Seattle February 28 2012 – The first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental has been delivered to Qatar Amiri Flight today. The aircraft, tail number A7-HHE, left Paine Field in Everett Washington at midday PST and is probably going to Hamburg to be fitted out. We saw the aircraft here on Plane Finder… The 747-8 is the latest [...]

An Airbus A380 capable of carrying an extra six tonnes more than the current heaviest variant, will be offered to customers from next year, the company has announced. FlyAwaySimulation.com reports that the new version of the A380 will be able to handle a maximum take-off weight of 575 tonnes. Range will not be affected, and in [...]

Re-engineered planes from Embraer’s E-Jet line could be available from as early as 2016 – two years ahead of schedule. Speaking to FlightGlobal.com, Paolo Cesar de Sousa e Silva – the president of the Embraer Commercial Aviation – confirmed that the timing of a newly re-engineered fleet really depends on when the firm chooses a new [...]

More bad news from the airline industry as Air Australia entered receivership on February 17 2012. The Australian budget charter airline flew local Australian routes operating out of Brisbane and Melbourne and internationally to Bali, Phuket and Honolulu. As many as 4,000 passengers are currently stranded including in Phuket and Honolulu with Qantas and JetStar [...]

Aviation giant Boeing has shaken hands on its biggest deal to date, supplying 230 planes to a little known Indonesian airline. According to WBez.org, the deal with Lion Air, Indonesia’s largest private airline, costs an eye-watering $22.4 billion (£14.28bn). The majority of the planes will be from Boeing’s fuel-efficient 737 MAX range, with 201 units ordered. [...]

Boeing’s new mid-sized passenger offering, the 787 Dreamliner, has safely touched down in time for the Singapore Airshow. Breaking Travel News reports that the 787 is to take a break during the show, remaining on public view between February 14th and 17th after completing a mammoth non-stop trip just days earlier. Showing off the capabilities of [...]

Korean Air is celebrating the addition of freighter versions of Boeing’s 747-8 and 777 to its fleet, becoming the first airline in the world to harness the power of both beasts. Fuel consumption was a key issue for the aviation giant, who is expected to have paid around $280.1 million (£176m) for the 777 freighter, and $193.5 [...]

Sad news from Hungary that another airline has stopped flying. Malév, founded back in 1946, were based in Budapest, also home to Wizz Air. The Hungarian government withdrew funding on the 2nd February 2012 and the closure was announced this morning (3rd Feb 2012). The Malev website (http://www.malev.com/) has closed with just a holding message [...]