Lufthansa launches A380 service to Beijing

01.09.2010 - Lufthansa’s third Airbus A380 entered scheduled service today, just one week after being delivered to the airline. It flew from Frankfurt to Beijing, the second route served by the new aircraft in Lufthansa service. mehr

Frankfurt Airport expands cargo hub

31.08.2010 - Frankfurt Airport is offering an additional 27 hectares of development land at CargoCity South. Fraport AG - the owner and manager of FRA - has issued a worldwide "Call for Expression of Interest" inviting the logistics industry to specify its locational and space requirements. mehr

Lufthansa and Germanwings plan extensive cooperation

31.08.2010 - Closer cooperation between Lufthansa and Germanwings and a comprehensive package of measures will provide additional travel benefits for the customers of both airlines. mehr

German Airbus A350 XWB Production commences

31.08.2010 - Airbus has commenced production of the latest Airbus product, the A350 XWB, in Germany. The green light was jointly given at the company’s production plant in Stade by Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders, Executive Vice President Operations and Chairman of the Board of Management Airbus Germany Gerald Weber, and Parliamentary State Secretary and German government aerospace coordinator Peter Hintze. mehr

Air Berlin avoids pilot strike

31.08.2010 - Management teams at Air Berlin and LTU have reached a successful framework agreement with VC, the pilots’ union, with regard to the working conditions for cockpit personnel. mehr

FLUG REVUE September 2010

Farnborough brought a lot of premieres and many orders, possibly signalling the end of the recession for the civil aviation industry. We have the details plus more on the 787 Dreamliner. A big story covers the expansion of Los Angeles airport, while we also were in the field to see fighter bombers face of with air defence assets over Germany. mehr

First Flight Gallery 2010

We have listed all the first flights of the year, with photos and the original news releases of the manufacturers. -- Hier finden Sie alle Erstflüge des Jahres mit Fotos und Informationen der Hersteller. mehr

AeroVironment Global Observer

Aero Vironment (AV) announced that the first aircraft developed under the Global Observer Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program successfully completed its first flight.  mehr

FLUG REVUE August 2010

Our August 2010 issue features an extensive report from the ILA show in Berlinas well as feature stories on a wide variety of subjects like TAM (Brazils largest airline) and Yak-130 (Russias newest jet trainer). We also have an overview of the biggest low-cost carriers worldwide and detail the Hayabusa probe, which has brought back dust from an asteroid to Earth. mehr

Boeing F-15SE Silent Eagle

The Boeing Company Silent Eagle flight demonstrator aircraft F-15E1 completed a successful first flight on July 8 from Lambert St. Louis International Airport. mehr