It's the final big day of the Farnborough Air Show 2024 - and a quiet year, to put it mildly. Let's check-in for the final round of announcements for this show before the aviation circus packs up for its next event. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus flynas goes … [Read more...]
Farnborough Air Show 2024 – Day 3 – A Calm Before an Order Storm?
Day three of the Farnborough Air Show has passed, so it's time to dive into what headlines there are. If any. It's been a little dry, to put it mildly As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. ATR Aircraft Air Tahiti to add four ATR72-600 to its fleet Air Tahiti has … [Read more...]
Farnborough Air Show 2024 Day 2 Daily Digest – The Rise of the Widebody
Day Two of the Farnborough Air Show has been and gone. Let's see what headlines we have from the day, and who has been splashing the cash. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus Virgin Atlantic opts for further A330neos Virgin Atlantic has placed a firm order for … [Read more...]
Farnborough Air Show 2024 Day 1 Daily Digest – Early Boeing Wins
It's the end of the day first day at the Farnborough Air Show. Let's see what announcements there are and any interesting titbits on the way. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus Drukiair goes neo and XLR Only one for Airbus today, with Drukair - Royal Bhutan … [Read more...]
Qatar Airways unveils its Next-Generation QSuites
Well, after trailing it for so long, Qatar Airways has unveiled its QSuiteNext Gen product. It was unveiled by Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer and others at a ceremony at Farnborough 2024. The redesigned Quad Suite will be equipped with movable 4K OLED Panasonic Astrova IFE screens. The screens can be repositioned to the side to … [Read more...]
Boeing pulls in pre-Farnborough Orders
With next week being the Farnborough Air Show - Boeing is planning a much more muted presence than in previous years. However, the first sets of orders have arrived for the company. Time to dive in. Lessor Aviation Capital Group finalised an order for 35 737 MAX Boeing and Aviation Capital Group LLC announced the lessor has finalised an order for 35 737 MAX jets, … [Read more...]
Singapore Air Show Daily Digest: Day 3 – More order and understandings for ATR and Airbus
Day 3 of the Singapore Air Show has been done and dusted, with a couple more announcements from the show. Let us dive in. ATR Aircraft We'll start with ATR Aircraft, with Air Tahiti planning to increase its ATR72-600 fleet, to its fleet of 10. These will be used to provide connectivity in French Polynesia's communities. Airbus Vietjet came out of the traps today, as it … [Read more...]
Singapore Air Show Daily Digest – Day 2: Enter Airbus
Day 2 of the Singapore Air Show has been and gone. Two commercial airplane announcements - one order, and one parts agreement Airbus Airbus finally came out of the traps with an order from Starlux Airlines. STARLUX Airlines of Taiwan has placed a firm order for five A350F freighters and three more A330neo widebody aircraft. The agreement was signed at the Singapore … [Read more...]
Singapore Air Show Daily Digest: Day 1 – Boeing and COMAC step forward
Day 1 of the Singapore Air Show has flown by, so it's time to see who's been attracting orders and have got their celebratory bits of paper out. ATR Aircraft ATR Aircraft kicked off the pre-show with a delivery of an ATR72-600 via Nordic Aviation Captial to Silk Avia of Ubzebistan, making them the first Central Asia ATR operator. In addition, Maldivian Airways has … [Read more...]
Dubai Air Show 2023 – Daily Digest, Day 4 – And there’s an Emirates order for Airbus at last
Only headline from Day 4 from the Dubai Air Show - with Emirates placing a follow-on order for Airbus A350-900 aircraft. The airline has signed an order for an additional 15 A350-900s at the Dubai Airshow, taking its total order to 65 aircraft of the type. The first A350 is scheduled to join Emirates’ fleet in August 2024, and with today’s additional … [Read more...]