Airbus Updates No.4313

 

Emirates delays A350 EIS to 4Q24

Emirates (EK, Dubai International) has delayed the debut of its first A350-900 to November 4, when it will start operating a daily flight to Edinburgh.

First reported by The National daily, Emirates is postponing the deployment of the new widebody because of delivery delays at Airbus. Edinburgh has replaced Bahrain International as the first destination for the A350, which was initially set for September 15.

“Once we begin receiving our A350s, we will expedite their entry into service as quickly as possible and will work hard to minimise the impact of the delays. Emirates remains committed to operate our A350s as soon as possible,” an Emirates spokesperson told ch-aviation.

For now, Emirates’ rollout of the A350-900 includes:

• Flights EK23 on the Dubai-Edinburgh city pair from November 4;
• Flights EK839/840 on the Dubai-Bahrain city pair from November 15;
• Flights EK853/854 on the Dubai-Kuwait city pair from November 15;
• Flights EK502/503 on the Dubai-Mumbai International city pair from January 1, 2025;
• Flights EK538/539 on the Dubai-Ahmedabad city pair from January 1;
• Bologna will receive the A350 from January 1;
• Flights EK654/655 on the Dubai-Colombo International city pair from January 2;
• Flights EK866/867 on the Dubai-Muscat city pair from March 1; and
• Lyon St. Exupéry will receive the A350 from March 1.

Emirates has sixty-five A350-900s on order. Earlier this year, it said it expected to have ten by the end of March 2025. It has not yet been announced if these numbers have changed.

Airbus Updates No.4312

 

PUBLISHED: 02 JULY 2024 

 

 LAST UPDATED: 02 JULY 2024

Delta shows third Olympic-jet

Delta Air Lines has released official pictures of its third Airbus-widebody with a special Olympic-livery. This time, the aircraft, Airbus A350-900 F-WZNU (673), is promoting LA 2028, the city that will host the summer Olympics in that year. Delivery of the A350 is expected in the coming weeks and it will become N522DZ.

Earlier this year, in April, Delta took delivery of A350-900 N521DN (661) wearing the "Team USA"-livery. And in 2021, the airline welcomed its first Olympic-jet with A330-900 N411DX (1991).

Photo by Delta Air Lines.

Airbus Updates No.4311

Cebu Pacific signs MoU with Airbus

On 2 July 2024, Cebu Pacific announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Airbus for an order of up to 152 new narrowbody aircraft. Already back in October 2023, Scramble reported about the airline's plan to do so.

In total, Cebu is ordering 102 A321neos, with options on another 50 A320neo-family aircraft. The airline also secured the right to switch between types if needed, so the final composition of this order can change. It's expected that the order will be finalised in the third quarter of this year and, once done, will be the largest order in Philippine aviation history to date.

No delivery timelines have been communicated in the airline's press-release, which will use the new Airbuses to replace older aircraft in the fleet as well as for expansion.

Cebu Pacific, a low-cost carrier, began flying in March 1996. It has bases at Cebu, Clark, Davao, Iloilo, and Manila. It's fleet is currently made-up of two ATR72-500Fs, sixteen ATR72-600s, nineteen A320s, twenty A320neos, seven A321s, fifteen A321neos, and eight A330-900s.

Photo by Anton Homma