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…
Creation of consortium is first step to incorporation For beginning was chosen namely such “cautious” form of incorporation: consortium. It’s not company but as it is but just group of companies that keep their independence. Very unusual seamed the experiment that was started because German side was presented with joint venture of private companies Deutsche Airbus aimed for commercial success but French company is state-owned…
Manufacturer of medium-haul Airbuses A320 and giant airplane A380 is not just a company but industrial project that represents Europe union and successfully competes with USA. Just two companies divide today almost equally world market of civil airplanes. In 21st century people fly on medium and long distances either on Boeing airplanes of same-name American corporation or on Airbus airplanes manufactured by Airbus company. Airbus…
During pandemic many people missed travelling that became difficult to be made and actually impossible because of virus. And some people miss so much that are ready to reconstruct atmosphere of travel I own house. Tik Tok user Anissa Simao shared to her followers cheery invention of her father. He missed travelling so much and specially the flights that decided to turn his living room…
Chinese state corporation COMAC elaborates short-haul narrow-body airplane C919 since 2008. It is direct competitor of Boeing 737 Max and also of the European A320 and Russian MC-21. On December 4th Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) authorized beginning of certified tests C919. Authorization means that regulatory authority is satisfied with configuration, construction and airplane’s systems. COMAC intends to get Chinese certificate in 2021. In…
Though aviation crises according to the opinion of aviation experts may result in fleet replacement and increase in demand for passenger airplanes anyway will make life of aviation corporations very uneasy. In November Boeing delivered to customers just seven civil airplanes among which one passenger and among them there were no 787 Dreamliner one of the corporation’s flagman. This program as well as Boeing 737…