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August 3, 2012

British Airways to Delay A380 Deliveries

Airbus Breaks Ground in Alabama For A320 Family Final Assembly Line

Airbus on Monday held a ground breaking ceremony at the site of their future A320 family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, signaling the start of construction of their first production facility in the Americas. The facili...

by Jason Rabinowitz

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Airbus A350 XWB MSN-001. (Photo by P. Masclet/Airbus)

Airbus Fears A350 Delays Following Boeing Battery Issues

European aircraft maker Airbus is wary that problems which have grounded rival Boeing's 787 could also delay the launch of the A350.

by AFP

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An Indonesia AirAsia Airbus A320 (PK-AXF) spotted at Kuala Lumpur. (Photo by Kentaro IEMOTO via Flickr, CC-BY-SA)

AirAsia Scraps Plan For New Singapore Airline

Asia's largest low-cost carrier has scrapped plans for a Singapore joint venture due to high operating costs and lack of market potential.

by AFP

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First section for A350 XWB MSN1 arrives in the final assembly line in Toulouse. (Photo by Airbus/F. Lancelot)

Airbus Concedes 2012 Sales Defeat To Boeing

Airbus lost the crown of the world's biggest airliner maker to Boeing last year, but did better than expected, it said on Thursday.

by AFP

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Airbus A320 wearing BOC Aviation livery. (Rendering by Airbus/Fixion)

China’s BOC Aviation Buys 50 Airbus A320 and A320neo Aircraft

Plane leasing company BOC Aviation has ordered 50 medium-haul Airbus A320 family jets, including 25 more fuel-efficient neo aircraft.

by AFP

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Delta First Class on the Boeing 757-200 Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / NYCAviation

Delta Air Lines Domestic First Class Reviewed

By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren

Always a Kid: First Time On A 747

By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren

The Fact and Fallacy of the Looming ‘Pilot Shortage’

By Patrick Smith

Thinking Positive About American Airlines’ New Look

By Dan Frommer

Actual photo of me catching up on some sleep before departing on a ferry flight to God-knows-where.

The High Risk Job of a Military Charter Loadmaster

By Phil Derner Jr.

Looking Back: Fueling a Life of Aviation

By Phil Derner Jr.

Ann Coulter is A-Ok Flying With Black Female Pilots…We Think

By Phil Derner Jr.

Aviation Loses a Great Man and a Better Friend

By Phil Derner Jr.

The Plane Spotters Toolkit

By Jason Rabinowitz

The Best Planespotting Photos of 2012

By Phil Derner Jr.

Aviation Photography and Copyright Infringement: Taking a Stand

By Phil Derner Jr.

Photos: First Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 Takes Off

By Phil Derner Jr.

The remnants of Shuttle Columbia rain down over Texas.

10 Years Since Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster: February 1st in Aviation History

By Matt Molnar

Alaska 261 Plunges into Pacific Ocean: January 31st in Aviation History

By Phil Derner Jr.

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster: January 28th in Aviation History

By NYCAviation Staff

Happy Birthday Captain Sully! January 23 in Aviation History

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