Monthly Archive:: August 2009

Air France A380s taking shape

Air France’s first A-380 (MSN033) left the paint shop at XFW and looks sweet!

Emirates fights for Canada

  Emirates 777 at YUL. Photograph courtesy of Youri Thonon – Contrails Photography It must be ever so inconvenient for Emirates to have to deal with Transport Canada in trying to secure additional landing

Yemenia crash sideshow

It has been some time now since a Yemenia Airbus A310 crashed off the coast of Comoros. In the time since the crash a sideshow has emerged featuring personalities from Yemenia, Airbus and the

EK now world’s largest 777 operator

Today Emirates surpassed Singapore Airlines as the world’s largest Boeing 777 operator. A 78th 777 (A6-ECS) joined the fleet today. Number 78 is a 300ER variant.