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Qantas takes delivery of its first Airbus A380
In a ceremony at the Airbus facility in Toulouse, France, on September 19, 2008, Australian airline Qantas took delivery of its first Airbus A380 'superjumbo' aircraft. The new aircraft (registration...
Emirates A380 grounded in Dubai
In late July, Emirates Airline took delivery of its first Airbus A-380 'superjumbo' aircraft, and immediately put it into service on the Dubai - New York route. The inaugural flight of the Emirates A...
Brazil's TAM Airlines takes delivery of first Boeing 777-300ER
TAM Airlines, Brazil's largest airline, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft. According to Boeing, TAM is the first Latin American airline to operate the 777-300ER, "th...
Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 completes 1,000th commercial flight
Last October, Singapore Airlines made history by operating the first-ever Airbus A380 commercial flight. Now, just shy of 10 months later, Singapore Airlines has completed its 1,000th flight with the ...
Boeing delivers first 737-700 with carbon brakes to Delta
A Boeing Next-Generation 737-700 aircraft was delivered to Delta Air Lines last week -- the first of 10 aircraft of that type that Delta has on order from Boeing. The new aircraft is the first of i...
Emirates' first Airbus A380 has arrived in Dubai
Earlier today, the first A380 in the Emirates fleet arrived at its home base in Dubai. An article on the UAE news website Xpress described the huge aircraft's historic arrival at Dubai International ...
Report on Qantas Boeing 747 engine failure issued by ATSB
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has issued its final report on the in-flight engine failure on a Qantas Boeing 747 that occurred in February of 2007. The report, issued on May 22, 2008,...
Air France takes delivery of its 50th Boeing 777 aircraft
Earlier this month, Air France reached a milestone in its acquisition of Boeing 777-type aircraft. Boeing recently delivered a new B777-300ER aircraft to Air France -- the carrier's 50th B-777.The n...
Indonesia's Adam Air operations halted
It looks like financial difficulties and safety concerns have led to the demise of Indonesian low-cost carrier Adam Air. Budhi Mulyawan Suyitno, director general for air transportation in Indonesia, h...
Bird strike damages radome on Delta Airlines MD-88
On the afternoon of February 18, 2008, a Delta Airlines MD-88 aircraft was damaged when it struck a large bird while on approach to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (Austin, TX). The aircraft,...
Delta takes delivery of first Boeing 777-200LR
Delta Airlines recently took delivery of a Boeing 777-200LR (longer range) aircraft -- the first of its type delivered to a U.S.-based carrier. The official delivery ceremony took place at Boeing Fie...
Boeing delivers KLM's first B777-300ER
The Boeing Company recently delivered a B777-300ER aircraft to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The extended range passenger airliner is the first of this type for KLM, which also operates 15 Boeing 777-200...
NTSB investigating American Airlines B757 safety incident
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating an incident that caused an American Airlines B757-200 aircraft to make an emergency landing after the cockpit filled with smoke. ...
Emergency Airworthiness Directive issued for Boeing 737-200 by South African CAA
In the aftermath of the incident last week in which an engine of a Nationwide Airlines Boeing 737-200 separated from a wing as the aircraft took off, the South African Civil Aviation Authority has is...
Iberia A340 runway overrun at Quito
Late on the afternoon of Friday, November 9, 2007 an Iberia Airlines A340-600 ran off the end of a runway at Mariscal Sucre airport in Quito, Ecuador. Flight IB6463, operated by Spain's national carri...
Accident investigation report: Garuda B737 crash at Yogyakarta
Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) has completed its investigation of the Garuda Indonesia accident at Yogyakarta (JOG) and has issued its report. The accident occurred on Ma...
Recorders retrieved from Adam Air Flight 574 crash site
Remember Adam Air Flight 574, the Indonesian airliner that disappeared on New Year's Day? The aircraft's flight recorders -- the so-called 'black boxes' -- finally have been recovered from the seabe...
Bid to fly on the Singapore Airlines A380 Inaugural Flight
Singapore Airlines is scheduled to be the first commercial air carrier to take delivery of and A380, the new Airbus super-jumbo airliner. Yesterday the airline announced that it will auction all seat...
Cruising the aviation blogosphere - No. 3
Time for another tour around the aviation blogosphere.There was a lot of chatter on the web this week about Virgin America, which will begin service next month. As they began selling tickets this past...
Boeing 787 Dreamliner debuts today
Today is one of those days that airplane enthusiasts around the world have been waiting for. The new Boeing 787 Dreamliner will roll out of the Boeing plant at Everett, Washington for the first time....
Boeing 787 Dreamliner parts delivery and virtual assembly
The initial rollout of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner from the Boeing plant in Everett, WA will be July 8, 2007. (7/8/7 -- get it?). Blogger Jonathan Ostrower over at Flight Blogger has put together a g...
Video: Crosswind landings from around the world
Got a spare four minutes? Have a look at this YouTube video, aptly titled Blowing in the Wind....
Nothing can go wrong...go wrong...go wrong...
This past September United Airlines introduced a clever piece of equipment to some of its gates at Denver International Airport. It's called the Dewbridge DoubleDocker jet bridge, and it allows passe...