MH17 | My Aviation Newspaper

Hello Hello! As some of you may know, these days (14-20th July) is taking place the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA’14), so it’s a good opportunity to enumerate the most known Airshows around the world, see where they are, their activities and some news from these events! People love them, they are suitable for all publics, from a family day plan, to aviation enthusiasts or trade companies (inverstors, airlines, etc). Happening every year or not, it depends, in these events there are air exhibitions, shows, you can get into aircrafts, know about the sector, its trends and innovations and the best: it is time for international airlines to buy some airplanes!! There are many around the globe, the most known are: – Farnborough International Airshow FIA, near London in Hampshire, UK. Happening Now. – Dubai Airshow , United Arab Emirates. – Singapore Air Show. – The Australian International Airshow, also called Avalon Airshow, it is located in Avalon Airport, between Melbourne and Geelong, Victoria, it is the largest in the southern hemisphere. – EAA Air Venture Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. – Berlin Airshow, few weeks back. – China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition. But please, bear in mind that there are so many, in size of the event, by type of aircraft displaying, etc! Among the greatest news regarding Airshows, Airlines ans Aircrafts now, we can find: – Cathay Pacific wins the Best Airline 2014 Awars given by Skytrax. – In the Dubai Airshow of Nov’13, Emirates Airline announced the biggest order of aircrafts in history, 150 Boeing 777X aircraft valued at US$ 76 billion, with additional 50 purchase rights and an additional 50 Airbus A380 aircraft valued at US$ 23 billion. What? YES. – In this FIA’14, Qatar airways is upset because Airbus couldn’t get his first A380 on time for the show, but he fixed it ordering 50 Boeing 777-9X planes worth around $19billion. The Gulf carrier also said it had agreed purchase rights to buy a further 50 777X aircraft, potentially doubling the size of the deal. – The A350 XWB in following its trials and flight test programs successfully to deliver the first aircraft to Qatar Airways before the end of the year. – Boeing 787 Dreamliner keeps it up! Many airlines are receiving their aircrafts, such as Air New Zealand, which got his first one, they made it all black! Beautiful! – BREAKING NEWS Malaysian Flight MH17 shot down while flying over Ukraine territory yesterday (17th July). Terrible news. These are the air news, so if you blink you will miss it! Stay tuned! and thank you George