Aviastar Tupolev Tu-204-100C freighter burns completely down at Hangzhou Airport, China
On 7 January, an Aviastar Tupolev Tu-204-100C freighter (registered RA-64032) was being pushed back at Hangzhou Airport, China for flight 4B 6534 destination Novosibirsk,...
Antonov Airlines transports Turkish communications satellite for launch by SpaceX
Antonov Airlines is a world leader in moving space components by air and has completed up to three satellite-related cargo shipments each month for...
Atlas Air Worldwide purchases four Boeing 777 Freighters
Global cargo carrier's first direct purchase of 777 Freighter will grow its fleet to 18 777s
Adding capacity to meet growing e-commerce and...
First-ever Airbus ACJ TwoTwenty delivered to Comlux
The first ACJ TwoTwenty, launched just over a year ago, was successfully delivered to Comlux from the Airbus A220 Final Assembly Line in Mirabel,...
Allegiant Air orders 50 Boeing 737 MAX jets with an option for 50 more
Order of smallest model 737-7 and high-capacity 737-8-200 expected to reduce carrier's fuel use by 20%
Boeing and Allegiant Air today announced an order for...
Smoke on LOT Boeing 787 kept Warsaw Airport closed for a while, causing one diversion and several holds
Aircraft landing at Warsaw Chopin airport this afternoon were briefly held in a holding pattern after a LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner registered...
F-35 fighter jet expands global presence in 2021 to two new countries: Finland and Switzerland
Lockheed Martin completed another successful year as the F-35 programme continued to expand its global footprint and enhance operational capabilities.In 2021, two new countries...
Launch of Airbus Atlantic, a new global player for aerostructures
A wholly-owned Airbus subsidiary, Airbus Atlantic, a global player in the aerostructures field, was officially established on 1st January 2022. The new company...
Lessor Aviation Capital Group commits to 20 Airbus A220 and 40 A320neo Family aircraft
Global full-service aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), wholly owned by Tokyo Century Corporation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 20 A220s...
Antonov An-124 brings 85 tonnes of COVID-19 test kits to Cologne-Bonn airport
On Saturday morning, 25 December, the first of a probable four Antonov An-124s landed at Cologne Bonn Airport at around 9 am. The plane...
A helicopter that was fighting fires crashed in Patagonia, killing its two crew members
Two people died this Wednesday when a Bell 412 helicopter that was fighting the fires in Patagonia crashed in Aluminé, Neuquén, Argentina.The aircraft was...
MC-21-300 aircraft receives type certificate from Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency
The Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) has issued a Type Certificate for MC-21-300 passenger aircraft to Irkut Corporation (part of the United Aircraft Corporation...
Indonesia and Ethiopia allow Boeing 737 MAX to fly again after deadly crashes
Indonesia's Ministry of Transport is again allowing flights with the 737 MAX after investigations into the aircraft have been completed and improvements have been...
BOC Aviation delivers last of eight Airbus A320neo aircraft to IndiGo
BOC Aviation Limited has delivered the last of eight Airbus A320NEO aircraft to InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. (“IndiGo”) under a purchase-and-leaseback agreement signed earlier this...
Indonesian airline TransNusa first non-Chinese airline to receive COMAC ARJ21-700s
Preparations are underway in China to hand over the first Comac ARJ-21 for export to Indonesian domestic airline TransNusa.The arrival comes as a result...
Do you remember the Miracle at Gottröra? Exactly 30 years ago, all 129 passengers and crew survived the crash of an SAS MD-81
Scandinavian Airlines System flight SK751 was a regularly scheduled Scandinavian Airlines passenger flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to Warsaw, Poland, via Copenhagen, Denmark. On 27...
M?-21-300 airliner with wings made of Russian composites performs its first flight
Today an M?-21-300 aircraft, whose wings are made of polymer composite materials produced in Russia, has performed its first flight. The airliner became airborne...
Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior sign for 36 Airbus H135 helicopters
The helicopters will be operated by Spain’s Air Force, Navy, National Police, and the Guardia Civil
The Spanish Ministries of Defence and Interior have ordered...
Belgian firm SABCA loses maintenance contract for the U.S. F-16s in Europe in favour of Polish company
After initially choosing SABCA in early 2021, the US Air Force ultimately preferred to select a Polish aircraft company to maintain its European-based F-16s,...
Bell delivers four Huey II helicopters to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bell Textron announced the delivery of four Bell Huey II aircraft to the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH) on Dec. 4. The...