Turkmenistan Airlines orders two A330P2F
Turkmenistan Airlines became Airbus‘ first customer in the Asian country by ordering two A330-200 P2F (Passenger-To-Freighter). Scheduled to be delivered in 2022, the two aircraft …
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Il-114-300 turboprop performs second test flight
This week Ilyushin carried out the second test flight of the Il-114-300, a turboprop based on a project launched by the company in the 90s. …
Boeing 737 MAX close to returning to fly in Europe
EASA is expected to reissue the 737 MAX airworthiness directive next week, said executive director Patrick Ky. Unlike FAA and countries like Brazil, Canada and …
Dash 8-Q400 turboprop has production paused
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada confirmed on Monday that it is pausing production of the Dash 8-Q400 turboprop indefinitely. The reason involves the lack of …
Boeing 717-200 stops flying in Europe
Originally launched as MD-95 by McDonnell Douglas, the 717-200 was a rare jetliner produced by Boeing in 1997, when it took over the rival. At …
Norwegian Air abandons long-haul flights
Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air announced this week that it is abandoning long-haul routes, opting to focus only on flights within Europe. Shaken by a serious …
US government includes COMAC on Chinese military companies blacklist
In his last days at the White House, President Donald Trump decided to include COMAC on the blacklist of Chinese military companies, which makes it …
Deliveries of military planes and freighters helped Boeing reduce the gap for Airbus
Officially, Boeing delivered 157 commercial aircraft in 2020 against 566 Airbus planes, but analyzing the figures closely it is possible to say that the difference …
Congo Airways orders two Embraer E195-E2 jets
Congo Airways converted a purchase option into a firm order for two E195-E2 jets, Embraer announced on Wednesday. The African carrier now has a firm …
Boeing announces sale of four 747-8Fs to Atlas Air
Boeing has closed an agreement to sell four 747-8F freighters to Atlas Air, the company announced on Tuesday. It will be the last order to …
Turkish Aerospace Industries plans to launch passenger turboprop
Founded in 2005 to serve the armed forces of Turkey, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has sought to expand its range of operations beyond the defense …
Conviasa adds second Airbus A340 to the fleet
State carrier Conviasa takes delivery of an A340-300 on December 31, according to information on the Planespotters website. It is the second Airbus four-engine aircraft …
COMAC ARJ21 gets first customer outside China
COMAC obtained the first order from an airline outside China for the ARJ21 jetliner. Indonesia’s small carrier TransNusa will receive 30 aircraft by 2026 through …
Airbus jetliner deliveries fell 34% in 2020
Airbus ended 2020 with 566 commercial aircraft delivered, down more than 34% compared to 2019, when 861 aircraft had been delivered. The planemaker considered the …
Paused, SpaceJet regional jet program loses another customer
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s regional jet SpaceJet had an order for 10 units (plus 10 options) from Aerolease Aviation canceled on December 31, the Japanese manufacturer announced …
Embraer E-Jets deliveries boosted in late 2020
Embraer launched an offensive to send a large number of E-Jets to its customers in the last quarter of 2020. This is shown by data …
ARJ21 airliner reaches 46 planes delivered since its launch
COMAC announced this week that it had completed the delivery of 24 units of the ARJ21-700 airliner in 2020. All aircraft were received by Chinese …
Breeze Airways receives first ex-Azul E195
Breeze Airways already has an airplane in its fleet. David Neeleman’s new low-cost airline (founder of companies like JetBlue and Azul) received its first Embraer …
China Airlines to make Boeing 747 farewell flight in February
China Airlines is yet another airline announcing the retirement of the Boeing 747. The Taipei-based carrier had already revealed that it would withdraw the aircraft …
Fall in air traffic reduced airline accidents in 2020
The year 2020 was marked by a sharp reduction in the number of accidents involving passenger aircraft. According to the Aviation Safety Network, which records …
