Tag: Airbus A350-900

Japan Airlines to introduce 42 new aircraft from Airbus and Boeing

Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced today, following its board of directors meeting, the decision to introduce a total of 21 Airbus A350-900 aircraft from Airbus, along with 11 A321neo aircraft, and 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft from The Boeing Company, as part of its fleet renewal plan. On internation...

Turkish Airlines places order for ten additional Airbus A350-900

Türkiye’s national flag carrier, Turkish Airlines, has announced a new order for 10 additional A350-900 aircraft, taking its total for the type to 40. This latest agreement is in addition to one announced in August for four A350-900s. Turkish Airlines already operates a fleet of 14 A350-900s. ...

Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-84 reaches 10 million engine flying hours

Rolls-Royce announced today that the Trent XWB-84, which powers the Airbus A350-900, has now accumulated more than 10 million engine flying hours, achieving another impressive milestone for the engine programme. Following its entry into service in 2015, the Trent XWB-84 has reached this landmark ...

Fiji Airways set to welcome visitors from the US from 2nd December

Fiji Airways set to welcome visitors from the US from 2nd December

Fiji Airways, Fiji's national airline, has announced that flights to the South Pacific paradise will officially resume for fully vaccinated international travellers from 1st December 2021, with the first commercial flight from the United States to Fiji since March 2020 scheduled to depart ...

New sustainable aviation fuel emissions study launched on widebody aircraft

By Edward Robertson The first ever in-flight emissions study using 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on a widebody commercial passenger aircraft has been launched. Airbus has joined forces with German research centre DLR, Rolls Royce and SAF producer Neste in the Emission and Climate Impact...

Lufthansa will soon depart on its longest passenger flight with polar explorers on board

Lufthansa will be departing on the longest passenger flight in the history of its company, marking one of the most unique flights the airline has ever carried out. On behalf of the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, the Lufthansa Group's mo...

Singapore Airlines Raises Additional $750 Million From Secured Financing

Singapore Airlines Raises Additional $750 Million From Secured Financing

Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced today that the Company has successfully raised an additional $750 million through long term loans secured on some of its Airbus A350-900 and Boeing 787-10 aircraft. With the completion of these transactions, SIA has now raised a total of $1.65 billion from secur...

South African Airways New Airbus A350-900 Takes-Off From New York

South African Airways (SAA), a Skytrax 4-Star rated carrier, has introduced the most technology-advanced aircraft available for international ultra-long- haul travel with the launch of its new Airbus A350-900 on nonstop flights between New York John F. Kennedy International Airport to Johannesburg ...

South African Airways Operates First A350 Aircraft Commercially

JOHANNESBURG. 24 December 2019. South African Airways (SAA) has begun operating its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft for the first time commercially in the domestic market. The aircraft is one of four new Airbus A350-900 jets in SAA’s fleet, which is set to improve the airline’s customer offer...

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