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Airbus has opened an assembly line in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. This is the first time that Airbus has opened an assembly line outside Europe.
The plant which cost €800 million plant, will produce the company’s A320 aircraft. It is expected to deliver its first completed craft next summer, and to be producing four [...]
Qantas today named the new Qantas Airbus A380 after 92 year old Australian Aviation pioneer, Nancy-Bird Walton.
Nancy first learned to fly in 1933 at just 17 years of age. She was Australia’s first woman to receive a commercial license as a pilot.
A 92-year-old Australian aviation pioneer Tuesday christened a huge new Qantas Airbus A380 which [...]
Qantas CEO Geoff Dixon predicted rising aviation fuel prices in the industry could lead to a massive restructuring of the industry. He said that up to 100,000 jobs could be at risk, worldwide, by the end of the year. Qantas announced last week that it would shed over 1500 jobs in Australia and forego hiring [...]
The Australian company Qantas today provided two major announcements.
One was the change in its logo. The logo was adapted to fit the tail of the new A380 aircraft, as well as to reflect the airline’s contemporary design focus.
Old qantas logo on the left, new one on the right. Photo credits: Qantas & the Sydney Morning [...]
India is currently undergoing an aviation boom, with a host of new players in the game.
Kingfisher Airlines, Indigo Blue, Deccan, Jet Airways, Spice Jet are among the relatively new entrants that are entering the fray with new aircraft, superior service and competitive prices.
The fleet of the merged Air India-Indian Airlines entity is aging and needs [...]
Here are some stunning photos from the Paris Airshow 2007.
These photographs are from Royisher’s collection at Flickr.
This is the Raytheon Hawker 4000 at the airshow.
The fabulous Airbus A380 flying at the Paris Airshow
The Alenia-C27J at the Paris Air Show
For all you aviation fans, I would encourage you to view Royi’s 2007 Paris – Le [...]
Airbus appears to have landed firm orders for 425 aircraft, with a further commitment of 303 aircraft at the Paris Air Show.
Boeing’s count for firm booking’s at this stage seems to be 66 jets.
Airbus secured agreements for 728 aircraft during the Paris Air Show after landing firm orders for 425 and commitments for a [...]
Here is a video of the Airbus A 380 at the Paris Air Show, from YouTube. Looks like the video was from a hand held camera.
The commentary in the background appears to be in French, I did not understand it.
Anyway, here is the video.
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Boeing and Airbus continued on with a spree of orders being placed for their aircraft today.
Boeing reported on Wednesday it had won an order for 16 planes from Air France KLM. Air France put in an order of 9 Boeing 777-300 ER model wide bodied planes.
KLM put in an order of 7 of Boeing’s single [...]
A number of interesting announcements today.
Airbus said it is back in business today as it announced both of its flagship aircraft programmes were on track.
President and chief executive Louis Gallois said: ‘I can tell you with full confidence that Airbus is back.’
Gallois told a press conference at the Paris Air Show that Airbus is on [...]