Onboard Delta’s A350 Inaugural Flight – Full Review (+Photos)

A full review on Delta's inaugural Airbus A350 flight from Detroit to Tokyo, including comments, analysis, and numerous photos/multimedia. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Boeing Announces Partnership With Embraer

America's Boeing and Brazil's Embraer have finally come through with a much-expected collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will combine efforts to catch up to lost ground against its competitors. Both manufacturers will enter into a joint venture that will see the commercial aircraft and services business of Embraer, aligning with Boeing's commercial development, production, marketing and lifecycle services operations. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

The World’s Shortest International Jet Flight? Aruba Airlines Launches 8-minute Flight To Punto Fijo

Aruban flag carrier, Aruba Airlines, launched what could arguably be labeled as the world’s shortest commercial flight by jet plane. The airline, in partnership with the Venezuelan government, inaugurated its Aruba (AUA)-Punto Fijo (LSP) route on its Bombardier CRJ-200LR yesterday. The two airports are separated by a short 50 miles. However, the two countries are separated by 15 miles (24 km). Currently, the world’s shortest commercial flight is Loganair’s Westray to Papa Westray, scheduled to… (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Airbus To Unveil New CSeries Identity On July 10

Airbus will unveil the new identity of the Bombardier CSeries jets on July 10 at its headquarters in Toulouse, France. The European manufacturer has announced this morning that it is “proud to reveal the latest member of its Single-Aisle aircraft family.” Airbus also announced that the plane will land in Toulouse with an all-new livery. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Airbus Mulls A321XLR Ahead Of Boeing’s 797 Launch

Sources from Reuters are reporting that Airbus is looking at further bumping up the range of its A321 program as the latest effort in trying to pre-empt a potential new mid-market jet (NMA) being studied vigorously by Boeing. This new version, dubbed the A321XLR (Xtra-Long Range), will involve even more of an additional revamp to the A321LR (Long-Range) aircraft, which recently claimed a long-distance record for the testing of single-aisle jets. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Exclusive Interview: Lufthansa Explains Its New Livery, Why Dropped Yellow

In February, Germany’s flag carrier, Lufthansa (LH), unveiled to the world a striking, all-new livery that created some commotion in the aviation enthusiast world. Lufthansa has been one of commercial aviation’s most iconic brands, encompassed in the symbol of a flying crane. This livery was created 100 years ago. But in February, the airline revealed its new image— the first significant revision since 1989. In an exclusive interview, Lufthansa’s marketing chief Alexander Schlaubitz and designer… (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Ryanair Calls For Banning Morning Alcohol Sales At Airports

Ryanair has called for a pre-10 am alcohol ban after a group of holidaymakers forced one of their flights to divert into Paris-Beauvais while en route from Dublin to Ibiza over the weekend. Up to 20 travelers were involved in the disturbance and resulted in three passengers being removed from the flight and detained by French police. “This flight from Dublin to Ibiza diverted to Paris Beauvais after three passengers became disruptive inflight,” explained Ryanair’s Robin Kiely. “The aircraft… (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

June Means Record For Airbus: 100 orders, 80 deliveries (+List/Photos)

Over the course of last week, Airbus unveiled its report of orders and deliveries for the month of June 2018. The manufacturer had a busy month with orders logged for 100 planes, split almost equally between its A350XWB/A330 widebody aircraft and single-aisle A320 family. Airbus also had 80 deliveries to 41 different customers across all its product lines, with 67 planes belonging to the A320 family aircraft of which 41 were neo versions. With these numbers, Airbus has recorded an all-time… (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

Airbus Might Leave The United Kingdom Ahead Of BREXIT

Airbus has published a risk assessment today regarding the current political climate in the United Kingdom with BREXIT. The risk assessment states that the UK exiting the EU next year, without a deal, would lead to severe disruption and interruption of the production of wings in the Airbus UK facilities. Airbus said that they might have to reconsider their investments in the UK, as well as its long-term footprint in the country. The manufacturer said that BREXIT is severely undermining all of… (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...

A Delivery Flight Like No Other – First Airbus A350-1000 for Qatar Airways (+Photos)

During the delivery event in Toulouse on February 20, Airways was granted access to be part of the delivery flight of the world’s first Airbus A350-1000 from Toulouse (TLS) to Doha (DOH), to launch customer Qatar Airways (QR). Here's a detailed review of the airline's newest Business Class product, the QSuite, and the special service onboard this unique delivery flight. (airwaysmag.com) Plus d'info...