Welcome to the return of the air show digest - and we're back at Le Bourget (well, I'm not - I'm sat in Birmingham cooking in an office). So here's day one of the Paris Digest. The big news of the day was the launch by Boeing of the Boeing 737 10 MAX. Boeing 737 MAX 10 - Image The Boeing Company I'll be takign a closer look at the Boeing 737 MAX 10 later - but … [Read more...]

It's been teased about the past few days by Airbus with images sneaking out with their an A380 with a high winglet. Well - it has a name - The Airbus A380plus The uplet and downlet of the A380plus (non flying version fitted to MSN004) - Image, Airbus The Airbus A380plus - Rendering Airbus. The A380plus pulls together a lot of the ideas have been putting out … [Read more...]

It's coming up to that time of year again where the aerospace industry heads to one of the major airshows of the year - this time converging on Paris Le Bourget for the Paris Air Show. Boeing are sending over a Boeing 737 9 MAX and a 787-10 over. In preparation - they've done a little preparation for the flying … [Read more...]

EasyJet have become the latest airline to take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo. EasyJet A320neo first delivery - Image, Airbus The first A320neo also happens to be the 300th aircraft delivered to EasyJet, marking two milestones in one. This represents the first of the many - with Easyjet to take delivery of up to 130 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. The airline … [Read more...]

For those of you keeping an eye on the progress of the first Delta Airbus A350, there's good news today, with the plane rolling out of the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse. Delta Air Lines A350-900 rolls out of paint hall - Image Airbus/Delta This plane took to the air two weeks ago in its first flight... looking a little different. Delta Airbus A350 first flight - … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific of the Philippines are filling their fleet, with a follow-on order from Airbus for seven Airbus A321 aircraft. Cebu Pacific Airbus A321 - Rendering, Airbus The seven extra planes are on top of an existing order for 32 Airbus A321neo aircraft. Cebu Pacific will be targeting these planes to operate on its domestic and regional operations. The extra planes … [Read more...]

Swiss recently became the first carrier in the world to operate both variants of the Bombardier CSeries - with the airline taking delivering of its first CS300 aircraft. The first CS300 for Swiss will be based at Geneva, operating from Swiss's West Switzerland base. Whilst not the first operator of the CS300 (Air Baltic was the first operator of the type), Swiss was the … [Read more...]

Let's turn our attention back to the Airbus A350 family, and to Delta Air Lines, who are waiting for their first plane. This aircraft conducted its first flight on Tuesday. Delta Airbus A350 conducting its first flight - Image, Airbus/Delta The plane itself hasn't been painted yet - although it doesn't take a close examination this will be a Delta aircraft - look at those … [Read more...]

It seems Delta is spending a bit more money, this time buying 30 new Airbus A321 aircraft The follow-on order for 30 additional aircraft will be based on the current A321ceo (current engine option) version of the A321, powered by CFM56 engines. Delta has now ordered 112 A321 aircraft serving US domestic routes. The new planes will be fitted with the fuel-saving … [Read more...]

A big order landed in the book of ATR, with an order for 50 ATR72-600 aircraft by Indigo of India. ATR 72-600 pre-series in New Corporate livery taking off from Francazal airport- Image, ATR. The order by IndiGo is for an order of 50 ATR 72-600 aircraft, with flexibility to reduce the order subject to certain conditions. IndiGo is planning a development of its … [Read more...]