A world leader in aircraft painting, Toulouse-based Satys Aerospace is now extending its activities into the space sector. At its Blagnac site, the group has just commissioned a facility dedicated to the painting of satellite parts. It was recently inaugurated in the presence of Airbus and CNES executives. As part of a partnership with Airbus,…
Air India firms up orders for 470 Airbus and Boeing Aircraft
Air India, a Tata Group-owned global airline, signed purchase agreements to acquire 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing, going one step further in its $70 billion (based on list prices) fleet expansion program that it announced in February this year. The purchase agreements were signed on the side-lines of the ongoing Paris Air Show.Air India’s…
Airbus Redesigns A350 Over Qatar Airways Disagreement
Recent reports indicate that Airbus has altered the design of the A350 wide-body passenger aircraft’s tail section. The work is being done despite a $2 billion lawsuit filed by Qatar Airways against the aircraft manufacturer for an allegedly faulty design that led to surface damage on some of the airline’s planes. According to Airbus, the…
Airbus Begins Assembling A321s In China
Airbus began producing the first A321 aircraft in Tianjin, China after the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in the country’s north improved its manufacturing capabilities. Ever since the largest narrow-body of Toulouse, France-based Airbus began assembly at the plant on 9 November 2022, the facility, which opened in 2008, has been able to produce two types…
Wizz Air celebrates arrival of 170th airbus aircraft
Wizz Air celebrated the arrival of its 170th Airbus aircraft, which will support operations at Catania International Airport. Wizz Air operates a fleet of ultramodern Airbus A320 family aircraft and is the largest operator of this aircraft type in Europe. Owain Jones, chief development officer at Wizz Air, said: “We are currently the largest operator of…
Etihad Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350
Etihad Airways debuted its latest Airbus A350-1000, on a special first commercial flight from Abu Dhabi to Paris. The aircraft is the first A350 to be operated by a UAE airline, and it is the first of five A350s that will be added to the fleet in the coming months. A delegation of diplomatic dignitaries, Etihad…
The Airbus A380 makes a vibrant return
Without question, one of the businesses most hit by the pandemic has been the airline industry. The domino effect of people being unable to fly has also significantly influenced the tourism industry in general, but airlines have paid the highest price. The A380 was designed to outperform and outclass its predecessors. While passengers adore it, the…
airBaltic receives 29th Airbus
Latvian airline airBaltic has acquired its 29th Airbus A220-300 jet, registered as YL-ABC, in Riga. This is the fourth out of seven deliberate Airbus A220-300 plane deliveries for airBaltic in 2021. This plane is part of the 50 Airbus A220-300 which airBaltic has ordered. In addition, airBaltic holds 30 choices and buy rights for a…
Korean Air is retiring all Airbus A380s and Boeing 747-8s
Korean Air has announced the end of the long-haul quad-jet era, with the retirement of the Airbus A380 and Boeing 747-8. Korean Air has joined the growing list of airlines planning to retire the Airbus A380, and the carrier’s Boeing 747-8 fleet is also on the chopping block. The South Korean flag carrier intends to…
ITA-Alitalia charters an Airbus A330 to start operations
The first plane of Italia Trasporto Aereo to start operations is âIl Tintorettoâ, the Airbus A330 of over 9 years provisionally borrowed from Alitalia to be utilized in take a look at flights to get hold of certifications from the National Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC). To verify this are the pictures offered to the Corriere…
