Airbus A300

Asia Bizz: Skymark Airline, the low cost Japanese carrier announced on February 8, 2012 that it would order six Airbus A330-300 planes, the delivery of which would begin from the year 2014. Skymark said that it has ordered more planes to fly international routes and also challenge its larger rivals. In a statement, the airline said that it plans to order A330-300 after choosing Airbus A380 and referred to the decision to buy A380 super jumbos and became the first Japanese airlines to do...Read Full Story

Japanese low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines said Wednesday it would order six Airbus A330-300 planes, for expected delivery from 2014, as it seeks to fly international routes and challenge its larger rivals. “We intend to order the A330-300 after having already chosen the Airbus A380,” said the airline in a statement, referring to its decision to buy the A380 superjumbos, making it the first Japanese airline to do so. “We are working on building up our network to offer customers a high...Read Full Story

Philippine budget carrier Cebu Pacific announced Tuesday it would next year launch long-haul flights to destinations beyond East Asia, targeting millions of Filipinos working abroad. The airline will lease eight Airbus A330-300 planes to commence long-haul flights, Cebu Pacific president Lance Gokongwei told reporters, with possible destinations including Saudi Arabia , Australia and Hawaii . Gokongwei said Cebu Pacific planned to charge fares 35 percent lower than its rivals, which would...Read Full Story

Aerosoft announces the release of the download version of the Simcheck Airbus A300B4-200 for FSX.  This release includes a detailed version of the first generation Airbus jetliner, back before glass cockpits, but with an advanced autopilot. Designing a state-of-the-art airbus simulation for FSX is a huge challenge – expertise and patience are required. With an advanced autopilot, the A300B4-200 series is a first generation Airbus with analog steam-gauges. Although some current...Read Full Story

HongKong Airline Hong Kong Airlines has become a new operator of Airbus single aisle aircraft, following the delivery of its first A320. The aircraft is the first of 30 A320s ordered by the airline and is powered by CFM International’s CFM 56 engines. Seating 152 passengers in two classes, the A320s will be operated across the carrier’s regional network, linking Hong Kong with destinations in mainland China, and North and South East Asia. Hong Kong Airlines has also taken delivery of its...Read Full Story

Damage to the fittings above passenger seats caused by the plunge of the Qantas flight. Photo: ATSB A wild ride mid-flight on a Qantas Airbus that left a third of passengers on board injured as they were tossed out of their seats has been traced to a computer programming glitch, air investigators have found. In the culmination of a three-year probe into the incident, which occurred at 37,000 feet in the dead of night over the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia on October 7...Read Full Story

A new generation of Airbus A330 Beluga Super Transporters? (Update1) : " At first glance, this looks like one of the five heavily modified Airbus A300-600 Beluga Super Transporter , right? Now look again. That is the unmistakable shape of an A330 wing and winglet. The photos, which appear on the Airbus website and photo gallery (page 15), illustrate an A330-300 heavily modified to a next generation Beluga Super Transporter. A quick back-of-the-napkin calculation places an A330 Beluga about...Read Full Story

The body of Nelson Marinho Filho, who died when Air France flight 447 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, has been buried in Rio – the first formal burial since a major salvage attempt was completed in June this year. The burial of Air France flight 447 victim Nelson Marinho Filho took place in Jardim da Saudade cemetery in the west of Rio, image recreation. Nelson Filho’s body is one of 104 recovered from the water in the operation, and is one of eighteen Brazilians to have...Read Full Story

All 228 people aboard the Airbus A330 jet were killed when the Rio de Janeiro-Paris flight plunged into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009 Air France Flight 447′s crew reacted badly to an autopilot shutdown and misread instruments including a gauge indicating how fast the plane was losing height as it plunged into the Atlantic, killing 228 people, a report says. “I’ve lost VSI,” the junior copilot said of the Airbus’s vertical-speed indicator, according to a recording detailed in the...Read Full Story

Air France A330 wreckage A new book has revealed the chilling last few minutes of confusion between the pilots of Air France 447 before it plunged into the Atlantic Ocean in 2009, with one of them exclaiming: “Damn it! We’re going to crash. It can’t be true!” His co-pilot replied: “But what’s happening?” Moments later, the audio ended. All 228 passengers and crew on board the Airbus A330-200 died in the crash. The book, Rio-Paris Crash: A Collection of Pilot Errors , written by...Read Full Story