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This is what the ATL-100 is going to look like.
Desaer ATL-100

New turboprop aircraft to enter service in 2026

The new Brazilian aircraft manufacturer is getting help from Portugal. In six years, Desaer wants to hand over the first ATL-100 turboprop aircraft to customers.
07.10.20 - 06:38
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin
Der letzte neue Airbus A380: Wenn man in das Foto des Jets mit der Seriennummer MSN 272 ...
Roll out

Here comes the final Airbus A380

The engines are still missing, but fuselage, wings and landing gear are assembled: Airbus has rolled out the very last A380. It bears a special decoration.
25.09.20 - 07:35
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin
Pilatus PC-12 NGX: 20 customers are already flying the aircraft.
Deliveries

Pandemic has little effect on Pilatus PC-12 NGX

Pilatus has already delivered over 20 aircraft of the new version of the PC-12 to customers. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, not all customers are currently able to take delivery of their PC-12 NGX.
21.09.20 - 06:34
Robert Erenstein
Robert Erenstein
Airbus A330 von Swiss (Archivbild): Ein Crewmitglied könnte erkrankt sein.

Swiss parks seven aircraft in Jordan

The Lufthansa subsidiary will not need some jets for a long period of time. It therefore sent five Airbus A320s and two A330s down south. Swiss chose Jordan for aircraft storage.
04.05.20 - 10:42
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin
Flugzeugbau in São José dos Campos: Embraers technisches Know-how ist begehrt.

What the breakup means for Embraer

The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer must build and sell its passenger planes without the planned partner Boeing. What is the next step for Embraer?
04.05.20 - 14:44
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Boeing 737 Max 7: The manufacturer is missing a smaller model.

The aftermath of the broken deal for Boeing

Boeing had little choice but to cancel the Embraer acquisition. Nevertheless, the strategic consequences for the US aircraft manufacturer are devastating.
28.04.20 - 10:18
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Embraer E195-E2

Embraer hits back hard at Boeing

Boeing blames Embraer for the failed the joint venture. The Brazilians won't accept this and hit back with full force.
25.04.20 - 18:55
Laura Frommberg
Laura Frommberg
Embraer will stay Brazilian

Boeing kills Embraer-Deal

The Americans have cancelled the takeover contract for the civil division of the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer.
25.04.20 - 18:33
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin
Auch innen wurde der A321 völlig umgestaltet.

German Air Force wants to take two of Lufthansa's A321

The German airline currently has no need for new aircraft. Two Airbus A321 Neo ordered by Lufthansa could go to the Bundeswehr.
24.04.20 - 13:19
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Pegasus Airlines Airbus A321 Neo: The airline received jets with the new method.

Airbus adapts delivery procedures

Social distancing at contract signing: The aircraft manufacturer currently relies on digitalization when handing over aircraft - and offers other unusual solutions.
23.04.20 - 18:40
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
China is once again working on its giant hydroplane

China is once again working on its giant hydroplane

After the testing was interrupted, the Avic AG600 is back in the air. A timely launch of the gigantic flying boat is important for China.
16.04.20 - 09:58
Felix Stoffels
Felix Stoffels
Boeing 737 Max: Many cancellations.

150 Boeing Max orders cancelled in March

It was a lousy March for the American aircraft manufacturer. Customers ordered 31 planes from Boeing. But at the same time there were mass cancellations.
15.04.20 - 09:57
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin
Chinese ATR competitor is taking shape

Chinese ATR competitor is taking shape

With the Xian MA700, China is developing a regional aircraft with a turboprop engine. A prototype now appears to be nearing completion for the first time.
13.04.20 - 12:25
Felix Stoffels
Felix Stoffels
Airbus A350 at a presentation in Chile: Latam receives less aircraft.

Latam and Kuwait airways cut back on A350 orders

Airbus received cancellations for several models in March. Thanks to new orders, the aircraft manufacturer was nevertheless able to end the month with a plus.
09.04.20 - 11:08
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Airbus A220-300: Airbus will das Programm vorantreiben.

Will the Airbus A220 replace the 737 Max?

Boeing continues to lose customers of the 737 Max. Meanwhile, Airbus is stepping up its A220 programme. A study does not see this as a coincidence. Is there anything to that?
06.04.20 - 10:18
Felix Stoffels
Felix Stoffels
Colibri Aero Bags: 84 kg of freight can be carried per seat; 75kg on the seat and 9kg beneath.

Special bags turn Airbus A320 into cargo aircraft

A Lithuanian company accelerated the approval of a modification kit. The bags filled with freight can be placed on seats of Airbus A320 instead of passengers.
02.04.20 - 17:01
Felix Stoffels
Felix Stoffels
Der Airbus A350-900 mit der Seriennummer MSN 416.

First A350 for the German government sports it’s livery

The German government is to receive three Airbus A350s. In Hamburg, the first of them has now been spotted in the colours of the Air Force.
23.03.20 - 10:10
Felix Stoffels
Felix Stoffels
The nose section of an Airbus A380 rolls through a small town in the south of France.

Last Airbus A380 convoy reaches Toulouse

This week marked the last time all parts of an Airbus A380 took on the long journey from all over Europe to Toulouse.
27.02.20 - 20:21
Laura Frommberg
Laura Frommberg
Flughafen Tozeur–Nefta in Tunesien: Rechts zu sehen sind die beiden Boeing 747.

Saddam Hussein's Jumbo Jets likely to be scrapped for parts

Since 1991, two Iraqi jumbo jets have been parked at an airport in Tunisia. One was a plane belonging to the dictator. Now the two Boeing 747s are to be scrapped.
13.02.20 - 11:46
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Lufthansa has 15 A350 in its fleet already.

How many Airbus A350 is Lufthansa still getting?

After orders for two A350 disappeared in January, there was some confusion about changes in the Airbus order book. Now the airlines clears that up.
12.02.20 - 13:13
Timo Nowack
Timo Nowack
Douglas Dc-3 of Varig when it still stood near Rio's international airport.

Scrapping of a historic DC-3 causes outrage

In Rio de Janeiro, a Douglas DC-3 of the defunct national airline Varig stood as a monument. Now it was scrapped - for financial reasons.
08.02.20 - 12:44
Stefan Eiselin
Stefan Eiselin

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