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| Stunning footage has emerged of the Boeing 777X operating its validation flight in Le Bourget ahead of the Paris Air Show (
#PAS23
), starting on Monday.
Read more at AviationSource!
Video Credit: Firas Baghdadi
#ParisAirShow2023
#Boeing
#B777X
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#VIDEO
| Last night, two Volaris aircraft nearly collided with each other at Benito Juarez Mexico City International Airport.
Read our report at AviationSource!
Video credit: Unconfirmed at time of post.
#Volaris
#MexicoCity
#NearMiss
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
#INCIDENT
| A Washington-bound United Airlines flight has been heavily delayed due to the APU causing significant smoke on the ground at London Heathrow.
Read more at AviationSource!
Video Credit: AirLive.
#UnitedAirlines
#Heathrow
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We begin to start sharing the amazing aviation content that the community has to offer...
Here, we start off with incredible footage of this TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330 landing at Madeira Airport.
Where is your favorite airport to spot? Let us know!
Video Credit:…
#DAS23
| Boeing making a strong start to proceedings on Day 1 of the Dubai Air Show. Here is the recap of orders so far:
Emirates:
- 55 777-9Xs from 2025.
- 35 777-8Xs from 2030.
- 15 787-10s.
- 20 787-8s.
flydubai:
- 30 787-9 Dreamliners.
SunExpress:
- Up to 90 737 MAXs - 45…
#INCIDENT
| Photos have emerged of a TUI UK Boeing 787 Dreamliner being involved in a door mishap at Birmingham Airport.
Read more at AviationSource!
Photo Credit: Unknown (Sourced from WhatsApp Groups).
#TUI
#Boeing
#B787
#Birmingham
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
#NEWS
| It has emerged that Monarch Airlines, which went bankrupt in 2017, has got a new website, hinting that they may be coming back to the skies of the UK!
Read more at AviationSource!
#Monarch
#AvGeek
#INCIDENT
| Yesterday, a Lufthansa Airbus A321 burst a number of tyres in Ibiza, Spain, which closed the temporary closure of the airport. Let's take a closer look at this.
Read more at AviationSource!
Photos sourced from
@fl360aero
&
@VadeAviones
.…
#BREAKING
#DAS23
| Boeing has just announced another order! This time it is with Ethiopian Airlines for up to 67 aircraft options which is as follows:
Firm order is for 20 737 MAX 8s and 11 787-9s, with options for an additional 15 737 MAX 8s and 21 787-9s!…
#NEWS
| It is understood that the British Airways Boeing 747 in the special BOAC retro livery is set to be scrapped due to a lack of funding for pending visitor access.
Read more at AviationSource!
#BritishAirways
#Boeing
#B747
#BOAC
#AvGeek
#PAS23
| And that is the Media Tour of the Boeing 737-10 all wrapped up. Here are four photos for you to look at before our full photo story is released tomorrow at 6pm UK time!
Read more at AviationSource!
#ParisAirShow
#Boeing
#B737MAX
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Today marked the return of British Airways to Australia as a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner made the journey from London Heathrow to Sydney Kingsford Smith.
Read more at AviationSource!
#BritishAirways
#Sydney
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Australian flag carrier Qantas has taken a significant drop in its ranking, falling from 5th to 17th place in the world airline rankings at Skytrax in 2023.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Qantas
#Skytrax2023
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Boeing has released details of its proposed Paris Air Show exhibits, which will include the 777-9 and 737-10 commercial aircraft.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Boeing
#ParisAirShow
#AvGeek
#PAS23
| We have just concluded our tour onboard the Boeing 777X. Here are four shots to get you guys excited for our photo story being released tomorrow at 5pm UK time!
Read more at AviationSource!
#ParisAirShow
#Boeing
#B777X
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
#NEWS
| Earlier today, a Russian Rossiya - Special Detachment Flight Ilyushin IL-96 was spotted in Berlin, Germany.
Read more at AviationSource!
Photos by AviationSource on-scene photographer Emil Bree!
#Russia
#Ilyushin
#IL96
#Berlin
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Via their released information from this week, Airbus delivered a grand total of 63 aircraft in May 2023, as production continues to ramp up.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Airbus
#May
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Austrian Airlines has announced it will increase its 787-9 Dreamliner fleet to 10 aircraft by 2028, with the first due to land in Vienna at the start of 2024 as the carrier focuses on its future Economic and Environmental impacts!
#DEVELOPING
| Based on reports over the last 24 hours, it appears that Paris-based Air France is now having problems with another aircraft type in its fleet: The Airbus A220.
Read more at AviationSource!
#AirFrance
#Airbus
#A220
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| This week it has been revealed that South Korean carrier, Hi Air, is set to operate Kitakyushu charters from the end of May 2023.
Read more at AviationSource!
#HiAir
#Korea
#Japan
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Fiji Airways will add the Australian national capital of Canberra to its list of international destinations with A350 services from July 2023.
Read more at AviationSource!
#FijiAirways
#Nadi
#Canberra
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Air Canada has successfully inaugurated two strategic European non-stop routes from its Montreal global hub to Toulouse and Copenhagen.
Read more at AviationSource!
#AirCanada
#Toulouse
#Copenhagen
#AvGeek
#PAS23
| The first day at the 54th Paris Air Show in 2023 U.S. manufacturer Boeing is off to a quiet start, a busy week ahead?
Read more at AviationSource!
#Boeing
#AvGeek
#HISTORY
| It has been five years since the final commercial British Airways Boeing 767 flight. AviationSource writer Thomas Saunders was onboard that final flight all those years ago.
Read more at AviationSource!
#BritishAirways
#Boeing
#B767
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
#DAS23
| As expected, Emirates has just placed an order for Boeing aircraft, consisting of the following:
- 55 777-9Xs from 2025.
- 35 777-8Xs from 2030.
- 15 787-10s.
- 20 787-8s.
This order is valued at around $52bn at list prices.
…
#NEWS
| Singapore Airlines has announced the appointment of its first female Chief Financial Officer. JoAnn Tan will assume the CFO role in September.
Read more at AviationSource!
#SingaporeAirlines
#AvGeek
#EXCLUSIVE
#FEATURE
| Today (October 31) marks the end of an era as the UK subsidiary of TUI says farewell to the Boeing 767 from their commercial operations, with the aircraft heading out tomorrow for storage.
AviationSource was at Manchester today to watch G-OBYF, one of the…
#NEWS
| Ethiopian Airlines is celebrating 50 years of China services. The first flight from Addis Ababa to Shanghai took place on February 21 1973.
Read more at AviationSource!
#EthiopianAirlines
#Shanghai
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Vancouver Airport in Canada continues to push itself on the upward post-pandemic trend as movement statistics improve week-on-week.
Read more at AviationSource!
#VancouverAirport
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| At the IATA Annual General Meeting in Istanbul, Turkish Airlines confirmed that its 600 aircraft order has been delayed by two months.
Read more at AviationSource!
#TurkishAirlines
#IATA
#Istanbul
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| This week has seen TAP Air Portugal launch direct flights between Porto and Luanda, which is the carrier's second service to Angola.
Read more at AviationSource!
#TAPAirPortugal
#Porto
#Luanda
#AvGeek
#INCIDENT
| In a rather bizarre turn of events, an "authorised occupant" in the cockpit of Horizon Air flight AS2059 between Paine Field and San Francisco tried to turn the engines off in-flight, causing a diversion to Portland.
Read more at AviationSource!…
#RECAP
| Northern Pacific Airways has revealed its livery to members of the press at an event held at San Bernardino Airport, California earlier today!
Read our overall analysis at AviationSource:
#NorthernPacific
#NextEra22
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| The NTSB has today confirmed via a letter that Boeing security footage from the 737 MAX production line had been overwritten.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Boeing
#B737MAX
#NTSB
#AvGeek
#UPDATE
| More photos are coming through from Leeds Bradford Airport, courtesy of
@FlightEmergency
on X from an anonymous source, detailing how deep the mud is caused by the runway incursion earlier today.
Read more at AviationSource!
#TUI
#Leeds
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#ACCIDENT
| A TUI Airways Boeing 737 from Corfu has been seriously damaged after veering off the runway whilst landing at Leeds Bradford this afternoon.
📸Fiona Marr via Facebook
Read more at AviationSource!
#TUI
#BY1597
#Leeds
#Corfu
#AvGeek
#PAS23
| Quiet morning so far orders-wise, but here are a couple of photos of the aircraft on display, being:
+
@RiyadhAir
's Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
+
@qatarairways
Airbus A319
+
@BoeingAirplanes
737 MAX
+ French Air Force A330 MRTT
Continue to follow our coverage on our live…
#BREAKING
#NEWS
| In the last half hour, Air India has released photos of its first Airbus A350 rolling out of the paint shop in Toulouse with the full reinventive branding.
Read more at AviationSource!
#AirIndia
#Airbus
#A350
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Hanoi in Vietnam is becoming more popular as Qatar Airways plans to add more flights over the course of this Summer and in the Winter too.
Read more at AviationSource!
#QatarAirways
#Hanoi
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Taiwan-based China Airlines plans to introduce a leased Airbus A350-900 aircraft this year, further strengthening its long-haul fleet.
Read more at AviationSource!
#ChinaAirlines
#Airbus
#A350
#AvGeek
#DAS23
| And that is a wrap on Day 2 for today! Recap articles will be published between 2pm-4pm UK time today outlining today's chain of events, but for now, here's a list of the orders that have come from today!:
Airbus:
- 10 A350-900s for EgyptAir.
Boeing:
- 7 737 MAX 8s for…
#NEWS
| The Lufthansa Group is aiming to capture a 40% stake of newly formed Italian airline ITA, as the proposal is underway.
Read more at AviationSource:
#ITAAirways
#Lufthansa
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| After a 3-year absence, Qantas returns to New York today, with flight QF3, a 787 Dreamliner, operating via Auckland.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Qantas
#NewYork
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Qantas has taken delivery of its 13th Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Registered VH-ZNM, the new arrival has been named 'Mateship'.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Qantas
#Boeing787
#Dreamliner
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Global Airlines CEO James Asquith has posted a 1970s-style poster advertising their plans to launch services between London and New York with their Airbus A380s.
Read more at AviationSource!
#GlobalAirlines
#London
#NewYork
#A380
#AvGeek
#PAS23
| Day 2 at the 54th Paris Air Show 2023 sees Boeing making their start to the week with orders for their Boeing 787s and Boeing 737 MAXs.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Boeing
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| After a three year hiatus, Lufthansa's Airbus A380 has returned to service with the first commercial flight from Munich to Boston on June 1.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Lufthansa
#Airbus
#A380
#AvGeek
#DAS23
| Staggering statistic from Emirates here following a busy airshow for the carrier:
"Including orders announced on Monday, Emirates has committed a total of US$ 58 billion for 110 additional aircraft at this year’s airshow, positioning the airline for future growth."…
#ANALYSIS
| "Big plane, big plans" - IndiGo has taken delivery of a widebody Boeing 777 at Delhi Airport over the weekend. We take a look at what may be next for the airline.
Read more at AviationSource!
#IndiGo
#GoIndiGo
#Boeing777
#Delhi
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| TAP Air Portugal has celebrated 4 years of San Francisco services, enabling passengers to reach the 'Golden City' in under 12 hours.
Read more at AviationSource!
#TAPAirPortugal
#SanFrancisco
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Etihad Airways is significantly enhancing its flight frequency between Abu Dhabi and Rome, expanding from seven to 11 weekly flights.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Etihad
#EtihadAirways
#Rome
#NEWS
| Spirit Airlines has celebrated 30 years of service in Orlando. Marking the occasion, the airline has introduced its award-winning self-bag drop system at MCO.
Read more at AviationSource!
#SpiritAirlines
#Orlando
#AvGeek
On the Boeing 777-9 at the Dubai Airshow, the Air India tail has been added to the list of customers of the aircraft type on the paint scheme of the jet. The customers of the 777X are as follows:
- Air India
- All Nippon Airways
- British Airways
-…
#NEWS
| Last week, it has been revealed that MIAT Mongolian Airlines will be operating its Boeing 767 on its Tokyo services during Q3 2023.
Read more at AviationSource!
#MIATMongolian
#Japan
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| The Lufthansa Group has announced that it has acquired four additional pre-owned Airbus A350-900 long-haul aircraft for its fleet.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Lufthansa
#Airbus
#A350
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| According to data from Cirium, transatlantic flights have achieved 99% of pre-pandemic levels, a major boost for that area of the sector.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Transatlantic
#AvGeek
#Flights
Air India has also firmed up on its order for 250 Airbus aircraft as well!
The aircraft order includes 140 A320neo and 70 A321neo single-aisle aircraft as well as 34 A350-1000 and six A350-900 wide-body jets. The airline had signed a Letter of Intent to acquire these aircraft…
#PAS23
#DEVELOPING
| Airbus sales chief Christian Scherer has said that "Business is back with a vengeance" and that the Paris Air Show "will be proof of that".
Read more at AviationSource!
#Airbus
#ParisAirShow
#AvGeek
#EMERGENCY
| Earlier this morning in the U.S, a Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Denver due to it's engine cowling detaching on departure.
Read more at AviationSource!
#SouthwestAirlines
#Denver
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
| An Air France Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registered as F-HRBA, has been involved in two emergencies in 24 hours, resulting in returns to Paris CDG.
Read more at AviationSource!
#AirFrance
#Boeing
#B787
#AvGeek
#Paris
#NEWS
| South Korean low-cost long haul carrier Air Premia has returned to Oslo for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in 2019.
Read more at AviationSource!
#AirPremia
#Oslo
#AvGeek
#ANALYSIS
| Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has released its 2023 Sustainability Report, outlining its roadmap for advancing sustainable practices in the aerospace industry.
Read more at AviationSource!
#Boeing
#aerospace
#aviation
#sustainability
#NEWS
| THAI Airways has recorded impressive Q1 2023 results with total revenue of US $1.2 billion - a year-on-year revenue increase of 271%.
Read more at AviationSource!
#THAIAirways
#Thailand
#AvGeek
#NEWS
| Pacific Air Cargo was tasked with providing emergency charter flights with its B747-400 freighters to support relief efforts in Guam after Typhoon Mawar.
Read more at AviationSource!
#PacificAirCargo
#Guam
#TyphoonMawar
#AvGeek
#BREAKING
| In the last few moments,
@RiyadhAir
has unveiled its branding on its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, in a stunning perspective from the jet.
Owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Riyadh Air earlier this year disclosed that it will purchase 39 787-9s,…
#EXCLUSIVE
| In case you missed it,
@DjsAviation
broke an exclusive inside look into the woeful customer service provided to him by Qantas, before he even gets on board his flights!
Read more at AviationSource!
#Qantas
#AvGeek