Boeing targets two-tier response to Airbus A350-1000 threat
Scott Carson has signalled that Boeing’s product development strategy to counter the Airbus A350-1000 may exclude major new derivatives of the 777, with…
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Airbus predicts demand for A380-type aircraft could exceed 2,000 aircraft if congestion worsens
Airbus has raised its forecast of demand for A380-size aircraft only slightly to 1,700 deliveries in its latest…
Spanish start-up Universal orders six Embraer 195s
Spanish start-up Universal Airlines has emerged as the previously-undisclosed recipient of six Embraer 195s, which have been ordered by JJH Capital, a fund linked with travel group Globalia’s president Juan Jose Hidalgo.
Universal Airlines is a new domestic and intra-European carrier which is being established by Hidalgo. His JJH Capital fund has placed a firm […]
Pilots stabbed on New Zealand commuter flight
Cockpit crew of an Air National Jetstream 32 turboprop operating on behalf of Air New Zealand have sustained knife wounds after a female passenger allegedly tried to take control of the aircraft.
The turboprop was operating Flight NZ2279 from Blenheim to Christchurch today on behalf of Air New Zealand’s Eagle Air subsidiary with seven passengers […]
Airbus increases airliner demand forecast by almost 10% in new outlook
Airbus is citing a higher projected rate of air passenger growth, and second-hand aircraft becoming a less attractive option, as key factors for increasing…