Pegasus Airlines orders 75 A320-family neos

Pegasus Airlines has ordered 75 A320-family neos. They have an option of 25 more A320 neos or A321 neos. Pegasus Airlines has ordered 58 A320 neos and 17 A321 neos. The cost for all 75 planes is about $12 billion. There A320 neos will have 180 seats and there A321 neos will have 220 seats. This airlines has 37 Boeing 737-800s and only 2 737-400s in there current fleet.

British Airways A380 and 787 seating configuration

British Airways has revealed to the public the seating configuration of their A380s. The A380 will have 4-classes. They will have 212 seats in the upper deck and 257 on the lower deck. Their 787-8s will have 3 classes made up of 214 seats. British Airways has not revealed the routes for those aircraft's. British Airways hopes to reveal its destinations around the spring of 2013. British Airways will receive 4 787-8s next year. The first 787-8s for British Airways will arrive in May. There A380 will arrive in July and with 2 more arriving in August and October. The new aircraft's will have a new in-flight entertainment. British Airways has ordered 12 A380s and 24 787s, 8 of those 24 787s will 787-8s and 16 of them will be 787-9s.

The first flying prototype for the A350 rolls out of the assembly line

Airbus has finally completed the assembly of the primary structure for the first A350-900. The A350 was transported to its testing station next to the assembly line in Toulouse. The A350 has finally moved under its own undercarriage for the first time. The aircraft has yet to be equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB power plants (engines). Airbus is hoping to perform its first maiden flight of the A350 around mid-2013. MSN1 is currently the first of five flight-test frames which will be constructed. The A350 will undergo hydraulic testing in Toulouse. The A350 has already completed its electrical power-on tests. The electrical tests were done for the fuselage and wings at the assembly line. After the aircraft has finished those tests. The aircraft will move on to certification and development testing. Then have its power plants (engines) installed.