Cessna has announced it has now delivered more than 30 Skycatcher light sport aircraft. Cessna has so far taken delivery of over 60 Skycatcher airframes from China’s Shenyang Aircraft Coporation at its reassembly site at Yingling Aviation in Wichita, Kansas, as the company plans to deliver 150 Skycatchers in 2011. “Our US reassembly facility is
Tiger Airways has announced a new Sydney to Sunshine Coast daily return service, on sale from today, with the airline offering a special introductory fare of $38.95 each way (not including the online booking charge), for travel between March 27 and October 29. Sunshine Coast Mayor Bob Abbot said that Tiger’s announcement was “a fantastic
Airbus delivered a company record 15 corporate jets in 2010, worth a total of US$ 1.5 billion at list prices. The aircraft deliveries included 13 A318 Elites, Airbus Corporate Jetliners (ACJs), and A320 Prestiges, plus another two VIP widebody A330/A340s. For the year Airbus booked a further eight corporate jet orders – seven aircraft from
Jetstar has announced a new fare agreement with the oneworld airline alliance. From February 1 this year, Jetstar operated flights sold under the Qantas codeshare will be saleable by oneworld carriers and travel agents globally as part of oneworld itineraries. Parent Qantas currently codeshares on almost every Jetstar flight, allowing the arrangement to cover most
TUI Travel PLC has become the 324ht Airbus customer, after placing an order for two A330-300 aircraft. Both aircraft will be operated by the European travel group’s French airline subsidiary, Corsairfly, on long haul routes from Paris to the French Caribbean islands, North America, and Indian Ocean destinations. TUI plans a two class configuration with
Gulfstream’s fifth and final Gulfstream G650 flight test aircraft took to the skies on January 24, conducting a test flight for 2 hours and 46 minutes. The G650 (S/N 6005) took off from the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport at 12:07 pm local time with experimental test pilots Bill Dobbs and Al Moros at the controls
