Cathay Pacific Airways has become the second airline to operate the A350-1000, the world’s newest long-range widebody airliner. The airline took delivery of the aircraft at a special event in Toulouse, France.
An Emirates Airbus A380-800, performing flight from London Gatwick to Dubai, was climbing out of Gatwick’s runway 26L when the aircraft was seen not retracting the landing gear.
An Eastern Australia de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Qantas crew decided to return to Sydney reporting the aircraft had sustained a lightning strike.
Gazpromneft-Aero (GPNA), the aviation fuel division of Russia’s Gazprom Neft, has signed new long-term agreements with Air China, Hong Kong Airlines and Air France KLM for the refuelling of their aircraft at Moscow’s airports.