Bombardier continues to divest itself from once core products, CSeries of course went to Airbus (now the A220 line), the Dash 8 line (Q400) went to Longview Aviation Captial, and now Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is in negotiations to acquire the CRJ program.
This diverted here last night due to a medical. The passenger was more worried about her jeans that were in the overhead bin than anything else, so presumably she is fine this morning.
New flight sim looks great. I used to play the hell outa these, going back to V2.
Wow...graphics have improved a hair since the first versions. That's incredible. Kinda makes me want to go to ME and buy all the flight controllers they have an totally nerd out on this.
So are they changing the colors of the US Air Force, or are they just painting the Air Force's VIP transport planes in national colors and not Air Force colors?
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Paris Air Show going on right now, Airbus has been cleaning up on new orders but a 200 bird 737 MAX order was just announced by IAG (International Airlines Group). They had also announced an order of 14 Airbus 321XLR birds.
The company that owns Air Transat has agreed to be taken over by Air Canada for $13 a share.
The two companies announced in May they had entered negotiations toward a possible deal, and gave themselves 30 days to hammer out the details.
That period expired on Wednesday, and on Thursday morning they announced a deal that would see Air Canada buy Transat A.T. Inc. for $13 per share, which values the company at $520 million.
Air Canada flight from Vancouver to Sydney (AUS) hit some clear air turbulence near Hawaii, with 37 injured. Just another reminder to always wear your seatbelt no matter how smooth the flight seems.
Anyone know why Korean Air 9234 came out of Calgary today? Boeing 747-8 flew over my house this morning. I'm far enough south that the planes don't make much noise but I think this one woke me up so I had to check what it was.