Routes   Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus A350   Airbus   Airlines  
AeroTime • Jean Carmela Lim

Qantas’ first Airbus A350-1000ULR for Project Sunrise rolls out in Toulouse, with test flights set to begin in weeks

Qantas’ first A350-1000ULR for Project Sunrise has completed rollout from Airbus’s final assembly line in Toulouse, France, and is now configured with its twin Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines. A two-month flight-test programme is expected to start in coming weeks, moving nonstop Sydney–London and New York services closer ahead of the 2027 launch target.

Dj's Aviation • Daniel Fowkes

Airbus To Begin A350-1000ULR Flights

Dj's Aviation • Daniel Fowkes

Qantas' Debuts First A350-1000ULR To Fly 20+ Hours

Also: Australian Aviation, CAPA and 2paxfly.com
2026-04-13T04:57:18.563437-07:00
Leadership   Europe   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Workforce & Skills Development   KLM  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

KLM's Sky High Wage Bill For Aircrew and CEO is Proving Highly Controversial in the Netherlands

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: Soaring wage bills for aircrew at the Dutch flag carrier KLM, and an inflation-busting bonus package for its chief executive, are proving to be incredibly controversial in the Netherlands, where the country’s finance minister has vowed to object to the bonus at the airline’s next general meeting.

2026-04-13T05:34:41.428586-07:00
Europe   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   COMAC  
South China Morning Post • Frank Chen

Exclusive | China’s C919 faces ‘final exam’ as EU pilots stay in Shanghai ‘permanently’: sources

By South China Morning Post: Flight tests a ‘final exam’ to be followed by analysis, paperwork and technical verification, but ‘political considerations’ also in play.

2026-04-12T19:16:24.028065-07:00
Routes   Middle East   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines   Boeing  
Skift • Peden Doma Bhutia

Etihad Doubles Down on China With its Biggest Single-Market Push in Years

By Skift: Etihad is launching five new routes to China, making it one of the very many airlines looking to cash in on the post-pandemic boom in the country.

Also: One Mile at a Time, Aviation Business News, Airline Economics, Aviation A2Z, en.traicy.com and cargotalkgcc.com
2026-04-13T04:08:04.330609-07:00
Event   MRO   BizAv   PaxEx   Lufthansa  
lufthansa-technik.com

Lufthansa Technik and Designworks unveil Narrowbody VIP Cabin Concept “The BOW”

By lufthansa-technik.com: At this year’s Aircraft Interior’s Expo (AIX), Lufthansa Technik is presenting an entirely new approach to VIP aviation: “The BOW” – a modular narrowbody cabin concept created in exclusive collaboration with Designworks, a BMW Group Company.

2026-04-13T04:07:24.122802-07:00