Assembly of the first A350-900 for Cathay Pacific Airways is progressing well at Airbus’ A350 XWB Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France. Following the fuselage section joining phase, the wings, the horizontal and vertical tailplane as well as tail cone have been joined to the fuselage. Following this, the aircraft will move to the … Dowiedz się więcej
Start of construction of Lufthansa Technik AG’s new wheel and brake workshop at Frankfurt’s East Harbor: Dr. Johannes Bussmann, Chairman of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG, turned the first sod together with Bernhard Massberg, Head of Mobility, Aviation, Railways in the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development (HMWEVL) and City … Dowiedz się więcej
Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced the successful first flight of the Bell 525 Relentless. The maiden flight of the super-medium helicopter took place at the company’s aircraft assembly center in Amarillo, Texas. Footage and images can be found here. „The Bell 525 was announced at Heli-Expo in 2012, and we … Dowiedz się więcej
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that growth continued to slow in May. Compared to May 2014, growth in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) was 2.1%, the slowest rate this year and outpaced by a capacity expansion of 4.3%. On a year-to-date basis, freight volumes are … Dowiedz się więcej
Lufthansa and Germanwings are assuming also the long-term responsibility for the outcome of the crash of the flight 4U9525. Thus, in particular, children and teenagers who have lost one parent or both parents shall receive support for their education on the long-term. For this purpose a fund of up to EUR 7.8 million shall be … Dowiedz się więcej
Vietnam Airlines has become the second airline in the world to operate the all-new A350 XWB, following a special ceremony in Toulouse today. The A350-900 aircraft was delivered to global lessor AerCap on lease to the airline for operation on long haul routes and is scheduled to arrive in Hanoi tomorrow. Altogether, Vietnam Airlines is … Dowiedz się więcej