ÖAMTC Air Rescue starts fleet modernisation with five Airbus H135 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters and ÖAMTC Air Rescue have signed a firm contract for the purchase of five H135s. The delivery of the first helicopter of...
Air Greenland orders one Airbus A330-800 (neo)
Air Greenland, the flag-carrier for Greenland, is the latest airline to order Airbus’ next-generation A330neo widebody aircraft.The new A330-800 will replace the airline’s ageing...
Héli-Union to purchase two Airbus H160 helicopters
Airbus Helicopters and its historical partner Héli-Union have signed a contract for the purchase of two multi-mission H160s to address a wide range of...
Hi Fly’s sole Airbus A380 has returned to Toulouse, not before leaving beautiful drawing in the sky
As reported earlier, Portuguese charter airline Hi Fly is phasing out its sole Airbus A380 (MSN 006), after three years of successful operations worldwide....
Ostend-based NHV Group sells its Airbus H155 helicopter fleet to Danish Heliglobe
NHV Group (Noordzee Helicopters Vlaanderen), a leading provider of B2B helicopter services, today announced the sale of its remaining H155 aircraft to HeliGlobe (Denmark)....
airBaltic receives its 24th and 25th Airbus A220-300 aircraft
Latvian airline airBaltic on 13 December 2020 in Riga welcomed its 24th and 25th Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-AAX and YL-AAY. The 24th...
SAF Group Airbus H135 helicopter crashes into Grand Arc massif of the French Alps
On 8 December, a Service Aérien Français (SAF Groupe) Airbus Helicopters H135 (registered F-HJAF) took off for a night flight and mountain rescue training...
JetBlue’s first A220 “Hops” to the sky for the first time
The first Airbus A220-300 for JetBlue Airways has completed its inaugural test flight from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama. The aircraft...
Airbus highlights Future Combat Aircraft System’s low observability and leads New Generation Fighter in Spain
Initial framework contract positions Airbus at the heart of Spanish programme developments
Spanish industry has signed the initial framework contract of the Future Combat Air...
[Belgian Air Component] Inland NH-90 Search And Rescue practice with graduation exercise
Inland NH-90 Search And Rescue practice with graduation exercise
Authors: Benoit Denet & Martin Gillet, reporting from Tournai diving site.December 8th, 2020, the well known NH-90 Search...
Emirates welcomes its first of three Airbus A380s to be delivered in December
Delivery flight partially powered by sustainable aviation fuelEmirates has welcomed A6-EVL, its 116th A380 as the first of three A380s to join its fleet...
Airbus delivered 64 aircraft in November, but didn’t register any new orders
THE MONTH IN REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2020
Airbus’ 2020 gross orders totalled 381 aircraft by 30th November, with net orders of 297. The Company registered no...
The Airbus Zephyr, Solar High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) concludes a successful new test flight campaign in Arizona, USA
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed a new test flight campaign for its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) in Arizona, U.S.A.The 2020...
The Republic of Mali orders a second Airbus C295 airlifter
The Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Mali has placed a firm order for an additional Airbus C295 airlifter in the transport configuration....
Lessor BOC Aviation delivers first two of five new Airbus A321neo to Middle East Airlines
BOC Aviation has delivered the first two of five new Airbus A321neo aircraft for lease to Middle East Airlines. The aircraft will be powered...
Bundeswehr orders 31 NH90 helicopters for shipborne operations
Replacement of German Sea Lynx fleet with an evolution of the Sea Lion
The German Bundeswehr has ordered 31 NH90 NFH helicopters, to be known...
Alaska Airlines leases 13 new Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft replacing A320s inherited from Virgin America
Alaska Airlines announced a transaction today that continues the optimization of its mainline fleet. As part of the agreement, Alaska will sell 10 Airbus...
ExxonMobil adds two Airbus H145 helicopters for Papua New Guinea LNG operations
ExxonMobil has signed a contract for two Airbus H145 helicopters to support the PNG LNG Project* in Papua New Guinea (PNG).The new H145 model with...
“Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich” satellite successfully lifted off into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
The Airbus-built European ocean satellite "Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich" has successfully begun its “Seeing-the-Seas” mission. On 21 November 2020 the satellite lifted off from...
Emirates ups Airbus A380 deployment with services to UK and Russia
Iconic Emirates Airbus A380 to serve London Heathrow 4 times daily, Manchester 6 times a week, and Moscow daily
Emirates expands services in...