The last few days may have brought bad news to both Boeing and Airbus in the form of order cancellations, which have put both manufacturers in an unenviable situation of being negative on their net order book for 2009. They can take heart in the procurement actions of India’s national carrier Air India, which will be taking delivery of ordered …

Virgin Group’s new V Australia, the long haul airline of Virgin Blue, took delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER. The plane livery as deliveredThe livery at the time of the order The airplane, delivered by Boeing to International Lease Finance Corp. and leased to V Australia, is one of seven leased and purchased 777-300ERs V Australia will deploy on trans-Pacific …