Strengthening partnership with CAE to advance safety and operational excellence Cathay has further reinforced its commitment to safety and operational excellence with the delivery and installation of a state-of-the-art Airbus A320neo full-flight simulator at the Cathay Flight Training Centre. This latest flight simulator was manufactured by CAE, a global leader in training and critical operations […]
Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Airbus’ 2025 Cargo Global Market Forecast (GMF) shows the worldwide fleet of dedicated freighter aircraft rising to 3,420 in the next 20 years, equivalent to a 45% increase. This will be made up of 815 existing freighters and 2,605 additional ones. Of these additional 2,605 freighters, 1,530 will be replacements […]
Air Canada’s network planning team has been eagerly anticipating the arrival into its fleet of the airline’s first Airbus A321XLR, which will bring with it opportunities to open new markets. For years, the team has been poring over data to determine the best way to deploy this game-changing aircraft. And now, with first delivery on […]
SWISS First Suite Plus Mockup A350 SWISS presented the new First and Business Class seats of its ‘SWISS Senses’ cabin concept at Zurich Airport. The new seats will come into service together with the company’s brand-new Airbus A350-900s from this fall onwards. SWISS Senses promises guests in all seating classes an even more personal and […]
Lufthansa Aviation Training and Airbus developed new software to enhance pilot trainings Brussels Airlines now uses Virtual Reality (VR) as an integral part of A320 type rating training for pilots. Lufthansa Aviation training and Airbus collaborated for two years to develop the new software, and Brussels Airlines is the launch customer within Lufthansa Group. After […]
Avolon, a leading global aviation finance company, has placed an order for 90 Airbus aircraft, comprising 15 A330neo and 75 A321neo. This incremental order brings Avolon’s total to 79 A330neos and 264 A321neos. Andy Cronin, Avolon CEO, commented, “This order demonstrates our strong confidence in the long-term demand for new aircraft. Our scale and balance […]
AEGEAN announces the addition of two (2) new Airbus A321neo XLR (Extra Long Range) aircraft with an even longer range of up to 10.5 hours, while accelerating the initiation of its flights to India, in March 2026. With this addition, the Airbus A320/A321 neo order stands at 60 aircraft, of which 36 have already been […]
Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the parent company of national carrier Malaysia Airlines, has exercised its purchase rights for 20 additional A330neo aircraft through a direct order with Airbus – reaffirming its commitment to a long-term strategy for fleet renewal and network development. With this latest acquisition, Malaysia Airlines is set to become one of the […]
Australia’s Qantas Airways is set to become the Asia-Pacific launch operator of the latest generation single aisle A321XLR following the delivery of its first aircraft from the Airbus assembly line in Finkenwerder, Hamburg. Reflecting the long range capability of the A321XLR, the aircraft is flying from the Airbus facility to Sydney with just one crew […]
Marking the successful completion of a re-fleeting programme involving Airbus A330F freighters operated on behalf of DHL Express as it bids farewell to its last A300F freighter Friday, June 27, 2025 Air Hong Kong (AHK), the first all-cargo freighter airline based in Hong Kong and a part of the Cathay Group, together with its key […]
