Japan airline company Japan Airlines is getting ready to launch new subsidiary company that will specialize in low-cost transportation on wide-bodied airplanes on medium and long-haul directions. The base airport for the new carrier will be Narita (Tokyo). At present moment launching the low-cost company is planned on July 2018 but the company will probably be able to make flights only in the summer of…
Boeing Corporation and Turkish Technic Inc – division of Turkish Airlines that is responsible maintenance of the airplanes have announced about signing agreement within the service program Boeing Global Fleet Care. Turkish Technic became strategic partner of Boeing at the line maintenance, O/H and parts maintenance. Boeing and Turkish Technic will also cooperate in the area of technicians’ certification area from all over the world….
Boeing was allowed to use folding wings in passenger airplanes. Previously such construction was used only in military aviation. The Federal Aviation Administration of USA (FAA) has approved application of the folding wing construction in passenger airplanes Boeing 777X. Previously folding wings have never been serially installed on civil airplanes; they are used on war planes of naval aviation. Wings will fold only in the…
From autumn 2019 on the airplane of US Navy sea-based aviation updated software of automatic rendezvous and landing approach will be installed. The system has name Magic Carpet. Improved software will allow landing on the flattop airplanes with damaged airframe or failed sensors and also will simplify work of the pilots in bad weather conditions: for example, during ground swell or restricted visibility, informs Aviation…
Ten years ago, on May 19th 2008 first flight of the first test airplane Sukhoi Superjet-100 took place. The airplane has climbed up to 1200 meters height, has made 4 circles over air-strip and then successfully landed. Serial production of the airplane Sukhoi Superjet-100 began in 2011. It is first Russian made passenger airplane constructed with use of digital technologies. The airplane is for airlines…
Second airplane MC-21 has taken off the fly ground of Irkutsk aviation plant on May 12th, 2018. MC-21 is the project of short- and medium-haul jet passenger narrow-body airplanes. This airplane may fly on six thousands kilometers distance and is created as replacement for airplanes TU-154 and TU-204/214 and to foreign airplanes Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and other. Two modifications of the airplane have been…
Ukraine and Turkey began realization of common project for creating military-transport aircraft AN-188. The project itself began 4-5 years ago but new step was made 2 years ago. Namely Turkey has initiated this project. So-called road map was signed. Decision to make next step in the project was made during International Airshow Eurasia-2018 where Ukraine brought only model-board. The project of military-transport airplane involves introduction…
On the board of Boeing 737-700 were 76 passengers. None of the passengers got hurt but airplane was withdrawn out of the traffic. Passengers were provided with another airplane.
Airplane “Toy story” common project of China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Disney Resort companies took first flight from Shanghai to Beijing on April 28th, 2018. The body of the aircraft is decorated with images of main heroes from popular cartoon and the cabin is designed in specific cartoon range of colors and style. Carrier began collaboration with Shanghai Disney Resort back in 2016. Since then…
Aegean Airlines operates A321-200 version of the airplane on long-haul routes.