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VFW 614

7 October 2025 Jacek Domański

VFW 614 (c/n G18, D-AXDB, formerly 17+02 of Luftwaffe / the German Air Force), exhibited at the Aeronauticum Nordholz aviation museum, June 2019. The VFW 614 (also known as the VFW-Fokker 614) was a twin-engine […]

Forty new Airbus A220 aeroplanes for LOT Polish Airlines

23 June 2025 Kacper Kolibowski

On 16th June 2025, Airbus announced via its website that LOT Polish Airlines had placed an order for forty medium-haul, narrow-body aircraft from the A220 family. That order marks the first time in history of […]

Global airliner fleet to reach 50,000 aircraft by 2044

16 June 2025 Jacek Domański

The 2025 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) forecast, recently released by Boeing, predicts the global fleet to reach approximately 50,000 commercial aircraft by 2044. The company also emphasized that during the upcoming two decades, the air […]

Embraer ERJ 135ER

13 May 2025 Jacek Domański

Embraer ERJ 135ER (c/n 145376, G-RJXL of BMI Regional), taxiing at Franz Josef Strauss Airport, Munich, October 2018. Development of the Embraer ERJ (Embraer Regional Jet) aircraft family began in the late 1980s, with the […]

10 January 1935 – maiden flight of Latécoère 521

9 January 2025 Jacek Domański

On 10th January 1935, the French six engine, double deck long-range flying boat Latécoère 521, performed its first flight. The Latécoère 521 was one of many seaplanes designed and built by Pierre-Georges Latécoère, the French […]

3 January 1922 – maiden flight of Aero A-10

2 January 2025 Jacek Domański

On 3rd January 1922, Aero A-10, the first commercial aircraft designed and built in Czechoslovakia, successfully completed its first flight. The aeroplane was developed by a construction team led by Rudolf Blasser and made for […]

Friday, the 13th

12 December 2024 Jacek Domański

Today it´s Friday, the 13th – the date usually considered a bad luck day in the Western culture, following the old superstition born someday back in the Middle Ages. This unsubstantiated fear is so strong, […]

Tupolev Tu-154M

10 December 2024 Jacek Domański

Tupolev Tu-154M (c/n 89A-815, RA-85849 of КОСМОС производственное объединение / KOSMOS Airlines), approaching runway of Václav Havel Airport Prague, January 2013. Tupolev Tu-154 – together with two other airliners, Ilyushin Il-62 and Tupolev Tu-134 – […]

Aero A-10

26 November 2024 Jacek Domański

Aero A-10 (c/n 3, L-BALB), exhibited at Kbely Aviation Museum, Prague (Letecké muzeum Kbely), August 2022. In 1921, one of the pioneering Czechoslovak air carrier companies, Československá letecká akciová společnost – Čs.L.A.S. (Czechoslovak aviation joint-stock […]

Air China to become the first customer for new C929 wide-body airliner

17 November 2024 Jacek Domański

On 12th November 2024, the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) officially announced Air China to become the first customer for the company´s new wide-body airliner, C929. The purchase agreement between Comac and the airline […]