Shenzhen Airlines to purchase 10 A320s

Chinese carrier Shenzhen Airlines is to purchase 10 Airbus A320s, delivery of which is to begin in two years’ time.

The agreement comes four months…

Airbus works to introduce lighter A350 structure with -800

Any weight savings found as Airbus evolves the A350′s structural design could be incorporated when the -800 variant arrives, around a year after the service…

MiG men join the fray over AirVenture

Visitors to EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2010 saw two Soviet-bloc MiG-21 jet fighters in the skies over Wisconsin this week. The supersonic jets, once the pride of the Soviet air force, became symbols of changing times as the Cold War sighed to a halt.

A Resurrection for the "Wright brother" of South Korea

He’s the Wright brother of South Korea some might say; or you could say he’s the Paul P. of the Korean peninsula.

Russia aims high with all-new MS-21 single-aisle

Russia’s next generation airliner, the MS-21, made a high-profile debut at the Farnborough air show with a partial cabin mock-up displayed and more details…

PICTURE: Colombia receives new CN-235 maritime patrol aircraft

Airbus Military has delivered a third CN-235 MPA to the Colombian navy, 20 years after its previous examples …

Scratchin’ out a new design

In today’s world of kit build-this and quick build-that, it is ever rarer to see an all-original, scratchbuilt airplane, once a common site at Oshkosh and other fly-ins around the country. One of those rare one of a kind scratchbuilt creations is here at EAA AirVenture 2010, parked by the Brown Arch, Chris Christiansen’s one of a kind Savor.

Seventy-five years of Flying Fortresses

It’s been 75 years, that’s three quarters of a century, since the prototype of the Flying Fortress series took to the skies for the first time over Seattle, Washington. For so many reasons, the B-17 Flying Fortress became an American icon.

NetJets taps Aircell in largest-ever order for bizjet Internet

Fractional ownership operator NetJets plans to equip more than 250 of its midsize and large-cabin aircraft with Aircell’s high-speed Internet system, in…

VASO takes back Rossiya An-148 to refine performance

Russia’s first serial production Antonov An-148 is to be transferred back to airframer VASO in Voronezh to undergo modification in a bid to improve the type’s…