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Airbus A321

SAS Airbus A321 LR to complete its first long-haul flight

Scandinavian Airlines System’s (SAS) brand-new Airbus A321 Long Range (LR) aircraft will soon complete its first long-haul flight to the United States. Scandinavian Airlines’ Airbus A321LR aircraft, registered as SE-DMR, took off…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 22, 2021

Irkut

Delivery of Russia’s first MC-21 scheduled for September 2022

Rossiya, a subsidiary of Aeroflot, will take delivery of the first Irkut MC-21 airliner in September 2022, making…

ByValius Venckunas

December 22, 2021

air cargo

Boeing caps record year for freighter sales with UPS order for 19 767s

Package delivery company UPS has ordered 19 Boeing 767 freighters, adding to a record year for freighter sales…

ByVictoria Bryan

December 21, 2021

Boeing

Norse Atlantic receives first 787-9 ahead of transatlantic start in Spring 2022

Start-up Norse Atlantic Airways has taken delivery of its first aircraft, a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, ahead of starting…

ByVictoria Bryan

December 20, 2021

Airbus A321LR

Peach Aviation becomes Japan’s first Airbus A321LR operator

Peach Aviation, a low-cost arm of All Nippon’s Airways (ANA), announced that it took delivery of its first Airbus A321neo Long…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 20, 2021

Air New Zealand

ATR delivers its 1,600th turboprop

On December 17, 2021, Franco-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR announced that it had delivered its 1,600th aircraft. The milestone aircraft, an…

ByAeroTime Team

December 20, 2021

Airbus

Emirates receives final A380 manufactured by Airbus

Emirates has taken delivery of its 123rd and last Airbus A380 aircraft, marking the end of a program…

ByClément Charpentreau

December 17, 2021

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Air France-KLM Group

Air France-KLM places order for 100 Airbus A320neo and LOI for 4 Airbus A350F

Airbus is on a winning streak as it secures over a hundred aircraft orders from the Air France –…

ByJean Carmela Lim

December 17, 2021

Airbus

Airbus TwoTwenty bizjet takes off for the first time

The Airbus TwoTwenty business jet has conducted its maiden flight, the company announced. The aircraft took off from Montreal Mirabel airport…

ByValius Venckunas

December 15, 2021

Boeing

Boeing delivers 34 jets, gets order boost in November 2021

Boeing handed over 34 aircraft to 16 customers in November 2021, which was seven aircraft more than in October 2021. The deliveries consisted of 28 Boeing 737…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 15, 2021

Australia

Australia to resume production of Albatross flying boat after 60 years

Australian company Amphibian Aerospace Industries (AAI) will begin a modernization programme for the G-111, a civilian version of the Grumman HU-16 Albatross,…

ByValius Venckunas

December 14, 2021

Aviation history

12 Years Ago the Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its debut

Since its unveiling, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner has become a staple aircraft in long-haul aviation. The Dreamliner showcased that the future of…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 14, 2021

Airbus

Qatar Airways CEO expects to ground more A350s: SCMP

The row between Qatar Airways and Airbus shows no signs of letting up. The carrier’s chief executive told…

ByVictoria Bryan

December 14, 2021

Airbus A380

Final Airbus A380 completes heartfelt test flight

The final Super Jumbo, registered as A6-EVS, has completed its test flight in Hamburg, Germany. To mark the occasion, the final double-decker drew a heart in the sky.Airbus…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 13, 2021

Airbus

Airbus to seek independent legal assessment over A350 customer issues

Airbus is raising the stakes in its long-running dispute with one of its customers over surface degradation issues…

ByJean Carmela Lim

December 10, 2021

American Airlines

American Airlines to trim flight schedule amid 787 delivery delays

American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) is reportedly planning to reduce its international flight schedule for summer 2022 due to Boeing 787 Dreamliner delivery delays, according…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 9, 2021

Air France-KLM Group

Air France-KLM may select Airbus instead of Boeing for medium-haul jets

Air France-KLM Group may select Airbus A321neo aircraft instead of Boeing 737 MAX jets for the future supply of medium-haul aircraft, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters on…

ByVytė Klišauskaitė

December 9, 2021

Airworthiness Directive

FAA issues flight directives to avoid possible effects of 5G on safety equipment

As US telecom carriers plan to switch on 5G signal wireless services across the country by January 2022,…

ByJean Carmela Lim

December 9, 2021