Air New Zealand has just signed a commitment for eight Dreamliners, boosting the worth of Boeing’s backlog by $2.7 billion. While it is the first publicly announced deal by Boeing after the 737 MAX crisis went in full swing, it is not, however, the only plane order for the manufacturer in recent months....
Never has a passenger airliner been hitched to an electric passenger vehicle for towing. Well at least not until May 15, 2018....
Japan Airlines (JAL) has formally established a new company that will operate flights for its new long-haul LCC unit ahead of the planned summer 2020 launch date. ...
The Airbus A380 Superjumbo has found a new life at Portugal’s Hi Fly, which recently began leasing the aircraft to Norwegian Air Shuttle and Thomas Cook Group....
Aeromexico signed a contract with AFI KLM E&M via EPCOR, the MRO’s subsidiary specializing in APU support solutions, for the maintenance of APS5000 APUs equipping Mexican flag-carrier’s fleet of Boeing 787s....
Goshawk, an aircraft leasing company based in Dublin and London, announced the delivery of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on long-term lease to Etihad Airways. The delivery is the first of four Dreamliners‘ transaction with Etihad, with the remaining aircraft scheduled to be delivered in 2017....
Rolls-Royce announced that its Trent 1000 TEN engine has powered a Boeing 787 Dreamliner flight for the first time. The flight, which took off and landed at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington, US, marked the latest phase in the engine’s development programme ....
Boeing and AerCap, a global aircraft leasing, delivered the first Boeing 787 for Air France on the 2nd of December 2016 in Paris, France. The airplane, a 787-9, signified the delivery of AerCap's 50th Dreamliner and will be deployed on Air France's Paris to Cairo route starting in January 2017. The airplane was also the 500th 787 produced on Boeing's production lines....
Norwegian will lease 2 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners from CIT Aerospace and exercise 8 of its 100 Boeing 737 MAX8 purchase options....
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