With the worst news for airlines behind them, Airbus and Boeing are now making fast tracks in the development of their next generation aircraft families. On May 30 in Everett, Boeing commenced final assembly – the process of joining the wings, fuselage sections, and integrating systems – of the first Boeing 787-9 on the former 767 […]
Airbus has rolled out its first Airbus A350-900 MSN001 in its full paint scheme at its Toulouse production facility. Airbus is yet to set an official date for the maiden sortie of the prototype flight test aircraft. Fitted with Rolls Royce Trent XWB engines the aircraft has spent close to a week in the paint […]
Year two of its three-year game change programme, and a transformed Virgin Australia has shown it is the antithesis of Qantas. The airline today posted an after tax profit of $22.8 million, and a full year underlying profit before tax of $82.5 million, an improvement of $149.1 million from the last financial year. Virgin’s results […]
