An Irish aircraft leasing company is creating its own airline because it can’t find anyone to borrow its A380 superjumbos. Dublin-based Amedeo counts eight A380s among its fleet, and has a further 20 on order from Airbus, but such is the lack of interest in the world’s largest passenger plane that it has been unable to […]
Etihad Airways welcomed a Royal delegation to its aircraft display on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow 2017. The UAE’s national airline is displaying three aircraft at this year’s edition of the bi-annual event – an Airbus A380, an Airbus A320 “flying testbed” and an Embraer Phenom 100E from the Etihad Flight College […]
Celebrates milestone delivery in Hamburg, reaffirms commitment to A380 programme. Emirates chairman highlights positive impact of Emirates’ A380 operations on aerospace manufacturing, aviation industries and consumer experience Emirates today celebrates the milestone delivery of its 100th Airbus A380 aircraft at a special ceremony with Airbus at the manufacturer’s delivery centre in Hamburg. His Highness Sheikh […]
A pilot has been praised for helping avert a mid-air collision between two passenger jets that could have led to the death of hundreds of people. An Emirates Airbus A380, flying from Dubai to Mauritius last Friday, had been cleared to descend to 38,000 feet by Air Traffic Control on its approach to the Indian […]
Aviation industry analystshave opined that the shutdown of Abuja airport for the rehabilitation of the runway and the movement to Kaduna airport, which is the alternative airport, would have cost government, airlines and other business organisations involved in the movement over N1 billion. These include cost of logistics for moving personnel and equipment to Kaduna; […]