China Southern Airlines has ordered four Rolls-Royce Trent 700-powered Airbus A330-200s with deliveries due to begin in 2005. The A330s are the first that Airbus has sold in China.
Five LATAM Airlines Group Boeing 777-300ERs will be coated with Lufthansa Technik’s Aeroshark drag-reducing film – the first carrier in the Americas and the third in the world to use this technology in order to save fuel and reduce emissions.
The US Federal Aviation Administration has completed a review of safety at United Airlines following several incidents that attracted unwanted attention of the flying public as well as the aviation regulator.