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Video: How to remodel the passenger cabin of a Boeing 747
This video was produced earlier this year by United Airlines. In a time lapse sequence, it shows the remodeling of "the first and business class cabins on its Boeing 747, adding new lie-flat beds and 15-inch personal TV screens that have more than 1...
First Chinese-made Regional Jet Makes Maiden Flight in Shanghai
The first Chinese-manufactured regional jet recently made its maiden flight at Shanghai. The aircraft, known as the ARJ21 (Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century), is produced by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China Ltd. (COMAC).Making i...
JetBlue Embraer E190 sets a world performance record
Yesterday USA Today's Ben Mutzabaugh wrote a brief article in his Today in the Sky Blog about the final flight of the McCain-Palin campaign plane chartered from JetBlue. The plane is an Embraer E190 like the one in the photo at right -- except t...
Qantas Airbus A380 innaugural commercial flight arrives at Los Angeles
Aviation history was made today as Qantas became the first airline to operate a commercial passenger flight on the Airbus A380 between Australia and the US West Coast. The new A380 'superjumbo' aircraft, operating as Qantas Flight QF 93 landed on R...
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 number VH-OQA) will become the Qantas flagship.Th...
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 A380 took place on August 1, 2008. Now, just week...
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, "the world's largest, long-range, twin-engine jetline...
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 A380, the world's largest passenger aircraft.Singa...
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 its type to have carbon brakes, rather than the old...
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 Airport: "The four-engine bird appeared magically ...
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, concluded that a blade in the aircraft's number 3...
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 newest aircraft is Air France's 25th B777-300ER, th...
