Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has delivered the 400th A320 Family aircraft from its Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in Tianjin, China. The A320neo was delivered to national flag carrier Air China, based in Beijing. Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF latest generation engines, the aircraft features a comfortable two-class cabin layout with 158 seats: 8 business and 150 economy. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus has delivered its 100th aircraft from the company’s U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile, Alabama. The A320neo, serial number (MSN) 8580, was delivered to Frontier Airlines. The aircraft features two horses, Meadow & West, on its tailplane. Airbus’ Mobile facility is delivering four A320 Family aircraft per month and has delivered to eight U.S.-based customers […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A VietjetAir Airbus A320-200, performing flight VJ-198 from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi (Vietnam), was climbing out of Ho Chi Minh City when the crew stopped the climb at about 11,000 feet due to a problem with the fuel system and decided to return to Ho Chi Minh City. Passengers were instructed to assume […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Vueling Airbus A320-200, registration EC-MKM performing flight VY-6470 from Rome Fiumicino to Lampedusa (Italy), was on approach to Lampedusa’s runway 08 when the aircraft received a bird strike. The crew continued for a safe landing. A passenger booked onto the return flight reported the aircraft was being inspected, the flight was delayed, no information […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A United Airbus A320-200, performing flight from Fort Myers to Newark (USA), engine shut down in flight. Aircraft was climbing out of Ft. Myers’ runway when the left hand engine (V2527) emitted a loud bang and streaks of flame prompting the crew to stop the climb at about 13500 feet, shut the engine down and return […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute CAE announced last week the expansion of its pilot training capacity in Japan with the inauguration of its first Airbus A320 full-flight simulator (FFS) deployed at JAL – CAE Flight Training (JCFT), the joint venture between CAE and Japan Airlines, in Tokyo. The CAE-built Airbus A320FFS will support the pilot training needs of Japanese airlines […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute In its latest Global Services Forecast, Airbus predicts that a total of 540,000 new pilots will be needed over the next two decades. To help meet this demand, it is launching the Airbus Pilot Cadet Training Programme to include ab initio training. The programme is being launched in partnership with Escuela de Aviacion Mexico, located near […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Allegiant Airbus A320-200, registration N252NV performing flight G4-1304 from Cincinnati, KY to Punta Gorda, FL (USA) with 155 passengers and 6 crew, was enroute at FL380 about 70nm north of Gainesville,FL (USA) when one of the pilots suffered seizures and was incapacitated. The other pilot decided to divert the aircraft to Gainesville for a […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG has approved the order of up to 16 additional aircraft. The list price of the aircraft is approximately 2.1 billion euros. Delivery is scheduled to take place in stages until 2022. The investment plan for the 2018 fiscal year remains unchanged. The order includes two Boeing 777-300ER long-haul […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Wizz Air UK Limited, headquartered at London Luton airport, has announced being granted an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and Operating Licence (OL) by the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority. Wizz Air UK began operations on 3rd May with its first flight from London to Bucharest. In the statement the airline highlighted that Wizz Air UK is […]