Before the Ethiopia Airlines Flight ET302 crash last Sunday which killed 157 persons onboard, the operating aircraft, B737MAX 8 was the fastest selling aircraft in its category, with about 500 orders, but with two fatal accidents in tow, what fate would befell the aircraft. On Wednesday the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a […]
Germany’s Lufthansa ordered up to 16 new planes worth 2.1 billion euros (1.84 billion pounds), including up to six Airbus (AIR.PA) A320ceos to make up for delivery shortfalls in a newer version of the jet and four long-haul Boeing (BA.N) 777s. Lufthansa is among airlines hit by delivery delays to the Airbus A320neo, a version […]
Qatar Airways has announced an order for two Boeing 747-8 Freighters and four 777-300ERs, valued at $2.16 billion at list prices. The order, a sign of the airline’s continued expansion and contribution to the US economy, adds to the airline’s current fleet of nearly 100 Boeing widebody airplanes and its more than 100 additional Boeing […]
Ethiopian Airlines has placed an order for 10 additional airbus A 350-900 aircraft, the airlines announced on Tuesday. Last June, Ethiopian Airlines became the first African carrier to operate the A350 when it took delivery of the first of 12 aircraft in order. Currently the airline operates four A350s fleets, two of which are on […]
Falling airline profits are reducing demand for aircraft, particularly widebody aircraft — and potentially even for the 787, which remains the world’s most glamorous aircraft after five years of operation and 500 deliveries. Aerospace consultant Scott Hamilton recently raised the possibility of diminished Dreamliner demand. “Despite a rosy picture painted by Boeing about the future […]
