For the first time in 13 years, since Jet Airways' A330 planes exited the airline's fleet in around 2010, an Indian wide-body aircraft will have a Rolls-Royce-powered engine, with Air India ordering 40 Airbus A350 planes. On Tuesday, Air India announced its mega aircraft order for 470 aircraft, including A350 planes. The A350 aircraft, which will come in two variants, are powered solely by Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines and the local team has begun work to assist Air India with its aircraft-induction plans.
The safety warning was issued before the arrival of Australia's Transport Safety Bureau's preliminary report which is looking into the engine failure of Qantas flight QF32 last month.
No-frill carrier Kingfisher Airlines on Monday signed a contract for buying five Airbus A 340-500 long-haul aircraft and an option to acquire five more, with plans to operate direct flights to the US.
Jet Airways has announced the induction of the state-of-the-art Airbus A330-200 aircraft into its fleet. \n
The maiden flight, which is part of a comprehensive flight-test programme leading to its certification and delivery in mid-2014, was for over five hours with a Boeing spokesperson saying here that it was successful.
The Bengaluru skies dazzled with somersaults and stunts by metal birds.
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