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Turkish Airlines revises fleet forecast: more Boeing, less Airbus
Turkish Airlines has reshuffled its short-haul fleet plans and now expects fewer Airbus A321neos to arrive in 2020,…
2019-11-27
Transport Canada official says 737 MAX MCAS system “must go”
In a growing line of whistleblowers and skeptics voicing their concerns before the expected re-certification of the Boeing…
2019-11-26
British Airways new A350-1000 damaged at Airbus facility
Having proudly taken delivery of its very first A350-1000 earlier this year, British Airways (BA) is currently in…
2019-11-25
EASA issues airworthiness directive for RR Trent 1000 and 7000
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued on November 20, 2019, an airworthiness directive (AD) for…
2019-11-22
Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 landing gear collapses on touchdown
A Turkish Airlines Boeing 737 made a hard landing at the Odessa International Airport in Ukraine, after the…
2019-11-22
Airbus to launch new single-aisle by 2030s?
Airbus has said it is planning to build an all-new narrow-body jet that it says could be launched…
2019-11-21
Boeing told to redesign 737 NG part after Southwest accident
Following a lengthy investigation into the deadly Southwest Airlines (LUV) flight 1380 in April 2018, the U.S. National…
2019-11-20
Not afraid of the 737 MAX: Boeing logs first scalable orders
The order book for the Boeing 737 MAX, stagnant since the global grounding of the jet in March…
2019-11-19
Dubai Airshow: SunExpress places trust in 737 MAX with new order
In a much-needed win for the company, Boeing announced on November 18, 2019, at the Dubai Airshow it…
2019-11-18
Boeing receives first 777X ribs from Strata
Strata Manufacturing (UAE), a composite aero-structures firm, has delivered the first shipset of empennage ribs for the Boeing…
2019-11-18
Middle East aviation market set on further growth, Boeing says
Before the Dubai Airshow 2019 kick-starts on November 17, 2019, let us take a look at what Boeing…
2019-11-15
GoAir A320 rolls off runway, takes off again from grass patch
It was a close call for the 180 passengers on board a GoAir flight G8811. An Airbus A320…
2019-11-14
Qatar turns to LEAP engines, places $4B order for Airbus A321neos
Qatar Airways has chosen CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power its new fleet of 50 Airbus A321neo family…
2019-11-13
SkyUp Boeing 737 catches fire minutes after landing
Do not rush to exhale a sigh of relief as soon as your flight lands smoothly on the…
2019-11-13
KLM firms $2.5 billion order for 21 Embraer E195-E2 jets
Already being the largest Embraer operator in Europe, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is ‘hopping’ on to more Embraer…
2019-11-12
SpiceJet’s crafty cracked window fix shocks passengers
It is merely an inner window pane, right? A photo taken by a passenger on board a SpiceJet…
2019-11-11
Investigators flag MCAS ahead of Lion Air crash final report
Mechanical and design flaws of the Boeing 737 MAX and lack of information on how to deal with…
2019-10-23
What happened to South African Airways planes?
State-owned South African Airways (SAA) and Comair have had to ground some of their aircraft for compliance checks…
2019-10-22