Airbus rolled out their first flight ready A350 from their paint shop in Toulouse, France today. The beautiful A350 XWB aircraft (MSN001) will now be handed to engineers to perform ground testing in preparation for her maiden flight this summer. The stunning Airbus livery includes the letters XWB in prominent display. This refers to the [...]

Following stunning victories over Spanish opposition German football teams Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have both made it to the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium on May 25th 2013. Ryanair has responded quickly and has just announced extra flights to help cope with the massive numbers of German fans hoping to make the trip [...]

Boeing is reported to be very close to approving a re-vamp of its hugely popular 777 long haul aircraft. The modified aircraft, expected to be called the 777X, will go wing to wing with the A350-1000 from rival Airbus. British Airways, a long term 777 customer, has just announced an order for 18 of the [...]

It is looking increasingly likely that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is nearing the end of its three-month long grounding order. The FAA have just announced the approval of Boeing’s proposed design changes to the aircraft’s lithium-ion batteries. With the approval order, Boeing will have the authority to begin retrofitting the aircraft with the new battery [...]

Over the weekend a Lion Air Boeing 737 crashed just short of the runway in Bali.  At the time we covered the event just after it happened. Lion Air 737 crashes into the sea in Bali This was a brand new Aircraft delivered last month direct from Boeing in Seattle. Here at planefinder.net we have [...]

A Lion Air Boeing 737-800 carrying 101 passengers and 7 crew has crash landed in the sea short of the runway at Denpasar, Bali in Indonesia. The aircraft fuselage has fractured in the shallow water. Passengers are being evacuated via the emergency chutes. Early reports indicate that there have been no fatalities. Lion Air Flight [...]

We are delighted to announce the release of a completely new version of our Plane Finder app for Android. It’s taken us a while but we hope you agree that it has been worth the wait! For existing users this is a free update. New users can take advantage of a limited time sale price [...]

Boeing have filed a flight plan for a 787 test flight today. The new Dreamliner, tail number SP-LRC, (line number 86) will undergo a functional check flight departing Boeing’s Everett plant, Seattle today. This flight is not a certification flight for the new battery system. These flights are expected to commence in the coming days. Plane [...]

German airline Lufthansa AG today announced that it will order 102 Airbus planes plus a further 6 Boeing 777s for its Swiss subsidiary. In a move designed to modernise the airline’s fleet and improve fuel efficiency the planned order will comprise of 100, Airbus A320s and A321s, 2 Airbus A380s and 6 Boeing 777-300ERs. The [...]

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has today approved Boeing’s certification plan for a redesigned battery system on the 787 Dreamliner. Two aircraft will soon be running test flights with a modified battery system designed to prevent a recurrence of the fires that have grounded the aircraft. A press release from Boeing stated that “Successful [...]