Qatar Airways has finally announced its long held orders for Boeing 777s and 787s at the Dubai air show today, confirming a firm deal for 27 777s and 30 787s with options on 35 more.
The firm orders are worth $13.5 billion and all the aircraft will be powered by General Electric engines.
The […]
UAE carrier Emirates has placed firm orders for 70 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, eleven further A380s and a dozen more Boeing 777-300ERs.
Emirates revealed the order today on the first day of the Dubai air show.
It has ordered 50 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered A350-900s and 20 of the A350-1000s. It has also taken options on […]
UAE carrier Emirates has placed firm orders for 70 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, eleven further A380s and a dozen more Boeing 777-300ERs.
Emirates revealed the order today on the first day of the Dubai air show.
It has ordered 50 Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered A350-900s and 20 of the A350-1000s. It has also taken options on […]
All occupants of an Iberia Airbus A340-600 have apparently escaped injury after the aircraft was badly damaged when it skidded off the runway while landing at Ecuador’s Quito International Airport on 9th Nov.
Images from the scene confirm the aircraft bears the name Miguel de Unamuno, identifying it as EC-JOH. The aircraft is just 18 […]
South Africa’s civil aviation administration has ordered the grounding of all Boeing 737-200s pending engine-mounting checks, after a Nationwide Airlines aircraft shed one of its engines on take-off.
It has instructed operators to perform a series of examinations on the Pratt Whitney JT8D-powered jets following the 7 November incident at Cape Town.
The administration’s […]