Photo by mattdocampo FlightGlobal reports that Qantas Airways has cancelled orders for 15 787-9s and deferred the deliveries of 15 787-8s in a bid to reduce capital expenditure. This is the first major cancellation for the delayed[..] Read More >>
Monthly Archives: June 2009
AF447 Locator Signals Picked Up *UPDATED
French naval vessels have picked up a weak signal from AF447's locator beacons a few minutes ago, Le Monde reported. A mini-submarine has been dispatched to try and find the flight data recorders. UPDATE: As of 6/25, it was revealed that the[..] Read More >>
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Spotted: A350 Final Design complete with Landing Gear
Our friend FlightBlogger has spotted probably the first photo of the new Airbus A350 final design with landing gear extracted. For me, it looks like 737 winglets and a 787 nose fitted to an A330 fuselage. Airbus built A350 to counter out[..] Read More >>
SriLankan takes delivery of an A320
Airbus A320, msn 2564, in Deccan/ Kingfisher Red livery seen at BOM. Photo copyright Yash Rajgor UPDATE: SriLankan has taken delivery of only ONE new A320 and they have omitted the registration 4R-ABI since the letter 'I' causes confusion with[..] Read More >>
SriLankan cancels planned AUH – LHR service
Photo copyright Federico Villadei/Airliners.net SriLankan Airlines ( UL ) was planning to launch a thrice weekly CMB-AUH-LHR-AUH-CMB route for the past few months, to start from July. However, now the airline has cancelled the route. The reason[..] Read More >>
Hot Hot Grab it soon ! AirAsia introductory CMB – KL fares only Rs.1800 !
An AirAsia Boeing 737-300, 9M-AAH, at Colombo on a ferry flight to KL. Note that AirAsia does not use this type anymore and instead user brand new Airbus A320s Now this is a great deal ! AirAsia will be offering Rs.1800 ( around 160USD ) one-way[..] Read More >>
AirAsia to start Colombo flights on 15th Aug
AirAsia has now uploaded their Colombo flight schedule. The schedule is as follows. AK255 0615 KUL 0715 CMB D 320 AK256 0815 CMB 1430 KUL D 320 The return airfare is just $59[..] Read More >>
Breaking : Air France A330 missing UPDATED
Breaking : An Air France A330-200, AF447, carrying 228 pax from Rio De Janeiro (RIO) to Paris (CDG) is missing from the radar screen. It is not clear in which FIR this incident occured. The flight was due to arrive at 1115. This is the first fatal[..] Read More >>
Yemenia Flight Crashes in Comores *UPDATED
7O-ADJ, the crashed aircraft, at Johannesburg in 2005. Photo by Sean Mowatt/Airliners.net A Yemenia flight crashed in the sea off Comores Islands ( an Indian ocean archipelago ) today morning. Details are sketchy at the moment. But the flight[..] Read More >>