After 19 years Malaysia Airlines grounds fleet of Boeing 777

Almost two years after one of its Boeing 777s went missing, Malaysia Airlines is grounding its remaining fleet of the aircraft - and cancelling the route on which one of the planes was shot down.

The Malaysian Airlines last 777 operation is scheduled took off from Amsterdam just before noon, on tuesday. It ends 19 years of flying the twin-jet and four decades of the route between the airline’s hub, Kuala Lumpur, and the Dutch capital.

Missile defense system on commercial aircraft.

El Al Israel Airlines is the only commercial airliner to equip all of its airplanes with missile defense systems.

The system employs an infrared missile-tracking camera with Missile-Approach Warning Sensor (MAWS) that detects a missile launch at very early stages and activates a counter-measure system.

PIA management requests union leaders not to close down offices.

PIA management has requested the union leaders not to close down PIA's offices as it may result in causing inconvenience to passengers across the country, PIA spokesman said in a statement issued here this evening.

He said the airline's management has requested all the employees to join hands and support the management in the revival of the national flag carrier.

Any disruption in flight schedule will not only cause huge losses to the national airline and compromise PIA's standards and productivity but also create problems for the travellers, 

he added.

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First Boeing 737 MAX Flight on Friday, January 29

The first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is to take to the skies over Washington on Friday, January 29, pending due to weather & other factor.

Photo by Paul Thompson

The 737 MAX has received over 3,000 orders from more than 60 customers worldwide.

Photo by Paul Thompson

The 737 MAX production has been moving fairly quickly; Boeing started building the first 737 MAX in June with final assembly occurring just a few months later. On December 8, the aircraft was rolled out.

Photo courtesy of Boeing

Photo courtesy of Boeing

Photo courtesy of Boeing

Once departing from the Renton FAL, it will complete some initial flight testing over Washington state, and it will most likely return to Boeing Field where Boeing’s flight test operations are based.

Iran to buy 114 Airbus planes this week, transport minister says

Iran will sign a contract this week to buy 114 Airbus planes from France, during a visit to Paris by Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, Tehran’s transport minister said on Sunday.

Abbas Akhoundi, quoted by Iranian media, said the deal “will be signed between Iran Air and Airbus” when Mr Rouhani is in Paris on Wednesday on the final day of his first official European visit.

The Iranian captain of an Airbus A380-800 holds an Iranian national flag after landing. Photographer: Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty Images 

Iran desperately needs to modernise its ageing passenger plane fleet, which has only 150 operational planes out of more than 250, according to Mr Akhoundi.

“We have been negotiating for 10 months” for the purchase of planes but “there was no way to pay for them because of banking sanctions,” Iranian state media quoted Mr Akhoundi as saying.

“We need 400 long- and mid-range and 100 short-range planes,” he added.
Mr Rouhani is to visit Italy and France on January 25-27 to boost Iran’s economic ties with Europe.

Boeing reduce the rate of production of the B747

The Boeing confirmed that will reduce the rate of production of the b747- 8 s to match the offer looking for short term in the market. The company stated that the growth of air traffic of passengers and demand by airplanes remain strong, but the recovery of the market for air cargo, which began at the end of 2013, it stalled in the last few months and decreased demand for the version of cargo Of the 747-8. in September this year, the production of the 747 will fall out of a plane per month for 0,5. the company previously announced that the rate fall 1,3 per month for a per month next march. (Flap)
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