Egyptair has begun operating the first of three Airbus A340-200s, alongside an existing A340-300 leased from Gulf Air. The 260-seat Airbuses were ordered in 1995, along with three General Electric GE90-powered Boeing 777s, to supplement its long-haul fleet and replace the airline's fleet of Airbus A300B4s and Boeing 767-200s.
Source: Flight International
Spanish firefighters have extinguished a blaze which destroyed a dormant Airbus A330 parked at Ciudad Real airport. The Ciudad Real fire and rescue service, SCIS, states that the aircraft “was being scrapped”. It says that it cordoned off the affected area while firefighting and emergency personnel from Ciudad Real, as ...
On back-to-back days, executives from two major US airlines described how a major safety scare and the related weeks-long grounding of all Boeing 737 Max 9 jets undermined both companies’ otherwise strong first-quarter performances.
Moroccan flag-carrier Royal Air Maroc has reinforced an engine maintenance partnership with French aerospace firm Safran, extending the capabilities of its Casablanca facility.
