Yemenia Airlines has signed an MoU for 12 Airbus A320s at the Dubai Airshow. Yemenia’s fleet currently includes two A330-200s and three A310s, as well as four Boeing 737-800s.
Indonesian carrier Wings Air, which is a subsidiary of Lion Air, signed a purchase contract on November 16 at the Dubai Airshow for 15 ATR 72-500s and options on 15 ATR 72-600s. Wings Air had signed an MoU for 10 ATR 72-500s with 10 options in November 2008, so the new contract represents an increase
Local Cessna Citation distributor Aeromil Pacific has brought a Citation Sovereign business jet to Australia for demonstration flights as part of a wider regional tour. The aircraft came into Bankstown on November 15 from Indonesia after stops in Japan, the Philippines, Vietnam and Singapore, before heading on to Orange and Adelaide the next day. Cessna
Ethiopian Airlines signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 12 Airbus A350-900s at the Dubai Airshow. The airline says it plans to operate the aircraft from its hub in Addis Ababa, linking Africa with Europe, the US and Asia.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has approved both Airbus A330-200 and -300 models for ETOPS (Extended-Range Operations for two-engined aircraft) “beyond 180 minutes”. The new capability will be available as a customer-selectable option which extends the diversion distance potentially up to 1700 nm. This distance corresponds to a maximum ETOPS diversion time for the
The BAE Systems Mantis UAV completed its first flight at the Woomera range in South Australia recently, BAE announced on November 13. The Mantis is a large medium altitude long endurance (MALE) UAV with twin pusher turboprop engines mounted on rear fuselage sponsons, and was displayed in mockup form at the 2009 Avalon Airshow. BAE
