Airbus A330 News

CHINA Eastern Airlines is launching a direct flight between Shanghai and Lhasa in the Tibet Autonomous Region, in July, becoming the first local carrier to operate the route.

A Lufthansa Cityline Canadair CRJ-700, registration D-ACPB performing flight LH-1363 from Katowice to Frankfurt/Main with 63 passengers and 4 crew, was climbing out of Katowice when the crew needed to shut the right hand engine down and returned the aircraft to Katowice for a safe landing about 25 minutes after departure.

Qantas has finished a $20 million makeover of 15 of its 265-seat Boeing 767 jets, which are used on routes such as Perth to Brisbane and weekend flights to Melbourne and Sydney.

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Hundreds of people were at Nadi Airport to welcome the arrival of the second Fiji Airways A330 named Namuka-I-Lau. While welcoming the new aircraft Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama said the new fleet of A330 is a key in bringing millions of visitors to our shores in the coming years.

Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft, according to a press release on Wednesday.

The new A330's have replaced three Airbus A300 freighters that the airline has phased out of the fleet to make way for the new state-of-the-art aircraft.

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Virgin Atlantic announced the increase in capacity of more than a third after it confirmed it would use a Boeing 747 plane for its 2014 programme.

U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines will watch the wave of orders for the latest Airbus and Boeing planes roll on by and wait for the jets to prove themselves before ordering any, its chief executive told Reuters on Wednesday.

Gulf airline Oman Air has ordered three Airbus A330-300 wide-bodied jets that it plans to operate on long-haul routes, Toulouse, France-based Airbus said Wednesday.

Britain's Rolls-Royce has won a contract to supply engines to power 23 Airbus aircraft ordered by U.S. leasing company CIT Aerospace, it said on Wednesday.

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has plans to recruit more than 50 pilots from its partner airline, airberlin.

A "loyal" South African Air Force officer stands to lose her entire pension and service benefits - eight months before her scheduled retirement - after being named as one of the two key people in the Guptagate scandal.

The Jet Airways Airbus A330-200 that brought the Gupta family members and guests to the Waterkloof Air Force Base is seen moments before taking off.Picture: Phill Magakoe President Jacob Zuma has tacitly defended the landing of the Gupta chartered jet by bizarrely insisting that the Waterkloof Air Force Base is not a national key point.

Chromalloy will receive $150,000 from Florida's Quick Action Closing Fund to expand and improve its investment foundry, Chromalloy Castings, in Tampa.

A Brussels Airlines Airbus A330-200, registration OO-SFY performing flight SN-465 from Entebbe to Brussels , was climbing out of Entebbe about 20 minutes into the flight when the right hand engine emitted a series of bangs and streaks of flames prompting the crew to shut the engine down and return to Entebbe for a safe landing about 40 minutes ... (more)

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.