Just within six months after their first order on the airplanes Embraer E-190 of E2 generation, airline company Congo Airways placed firm order for two more airplanes E-195-E2 – informs Embraer press service. Total value of the transaction for four airplanes made 272 million USD at current catalogue prices. Desire Bantu, the CEO of Congo Airways: “We see an opportunity in our market and the…
According to statistics, airplane is the safest transport. However, many people still have fear to fly. Some people are afraid due to lack of knowledge, other are just afraid of the height, closed spaces and loss of control. Some people are scared by messages about air crashes. However most of those who are afraid to fly can calm themselves with the fact that there are…
European aviation corporation Airbus delivered to customers 566 airplanes in 2020 that is approximately by 34,5% less than in 2019 (863 airplanes) – informs press service of the company. “Airbus SE delivered 566 commercial airplanes to 87 customers in 2020 in line with the production adaptation plan set out in April 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic”, – the company’s message says. In order…
International Air Transport Association (IATA) specialists developed program that consists of steps that will allow opening borders and resume work of aviation. They foresee introduction of various measures on the ground and in the air that reduce coronavirus spreading. It is supposed that airports, airline companies and authorities should join the program, avianews.com informs. On the ground is necessary to introduce testing for coronavirus, to…
The safest have been declared Australian, New Zealand and Qatar carriers. Rating of the safest airline companies for the second year in a row headed Australian air carrier Qantas. In top-3 also are Air New Zealand and Qatar Airways. Annual rating was compiled by AirlineRatings that analyzes work of air carriers. Even more Australian Qantas was considered the most experienced airline company in the industry…
On January 1st 2021 Boeing delivered three cargo wide-body airplanes Boeing 777F to airline company Qatar Airways. These are the biggest in the world 2-engine airplanes for cargo transportation. At a time, such airplane may transport 102 tons of cargo on the distance of 9200 kilometers. For Boeing that encountered suspension of production of passenger airplanes Boeing 737 MAX it is the biggest delivery in…
Irish low-cost airline company Ryanair placed order for 75 airplanes Boeing 737 MAX. It was declared on common press conference of Ryanair and Boeing, Simple Flying informs. Edition marks that 2020 was not the best year for Boeing 737 MAX – only five such airplanes of this model were ordered: two for Polish airline company Enter Air and three more for unidentified buyer. Airline companies…
American company Boeing intends to hire 160 pilots in the framework of the program of returning into service airplanes Boeing 737 MAX. Hired pilots will work as instructors or supervisors of the pilots of other airline companies during 35 days. Applicants should have not less than one thousand hours of instruction experience and must have license for aircraft operation of Boeing 737 model. Salary of…
Airbus A320 engineering and start of its serial production in 1987 became answer for huge success of American model Boeing 737 that was launched to the market 20 years earlier. Despite such delay European aviation company managed to win quite quickly approximately half of the world market of medium-haul airplanes. In 2001 Airbus for the first time received more orders on all types of its’…
State participation in Airbus is modeled down to blocking shareholding. Today 74% of shares of the European Corporation Airbus SE are in free circulation on the exchange and these share (current price: about 90 euro) may acquire any investor even the smallest one. France, Germany and Spain for the last two decades have consistently reduced state participation in Airbus capital and now they hold only…