Today, Boeing and Malaysia Airlines announced an order for 25 737 MAX 8 airplanes. Previously attributed to an unidentified customer, the purchase is valued at $2.75 billion dollars at current list prices. Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew states that the aircraft “is a game-changer for
The Worlds Greatest Aviation Celebration, EAA AirVenture, is here! The annual week-long event brings together 10,000 airplanes and hundreds of thousands of aviation enthusiast down to Wittman Airport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. For a detailed preview of the event read our article here: EAA AirVenture 2016 Preview.
On Saturday July 16th, we went to see some of the aircraft part of the Commemorative Air Force AirPower Tour on a stop in Aurora, IL. The Commemorative Air Force’s mission is to preserve these old military aircraft and bring them out for the public to see. All
The Farnborough 2016 airshow is here. The airshow revolves mainly on being a trade show where companies to do with aviation come to see what is new and place orders. There are over a 1,000 exhibitors present at the event. The trade show part runs thru
We are now done with half of 2016 and the number are in for both Boeing and Airbus. (You can check out the numbers for Jan-May here: Boeing vs Airbus Jan-May 2016). Below are tables detailing the exact numbers for the two manufactures. Orders Boeing had the
Changi Airport, Singapore — As day rolled into Southern Asia, traffic at Changi Airport seemed usual. Passengers sat next to their gates onlooking aircraft traffic through the large panoramic windows. Suddenly, an approaching Boeing 777-300ER touches down on the runway. Its right engine bursts into flames, soon
Original post below update. 07/06/16 Update: Some additional attractions at this year’s AirVenture will be the first Airbus a321 built in the US (on display Tuesday, July 26). On Friday the 29th, as part of the afternoon airshow, there will be a flyover of a
It is almost the middle of the year, so we thought to take a look at how Boeing and Airbus have done in both deliveries and orders so far. Deliveries Boeing took the crown for most deliveries these past 5 months with 301 airliners
In the early morning of May 19th, at 2:30 am local time, EgyptAir flight 804 from Paris to Cairo went missing over the Mediterranean between Greece and Egypt. At this time, the wreckage has been found and is in the process of being recovered. There
The delivery of the first Airbus a320neo, the new version of the popular single aisle aircraft which offers more efficient engines and Sharklet wingtip devices to lower operating costs and emissions, has been delayed to early 2016. The first delivery to Lufthansa was originally scheduled for
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