families). It was announced last year that Airbus would discontinue the production of the aircraft as of 2021, but this date has been moved forward. Since […]
Here is a video that encompasses some of the main events that have happened in aviation this week, even though I have also written about some:
Here is a video that sums up some of the main events that have taken place in aviation this week, even though I have also written about some:
Singapore-based BOC Aviation (Bank of China Aviation), an aircraft lessor, has announced that it has cancelled an order for 18 Airbus A320neos. The order for the aircraft was first announced on the 31st of December 2019, for a delivery date between 2022 and 2023. The customer for the aircraft, who is unnamed, now wishes to […]
Since work on airports resumed this March in China, the country has put in service a total of 12 airports. This is what the CAAC (Civil Aviation Administration of China) announced during a press-briefing on Thursday. A 13th airport, Ankang Fuqiang Aiport in Shaanxi province, is set to open in October, while the construction of […]
Here is a video that encompasses the main events that have taken place in aviation this week, even though I have also written about some:
Qantas has announced that it will be moving its Boeing 787s to storage in Victorville, California, where they will join the airline’s Airbus A380s and hundreds of aircraft from other carriers. The move will take place in September. Qantas predicts a significant decrease in travel demand that will last for an extended period, which is […]
Aviation Capital Group has delivered a new Airbus A320neo on long-term lease to Shanghai-based Juneyao Air. This is Aviation Capital Group’s 1st aircraft delivery from the Airbus base in Tianjin (to the southeast of the Chinese capital, Beijing), China. Juneyao currently operates a total of 3 Airbus A320neos and is awaiting 2 more. It has […]
Vistara (an Indian LCC) has received its 1st Airbus A321neo out of 6. Powered by 2 CFM International Leap 1As, the aircraft has a a 3-class configuration, with 12 fully flat beds in Business class, 24 seats in Premium Economy and 152 in Economy. This aircraft will add on to Vistara’s current 32 A320 family […]
The new CEO of FlyBosnia is Haris Coloman, who has replaced Tarik Bilalbegovic. Mr Coloman was previously FlyBosnia’s Executive Director, and left the company in September of last year. He has some 20 years of experience in the Bosnian aviation industry, having not only worked with FlyBosnia but also with Bosnian Wand Airlines (who ceased […]
Here is a video that resumes the main events that occured in the aviation industry this week, even though I have also written about some important ones:
Edelweiss has recommenced its operations by flying an Airbus A340 from Zurich to the Macedonian capital, Skopje. The A340 will be flying to Skopje once a week, every Saturday, until the 15th of August. 11th of July 2020.
LEVEL Europe, an Austrian-based low-cost subsidiary of IAG, has ceased operations today. It filed for insolvency (a legal procedure in which a company or a person cannot pay back their debts, making them bankrupt) this morning. Having only started operations 2 years ago, this shows that the typical cycle in the aviation industry is repeating […]
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