A350 family nears 500 orders as Airbus confirms Etihad deal. Etihad’s order - which includes six A380s and 20 A320s - accounts for 51 of the 84 aircraft booked during the month.
It takes to 75 the number of orders for Airbus’ largest version of the A350 family, for which Emirates, Qatar Airways and Asiana Airlines are also [...]
Boeing Co. said on Tuesday it would reassess its 787 Dreamliner aircraft delivery schedule for the Japanese market when an ongoing strike ends, raising concern that a prolonged production halt could further push back deliveries.
Japan’s two biggest airlines – Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA) – have already announced expected delays in [...]
Airbus secured net orders for 1,341 aircraft during 2007, giving the European manufacturer a 48.7% share of the market.
Airbus’s year-end gross order tally will remain a closely guarded secret until 16 January, it looks likely to exceed the Boeing record and could feasibly be as high as 1,700 aircraft.
The Boeing Company recorded 1,413 net commercial airplane orders during 2007, reaching more than 1,000 orders for an unprecedented third consecutive year, and setting a Boeing record for total orders in a single year.
Boeing also set new order records for the 787 Dreamliner, the 737, and for Boeing freighters.
Hong Kong’s business aviation operation C Jet is set to become the first customer for a VIP version of the Airbus A350 XWB, having also just ordered an Airbus Corporate Jetliner. Hong Kong’s C Jet to be first VIP A350 customer Hong Kong’s business aviation operation C Jet is set to become the first customer for a VIP version of the Airbus A350 XWB, having also just ordered an Airbus Corporate Jetliner.
At the Dubai air show earlier this month the A350 XWB halted the Boeing 787’s inexorable advance through Airbus’s widebody customers when Emirates chose the new Airbus instead of its US rival to replace its huge fleet of A330/A340s and 777 Classics.
Both Boeing Co. and its European rival, Airbus, emerged with a piece of British Airways’ $8.2 billion order for 36 new long-range aircraft today.
The London-based carrier said it is ordering 24 Boeing 787 Dreamliners and 12 Airbus A380 superjumbo jets. The airline also took options on seven more A380s and 18 787s.
In splitting the order, [...]
When Sir Richard Branson and Boeing chairman Jim McNerney put their signatures on the £4billion contract for the 787 Dreamliner, it seems neither realised that they were also committing to lose a stone each “to reduce carbon emissions” on the delivery flight. The final clause of the contract, which was announced by Branson on Virgin’s return to Chicago, stated “the parties hereby agree that each of the signatories will lose at least one stone in weight in order to reduce carbon emissions by over 36 pounds on the delivery flight.”
Airbus admitted yesterday that the future of the A380 Freighter could be decided in the next few days, with the decision by remaining customer UPS to delay taking delivery of the its order for 10 of the type past 2010 potentially affecting the industrial decision to launch the type. Airbus has reached an agreement with [...]
