New York: Airbus expects to maintain A380 superjumbo deliveries at 25-27 aircraft in 2012, unchanged from this year, as production edges up to three planes a month, sales chief John Leahy said. Airbus delivered 19 of the world's largest airliner, which has a list price of $375 million per plane, in the first 10 months of 2011. "This year we're in that range, 25 to 27 (in terms of deliveries),"...
04:24 AM, Dec 01, 2011
Hyderabad: The world's largest airplane Airbus A380 made an emergency landing at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on Sunday, an airport official said. The Emirates flight, with 481 passengers on board, was on its way from Bangkok to Dubai. "The aircraft landed with 481 passengers safely at 3.40 am," an airport spokesman told IANS. The pilot cited a technical snag in the aircraft as the reason for making the emergency landing...
11:22 AM, Oct 23, 2011
Mumbai: Go Airlines (India) Ltd said on Thursday it will add six new flights across three new routes from October 8 and will induct three Airbus A320 aircraft between October and April next year. The addition of new routes across Kolkata, Ranchi and Port Blair will increase GoAir's network to 21 destinations across India, with 588 weekly flights, the privately held firm said in a statement. The Indian airline is...
02:33 PM, Sep 29, 2011
Mumbai: A Nagpur-bound Air India flight, which took off from Mumbai on Sunday evening, landed back at the city airport within two hours. "Flight AI 623, an Airbus 320, took off from Mumbai at 2028 hours and returned at 2213 hours," a Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson said. "The reasons (for the aircraft's return) are not immediately known. This is not a case of emergency landing," the spokesperson said...
07:28 AM, Sep 05, 2011
Mumbai: The main runway of the Mumbai airport continued to remain closed on Sunday as a team of engineers failed to tow away Turkish Airways' Airbus 340 aircraft stuck in the mud. The main runway of one of India's busiest airports on Sunday remained shut for the third day in a row. Mumbai airport authorities claim that while the pathway to tow away this Turkish Airlines aircraft is ready, they...
11:12 PM, Sep 04, 2011
Mumbai: A massive salvage operation is currently on at Mumbai Airport. More than 100 people are working round the clock to dislodge this Turkish Airlines' Airbus 340 aircraft that has been stuck in mud just off the main runway since it skid off the rapid exit taxiway on early Friday morning. But the aircraft hasn't moved an inch since. What's taking so long? The nose wheel and main landing gear...
09:07 PM, Sep 03, 2011
Mumbai: The main runway of the Mumbai International Airport will remain closed till 2 am on Saturday, following the accident on Friday morning when a Turkish plane skidded off while landing. The runway was supposed to be reopened for traffic by 8 pm on Friday, but towing away of the aircraft is taking longer than expected, authorities said. A Turkish Airlines plane - TK 970, from Istanbul with 104 passengers...
12:46 AM, Sep 03, 2011
Kochi: A Gulf Air flight from Bahrain overshot the runway at Kochi airport on Monday. 137 passengers were on board, seven have been injured and the others are safe. Airbus 320 Gulf Air was coming from Bahrain to Kochi. It overshot the runway while it was landing at the airport around 3:55 am on Monday. Airport operations were affected and the authorities said that operations have partially started after they...
07:09 AM, Aug 29, 2011
New Delhi: Boeing's answer to Airbus A 380, the brand new Dreamliner 787 finally lands in Japan on a test flight after a delay of three years. The same aircraft is expected to keep its date with Delhi on July 13. The Dreamliner is touted as a super fuel-efficient airplane that can carry upto 290 passengers and fly 15,750 kilometers at a stretch. Air India will receive its first in...
07:08 AM, Jul 06, 2011
Le Bourget: Budget carrier IndiGo could confirm an historic $16 billion order for 180 Airbus aircraft at the Paris Air Show on Wednesday, industry sources said. The deal was provisionally announced in January but has been mired in further negotiations before it could be signed and go into the Airbus order book in a boost for parent EADS. The deal is seen as the largest commercial jet order by number...
09:12 PM, Jun 21, 2011
Le Bourget: European jet maker Airbus SAS took in orders and commitments for 142 aircraft worth $15 billion at list prices on the first day of the Paris Air Show, the company said on Monday. Of note were firm orders for 90 of its A320neo, a version of the workhorse jet that's been revamped to make it more fuel efficient. GE Capital Aviation Services and Sweden's SAS AB in combination...
09:24 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Chicago: Boeing Co Chief Executive James McNerney's compensation was valued at $19.7 million in 2010, up 1.5 per cent from the previous year, as Boeing saw a rebound in commercial airplane orders, Boeing said in its proxy filing on Friday. The figure includes McNerney's salary, bonuses, stock and options award and changes to his pension. McNerney's annual bonus amounted to $4.4 million. Boeing and other aerospace companies are recovering from...
08:37 AM, Mar 19, 2011
New Delhi: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) is understood to have questioned government's reasoning to order 111 planes for Air India for almost Rs 50,000 crore in 2006 and also why the MRO facility, which is part of the offset clause, is yet to come up. In an interim report, the CAG is learnt to have questioned the need for procurement of such a large number of aircraft and...
12:11 PM, Jan 30, 2011
Paris: France-based airplane manufacturer Airbus has said it delivered a record number of 15 jets, worth more than $1.5 billion, to its corporate clients in 2010. The company said the deliveries were both for customers and operators in Aisa, Europe and the Middle East, including private users and government clients, Xinhua reported. The sales list included A318 Elites, Airbus Corporate Jetliners (ACJs) and A320 Prestiges, the company said in a...
07:51 AM, Jan 28, 2011
CAT results The much-awaited results for the Common Admission Test (CAT) have been announced on Wednesday. The Indian Institutes of Management along with the US-based Prometric India, conducted the test online for the second time in 2010. This year the test window was extended to a 20 day period from the 10 day window of 2009. Airbus In the biggest aircraft purchase in commercial aviation history, low-cost airline IndiGo will...
12:07 PM, Jan 12, 2011
New Delhi: In the biggest aircraft purchase in commercial aviation history, low-cost airline IndiGo will be buying 180 A320 aircraft from Airbus. At a cost of $15.6 billion, IndiGo will also be buying 150 of upgraded neo versions. Airbus has said that this is the biggest single large jetliner order in commercial aviation history. The provisional order includes 30 classic A320s - Airbus' best-selling model which carries 150 people on...
06:48 AM, Jan 12, 2011
Singapore: Qantas Airways suspended flights of its Airbus A380s on Thursday after one of the aircraft was forced to land in Singapore with engine trouble, one of the most serious incidents for the world's largest passenger plane in its three years of commercial flight. The Airbus A380, which had originated in London and was carrying 459 people, suffered trouble with one of its four engines shortly after it had left...
02:45 PM, Nov 04, 2010
Moments before A-380's historic landing at the IGI airport, a stray dog was found wandering on the tarmac. ...
08:49 PM, Jul 15, 2010
The 517-seater A-380 made history when it became the first international airline to dock at the brand new Terminal 3. ...
04:20 PM, Jul 15, 2010
A Libyan plane carrying 104 people crashed Wednesday on approach to Tripoli's airport. ...
11:24 PM, May 12, 2010
