First Boeing 737 MAX 9 delivered to Alaska Airlines
Air Transport
Air Peace takes delivery of its first E195-E2
Embraer delivered to Air Peace the first E195-E2 out of 13 firm orders in an agreement announced in March 2019. The aircraft, with a capacity …
Boeing 777X debuts delayed until late 2023
Boeing has once again postponed the delivery schedule for the first 777X, now expected by the end of 2023. The new schedule was revealed on …
End of Trump administration makes Iran again consider buying Embraer commercial jets
Iran intends to resume negotiations for the acquisition of a significant number of Embraer commercial E-Jets if the new U.S. president Joe Biden decides to …
Defense
Boeing gets green light to offer F-15EX fighter to India
Boeing obtained approval from the US government to offer the new F-15EX to the Indian Air Force, in a competition involving the acquisition of 114 …
MiG-41 fighter remains a mystery for at least seven years
On January 22, Rostec, a Russian state-owned technology company, published an article in which it praised the MiG-31 fighter, one of the few fighter planes …
Su-57 would easily defeat the F-35 in a dogfight, says famous Russian test pilot
One of the most notable Russian test pilots who commanded the space shuttle Buran, Magomed Tolboyev turns 70 on Wednesday. Now retired, the former cosmonaut …
Latest news
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 …
Chinese stealth bomber will be a USAF B-2 clone
China Air Force (PLAAF) first stealth bomber will bear enormous resemblance to US Air Force’s Northrop Grumman B-2. That is what images in a recruitment …
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 …
