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Month: April 2016
X-Plane arrives in Moldova
Drzewiecki Design has released Chișinău International Airport (LUKK) for X-Plane 10. The airport has been modelled in detail with up-to-date buildings, terminals along with dozens of local static aircraft. The runways, taxiways and aprons have also been fully replicated. Other…
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Aflosim launches new destination
Henri Coandă Bucharest Airport from Aflosim is now available for FSX and Prepar3D. Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport (LROP) is Romania’s main gateway. It was renamed from Bucharest Otopeni International Airport in 2004 as after the Romanian aircraft pioneer, Henri…
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Alaska Air Group Acquires Virgin America
Alaska Air Group, parent of Alaska Airlines, and Virgin America are to merge and create a major presence on the US West Coast. The $4 billion deal was unanimously approved by both company’s boards of directors. Although described as a…
First GE9X Starts Testing
General Electric has started ground testing the first full GE9X development engine – a derivative of the company’s GE90 which is the world’s largest commercial aircraft powerplant – at its Peebles Testing, Ohio facility. The GE9X is destined to power…
Ryanair Receives 400th Boeing
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair marked a significant milestone in the airline’s history when it took delivery of its 400th Next-Generation 737-800. The aircraft, EI-FRC (c/n 62690), was handed over on March 31, and joins the largest fleet of Next-Generation 737-800s…
airBaltic Firms up Options
Riga-based airBaltic has signed a purchase agreement with Bombardier Commercial Aircraft to convert its remaining seven options for CS300 aircraft into firm orders. This brings the Latvian carrier’s total firm orders for the type to 20. The original order for…
Collision in Indonesia
A Batik Air Boeing 737-800 was in collision with an empty TransNusa Air Services ATR 42-600 during its take-off run at Jakarta/Halim Perdanakusuma Airport on April 3. Both aircraft caught fire and were severely damaged. The 737-800, PK-LBS (c/n 39827)…
TBM gets a Facelift
Carenado has updated the TBM 850 HD SERIES for FSX and P3D to version 2.0. The new aircraft comes with installation options for Lockheed Martin Prepar3D v3 and FSX: Steam Edition. Flight level change (FLC) mode has been added along…
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Engines Started
Embraer has started the two Pratt & Whitney PW1990G turbofans on the E190-E2 prototype, PR-ZEY (c/n 19020001), for the first time. Just over a month after the aircraft’s official roll-out, the Brazilian manufacturer said the first engine runs occurred on…
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