 | | Lufthansa debuts A380 on Beijing routeLufthansa's third Airbus A380 entered scheduled service this week, just a week after being delivered to the airline. |
 | | Manchester joins A380 destinations
Manchester has become the latest city to be served by the expanding Emirates A380 superjumbo fleet. |
 | | Dreamliner nightmare continues
Boeing has again pushed back the delivery date of its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner. |
 | | Cabin upgrades for Vietnam Boeings
Boeing is modernising the cabin interiors of four Vietnam Airlines 777-200ERs as part of a program to upgrade passenger comfort levels. |
 | | New planes, more capacity for Air NZ
Air New Zealand plans to increase capacity in 2011, particularly on domestic and trans-Tasman services, through the addition of new aircraft, configuration changes and increased utilisation. |
 | | First domestic wide-body aircraft for Virgin Blue
The Virgin Blue Group will introduce Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft for its domestic network for the first time as part of the second phase of its network review. |
 | | Emirates adds Hong Kong to A380 destinations
Emirates, the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A380, has named Hong Kong as the newest destination for the aircraft. |
 | | South American airlines to merge
Two of South America's biggest airlines, Chile'sLAN and Brazil's TAM, on Friday announced they planned to merge to create Latin America's largest carrier. |
 | | Thai signs for seven new aircraft
Thai Airways International has finalised the purchase agreement with Airbus for seven A330-300 aircraft, confirming a commitment announced at last month's Farnborough Air Show in England. |
 | | New wings for world's shortest air route
The world's shortest scheduled air route flown by an ATR aircraft is just 18 kilometres long. |
 | | Green light for inflight mobile phone use
Aussie air travellers will soon be able to 'tweet from their seat' after the communications watchdog gave the green light for mobiles to be used during flights, writes Angela Harper of AAP. |
 | | Jetstar to fly to Auckland from Melbourne, Cairns
Qantas' discount subsidiary Jetstar will expand its trans-Tasman operations to introduce new direct A320 services from Melbourne and Cairns to Auckland. |
 | | Garuda Indonesia orders six A330-200s
Garuda Indonesia has ordered six long range Airbus A330-200 aircraft. |
 | | Emirates places another giant order
The world's fastest growing global airline has just confirmed another massive order for new aircraft. |
 | | Boeing 787 makes first international flight
The Boeing 787 Dreamliner made its international debut, touching down at the Farnborough International Airshow that began Monday. |