Qantas is preparing to replace its remaining Boeing 747-400s with the Boeing’s new generation 787-9s. Qantas currently has eight Boeing 787-9 in its fleet. The airline has six more jets of the same type on order with the American aircraft manufacturer, which will be delivered by the end of 2020 and replace the remaining seven…
Airbus is preparing to launch the A321XLR at the Paris Air Show, next week. The new long-range variant of the single-aisle jet will be able to fly more than 4,500 nautical miles. Airbus is in talks with U.S.-based private equity firm Indigo Partners about a potential sale of its new A321XLR passenger jet. American Airlines…
US President Donald Trump has revealed the renderings of the redesign of the presidential aircraft fleet, known as Air Force One. The new design, which Mr Trump showed in an ABC interview, trades in the iconic baby blue and white exterior for more patriotic colours. “There’s your new Air Force One,” he said, holding up…
Microsoft Flight Simulator is returning, 13 years after the launch of Flight Simulator X. It’s a long time to go without what used to be a PC mainstay, with 12 games appearing between 1982 and 2006. The visually stunning trailer was captured in real-time 4K and the game is powered by satellite data and Azure…
Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first A350 XWB at Airbus Headquarters in Toulouse, France. The A350-900 is the first aircraft produced by Airbus for JAL. The milestone event was attended by JAL Representative Director and Chairman Yoshiharu Ueki and Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer. Altogether, JAL has ordered 31 A350 XWB…
The decommissioned Boeing 747 aircraft Bahraini authorities plan to sink into the sea as part of preparations for the kingdom’s new underwater theme park was bought from the United Arab Emirates for $100,000, according to a government minister. Industry, Commerce and Tourism Minister Zayed Alzayani told the Gulf Daily News (GDN) website at a press…
A repositioning flight of a Boeing 737MAX8 from Malaga to Stockholm landed at Paris-Vatry airport after the German authorities denied entry into their airspace. A Norwegian Boeing 737MAX8 failed to reach its base in Stockholm and landed at Paris-Vatry airport. The aircraft was on a repositioning flight and had no passengers on board. The aircraft…
Airbus is expected to ramp up the production rate of the A320 Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in northern China’s Tianjin to six airplanes per month by early 2020, according to Airbus China Tuesday. The Airbus A320 FALA in Tianjin is now capable of conducting the final assembly of the A320 family single-aisle airplanes, including…
Boeing Company’s effort to build the world’s largest twin-engined jet, the 777X, continues to be hampered by challenges with General Electric Co’s new GE9X turbine engine, a top Boeing executive said on Wednesday. Boeing is facing testing glitches on the GE9X after assembly delays on the engine and the plane’s carbon-composite wings. The Boeing 777X…
According to the FAA, “certain aircraft equipped with the Rockwell Collins GPS 4000-100 and select ADS-B out GPS receivers are indicating ‘ADS-B fail, unavailable, TCAS fail or transponder fail’ messages.” Aircraft without working transponders were directed to coordinate with the FAA before departure, a prior directive had instructed those planes not to fly above 28,000…
Heathrow has announced it is the first UK airport to be rolling out the new technology, which could end the need for passengers to remove liquids and laptops from their bags when passing through security. The CT scan technology will be installed across Heathrow’s terminals by 2022, with the rollout valued at more than £50…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjfm_XOxLOs Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un who was killed in Malaysia in 2017, had been an informant for the CIA, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The newspaper cited an unnamed “person knowledgeable about the matter” for the report, and said many details of Kim Jong-nam’s relationship with the CIA remained unclear. It…
