Martin Needham

QUIZ: Airbus customers and operators

Airbus held onto its crown as the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer last year, but how well do you know the European aerospace giant's biggest customers?

FedEx Express McDonnell Douglas MD-11F News Premium

FAA halts FedEx DIRCM plans

The US FAA has halted FedEx Express' plans to protect its aircraft against heat-seaking missiles

Allegiant Boeing 737 MAX jets News Premium

Allegiant backs Boeing with blockbuster order

The Las Vegas-based ultra-low-cost carrier has gone all in with its first order for brand new jets

Inside one of the last remaining VFW-Fokker 614s

The VFW-Fokker 614 is famed for its misfortune. Woeful sales performance was followed by the jet being pulled from commercial service within a decade of its first flight. However, a sole example soldiers on, training next-generation engineers, as Martin Needham discovers here

Who's placed four 737 MAX orders in nine months?

Which company has placed FOUR separate Boeing 737 MAX orders since March? Find out here

Nautilus Aviation Eve eVTOL aircraft News Premium

Embraer scores big Australian eVTOL deals

Embraer’s urban air mobility off-shoot, Eve, has signed major deals with two of Australia’s smaller domestic carriers.

ITA Airways Airbus A220-100, A320neo and A330-900 News Premium

ITA firms up major Airbus order to overhaul fleet

The new Italian flag carrier has firmed up a huge Airbus order to overhaul its fleet of Alitalia hand-me-downs

Airbus A350 and Dassault Falcon 20 in formation Feature Premium

Explained: A350 and Falcon tailchases over the Med'

What have business jets and widebody airliners flying in close formation got to do with sustainability? Here's what...

Airbus delivers the highest-density A330 ever built

Airbus has handed over the first A330-900 to be configured with a 459-seat, all-economy class cabin

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Inside the world's most significant collection of British airliners

Duxford is home to the world’s most significant collection of British-built airliners. Martin Needham pays a visit to the Cambridgeshire airfield in the first of a special two-part report