Azul Brazilian Airlines has been slowly working away, operating its fleet of Embraer E-Jet and ATR Turboprops, growing is domestic Brazilian operation for some time now. Well today, it made a splash with an announcement the airline is to obtain eleven long-haul Airbus aircraft, with the aim of operating services United States of America. For its long haul fleet Azul is to … [Read more...]
First A350 takes to the skies
Congratulations to Airbus for taking their first Airbus A350XWB into the skies on its first flight. Images - Airbus YouTube feed (there would had been more if I hadn't lost signal). Takeoff image @macgp on twitter The flight is for 4 hours, expected to land back at Toulouse. … [Read more...]
A350 to take its first flight on Friday
This is a bit hot as I've just come in from work, but this should make a few people excited, with multiple sources (WSJ, Reuters Aero) confirming that Airbus will be taking their first Airbus A350XWB into the air for the first time on FRIDAY 14th JUNE. A350 out of the paint shop picture - Image - Airbus. First flight is of course subject to weather … [Read more...]