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Drukair selects LEAP engines for five Airbus aircraft

Drukair, the national flag carrier of Bhutan, has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engines to power five new Airbus A320neo-family aircraft, comprising three A320neos and two A321XLRs. The airline announced the aircraft order in 2024. “We are pleased to strengthen our partnership with CFM through this purchase of LEAP-1A engines,” said Tandi Wangchuk, CEO of Drukair. […]

AviTraderAviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
  • neutral toward Airbus · 99%

Frontier Airlines pilots requested medical team at the gate in Philadelphia after suspected overdose

PHILADELPHIA — A Frontier Airlines flight arriving from Florida was met by emergency medical personnel at Philadelphia International Airport on Monday afternoon following an onboard medical crisis involving a suspected passenger overdose. Frontier Airlines Flight 2538, operating an Airbus A321neo (registration N648FR), was on final approach into Philadelphia after departing Tampa International Airport when crew […]

AAIRLIVE•AIRLIVE contibutors15 Sept
  • neutral toward Frontier Airlines · 99%

Etihad unveils next evolution of guest experience and new A330neo cabins

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, has launched its Beyond Borders product and experience, bringing its ambition to life through the next evolution of the Etihad guest journey. Making its world debut at Arabian Travel Market, Etihad’s new Airbus A330 cabin provides a major showcase of Beyond Borders, with all-new First, Business and Economy interiors and a signature design language that will progressively extend across the airline’s growing fleet and premium spaces. Alongside the A330, Etihad is showcasing how the Beyond Borders look and feel will extend to the A321LR across First, Business and Economy, creating greater consistency across the Etihad journey.

Breaking Travel NewsBreaking Travel News15 Sept

Wizx Air adds further five routes from Pristina

Wizz Air is continuing to significantly expand its operations from Pristina, with the low cost carrier scheduling five new routes for launch this December and its second based aircraft. The airline will introduce services to Berlin, Hahn, Hamburg, Malmo and Trieste, further strengthening its position at Pristina Airport just weeks after announcing the new base in the city, complemented by the introduction of three routes. Flights between Pristina and Berlin will commence on December 14 and operate three times per week. Services to Hahn will launch on the same day and run four times weekly. The following day, December 15, Wizz Air will introduce four weekly flights to Hamburg and three weekly rotations to Malmo. Finally, the carrier will commence a two weekly service to Trieste on December 19. The latter will temporarily pause between January 10 and March 19, before resuming for the remainder of the season. The five new routes will add a further sixteen weekly departures from Pristina at the peak of the winter schedule. They come on top of Wizz Air’s previously announced major expansion in Pristina  which includes the establishment of a base with a 239-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft from November. As part of that expansion, the airline is launching new services to Basel, Baden Baden and Charleroi, while increasing frequencies to Dortmund. With the latest additions, Wizz Air is set to grow its Pristina network to fourteen destinations. Alongside the newly announced services and those launching in November, the airline maintains flights from the city to London Luton, Bratislava, Milan Malpensa, Rome Fiumicino, Memmingen and Dortmund. Wizz Air has been rapidly increasing its presence in Pristina amid changes in the competitive landscape at the airport. During the first half of 2026, the airline operated approximately 1.400 flights and handled more than 304.000 passengers on its Pristina services. The carrier previously said its base opening would make it the largest scheduled airline at the airport. EX-YU Aviation News

EAEX-YU Aviation News•EX-YU Aviation (noreply@blogger.com)15 Sept

Linfox Takes Delivery of Australia’s First Airbus H160

Melbourne-based logistics and supply chain group Linfox Group (Linfox) has taken delivery of Australia’s first Airbus H160 helicopter, marking a milestone for next-generation rotorcraft in the region. The delivery makes Linfox the first Australian operator to place the twin-engine H160 into service. The aircraft will support the group’s business and corporate aviation operations, connecting its […]

AviTraderAviTrader•Heike Tamm15 Sept
  • favorable toward Airbus · 78%

Airbus sees no softening in demand despite geopolitical headwinds

HONG KONG: Airbus has not seen any softening in aircraft demand ‌or deliveries due to geopolitical or supply chain headwinds, its Asia-Pacific president said on Tuesday. "We continue to see strong demand," Airbus Asia-Pacific President Anand Stanley said during a briefing in Hong Kong on its 2026-2045 market forecast ⁠focused on the Asia-Pacific region. "Not only that, we continue to see a strong readiness to take deliveries and a strong uptick in deliveries across the board, and ‌this is not just in Asia-Pacific, but we also see that we are continuing to do our deliveries ‌in the Middle East," he said. Airbus forecasts about ‌42,000 new aircraft will be required globally over the ‌next 20 years, ‌and about 45% of those will be delivered to the fast-growing Asia-Pacific region. Francois Cabaret, Airbus' head ‌of global market forecast, said at the event ⁠that Chinese airlines face a huge catch-up in renewing their fleets. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese airlines were taking about 400 ⁠deliveries a ⁠year, but the collective number from Airbus, Boeing and Chinese planemaker COMAC had since fallen to less than half of ⁠that, Cabaret said. Airbus data shows China, its single largest market for commercial jets, will need 8,830 new passenger aircraft over the next 20 years, India will need 3,480, and the rest of Asia-Pacific will require ‌6,880. The forecast also highlighted diverging growth within Asia. India remains the world's fastest-growing air travel market, with Airbus raising its domestic traffic growth forecast to 9.3% from 8.9%, while cutting China's to 4.7% from 5.4%.

MBMobile Business•Reuters15 Sept
  • neutral toward Airbus · 94%

Countdown to A350F first flight: Preparing for the sky

For the team preparing the Airbus A350 Freighter (A350F), the upcoming first flight is the result of five years of detailed planning, component and demonstrator testing. As they progress from the ‘Virtual First Flight’ milestone to the real thing, we sit down with Laurent Bussiere, Lead Flight Test Engineer for the A350F programme – who […] The post Countdown to A350F first flight: Preparing for the sky first appeared on PLANEtalking .

PLANEtalkingPLANEtalking•Flight Crew15 Sept