China’s C919 passenger jet, which aspires to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo, is close to securing certification as the phase of test flights has been completed, aeronautical company COMAC has announced. According to a post by the Chinese aerospace company on social media, test flights with the six aircraft it used […]
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China: C919 close to securing certification
China’s C919 passenger jet, which aspires to compete with the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo, is close to securing certification as the phase of test flights has been completed, aeronautical company COMAC has announced. According to a post by the Chinese aerospace company on social media, test flights with the six aircraft it used […]
Azerbaijan: Forced landing of Korean aircraft with 225 on board
A Korean Air plane, which had departed from Istanbul bound for the city of Incheon, South Korea, made an emergency landing in the capital of Azerbaijan due to a failure in one of its engines, as the Korean airline announced today. The Airbus A330, carrying 215 passengers and a crew of 10, landed at Baku […]
A Russian Aeroflot aircraft has been detained in Sri Lanka
A Sri Lankan court has seized an Airbus A330 aircraft belonging to the Russian airline Aeroflot and barred it from leaving the country until at least June 16. The decision was made at the request of the Irish leasing company Celestial Aviation Trading Limited. The Aeroflot website reports that the flight from Colombo to Moscow […]