Some 42 years after the company delivered its first aircraft, an A300 to Air France, Airbus has handed over the keys to its 10,000th airframe, an A350-900 to long-time customer Singapore Airlines (SIA). The milestone event took place at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse on Friday (European time), with the ceremony attended by SIA group chief
Japanese flag carrier ANA is offering one talented artist or designer the chance to have their work displayed on the fuselage of its Airbus A380s. The Star Alliance member is taking the first of three A380s on order from early 2019, which will be used on the Tokyo-Honolulu route, and is seeking public input for
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation has denied reports the delivery schedule of its Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program has been delayed. Over the weekend, news outlets including Bloomberg and The Japan Times reported the MRJ program would be delayed for a fifth time, with first delivery to launch customer ANA pushed back beyond the current mid-2018 target
Tokyo Haneda is the latest airport to play host to an increasingly familiar scene in recent times – saying goodbye to the Boeing 747. On Saturday, it was Cathay Pacific’s turn to bid farewell to the iconic aircraft, with CX543 from the close-in Tokyo airport to Hong Kong the oneworld alliance member’s last revenue passenger flight with
Melbourne Airport has welcomed its sixth mainland Chinese carrier with the arrival of Beijing Capital Airlines’ inaugural service. Flight JD461, operated by Airbus A330-200 B-8221, touched down at Tullamarine a little after 0840 on Friday morning, after an 11-hour journey from Qingdao in the Shandong Province on China’s east coast. This content is available exclusively
Aircraft manufacturer ATR has delivered the first high capacity ATR 72-600 turboprop to launch customer Cebu Pacific. The aircraft, RP-C7280, was handed over to the Filipino low-cost carrier at ATR’s Toulouse headquarters on September 22. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this