Turn Them Into Bean Tins, Says Emirates

Turn Them Into Bean Tins, Says Emirates

Luftfahrtwelt, Nachricht

Ten Boeing 777-9s are sitting in Everett with nobody to fly them, and the man who ordered them has just suggested a use. Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, told The Telegraph at Farnborough on Monday that his airline will not be taking the first batch of...
The Biggest Order of the Day Had No Aircraft

The Biggest Order of the Day Had No Aircraft

Luftfahrtwelt, Nachricht

Airshow order announcements are usually about aeroplanes. One of the largest deals of Farnborough’s opening day involved no aircraft at all. BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based lessor, signed for as many as 300 CFM LEAP engines — up to 200 LEAP-1A and 100 LEAP-1B....
The Drone Was Already Down

The Drone Was Already Down

Militärische Luftfahrt, Nachricht

The drone had already been shot down. That is the detail that makes this loss different from the others. On Saturday, in northern Iraq, a US service member was killed during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance recovered from a downed Iranian one-way attack...
Harare to Gatwick, Fourteen Years Later

Harare to Gatwick, Fourteen Years Later

Luftfahrtwelt, Nachricht

In December 2011, an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 landed at London Gatwick and did not leave. It was impounded over unpaid debts, and with it went the last direct air link between Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom — a route the airline had flown since April 1980. On...