As the commercial side of the Paris Air show wraps up, there's only a few dribs and drabs of news to clean up. Let's look who had a last chance for romance. Airbus scored a last-minute order with Wizz Air who placed an order for 110 Airbus A321neo aircraft. Wizz Air Airbus A321neo - Rendering, Airbus The order for 110 aircraft will be delivered with Airbus's "Cabin … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 1 Wrapup
Day 1 of the Paris Air Show has been and gone - with a fair number of orders and commitments being made today. Let's have a quick look at some more significant stories that have come out today: Garuda Indonesia kicked off the show with a letter of intent for 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, as well as up to Boeing 30 737 MAX 8, as well as reconfirming its intent to pick up 50 … [Read more...]
Boeing gives a Vietnam Airlines Boeing 787 a workout before the Paris Air Show
It's coming up to the time where the aviation industry converges on Le Bourget airport in Paris to mull over planes, equipment both military and civilian. Of course - it's the Paris Air Show! Part of the air show is the flying display - and it seems Boeing has been putting in a bit of practice before the airshow.... with spectacular … [Read more...]
Airbus A350XWB to flyover Paris Airshow
As I hinted at in my previous post, Airbus has confirmed that their newest aircraft - the Airbus A350 XWB will be making a fly over at the Paris Air Show. MSN1 taking off - Image Airbus. The following was tweeted by Airbus: Weather could be a big thing as conditions in Paris have been... a bit wet to say the least. Reports place a 20-30% of rain during … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 4 – United orders more Airbus’s….
Time for your nightly round up at the Paris Air Show United Airlines will be ordering 35 Airbus A350-1000's. This will be made up of 10 new orders, and 25 conversions of Airbus A350-900 orders Image - Airbus Delivery of these aircraft is due to commence in 2018, with plans to operate the aircraft on United Airlines long haul network. Singapore Airlines has … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 3 Roundup – MC21’s, orders and O’Leary…
Day 3 of the Paris Air Show has been and gone, so lets wrap up the headlines today Towards the MC-21. First up is that Irkut is on course to release its competition to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 - the Irkut MC-21, with the aim to manufacture first one towards the end of 2013. The aircraft's designation has changed from the MS-21 to the MC-21. These narrowbody … [Read more...]
Paris Airshow Day 2 Roundup – The launch of the 787-10
Well day two of the Paris Airshow has been and gone, so lets look at the big stories of the show today Boeing takes top billing as it confirms it will launch the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. Image - The Boeing Company This aircraft is a double stretch from the baseline 787-8 currently in service. This aircraft has range of up to to 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 km) and … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show 2013 – What to look out for….
It's coming up to that time of the year where the aviation industry will be gathering in Paris Le Bourget for the biannual Paris Air Show. But what to look out for this year? Here's a few predictions The Boeing 787-10 will be formally announced and placed for sale with at least Singapore Airlines and British Airways being launch partners The Airbus A350 will be a star … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 5: Pretty Graphs at last
Now that I'm sitting at my desk and for once not cursing CA and their "wonderful" AV products, it's time to get down to the nitty gritty of Paris 2009 - or "The year when 10 Wide Body jet is considered a big order" New orders on day 5 - Olympic Airways join the Dash-8 400 party with an order for 5, option for another 5 So lets put this into graphics. So what are … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 4: More Narrow body twins vicar? – CO61 Incident
And Welcome to Day 4 New Orders: - China Eastern plump for 20 A320's - Afrijet's order for four ATR 72-500s - Aigle Azur - 1 A319 - Zest Airways Inc (ZestAir) of the Philippines - 1 A320 - Possible big order from WizzAir of 50 A320's. - MC Aviation Partners (lessor) has ordered 2 737-800's Alas, more important things are happening in the air today - with the death … [Read more...]