2018 in aviation
This is a list of aviation-related events in 2018.
Orders and deliveries
Up from 763 in 2017, Boeing delivered 806 commercial jets in 2018, including 580 737s and 145 787s; and won 893 net orders valued at $143.7 billion: 675 737s and 218 widebodies including 109 787s and 51 777s.Airbus delivered 800 aircraft to 93 customers including 20 A220s, 626 A320s, 49 A330s, 93 A350XWBs and 12 A380s, 11% more than the 718 delivered in 2017; and received 747 net orders.
Events
January
; 3 January; 4 January
; 5 January
; 9 January
; 10 January
; 13 January
; 15 January
; 18 January
; 19 January
; 23 January
; 24 January
; 26 January
; 31 January
February
; 1 February; 5 February
; 6 February
; 7 February
; 9 February
; 11 February
; 13 February
; 16 February
; 18 February
; 20 February
; 28 February
March
; 6 March; 9 March
; 11 March
; 12 March
; 13 March
; 16 March
; 20 March
; 21 March
; 22 March
; 25 March
; 26 March
; 29 March
April
; 1 April; 2 April
; 3 April
; 4 April
; 6 April
; 11 April
;17 April
; 24 April
; 25 April
May
; 1 May;2 May
; 3 May
; 4 May
; 7 May
; 8 May
; 11 May
; 14 May
; 15 May
; 17 May
; 18 May
; 25 May
; 27 May
; 28 May
; 29 May
June
; 4 June; 8 June
; 12 June
; 14 June
; 26 June
; 28 June
July
; 5 July- 10 July
- * Ten days after taking control of the program, Airbus renames the Bombardier CSeries Airbus A220-100/300.
- * Hours after its rebrand, JetBlue ordered 60 A220-300s to replace its 60 Embraer 190s from 2020 for $5.4 billion before customary discounts, with 60 options pending from 2025, a blow to Embraer which was marketing the E195-E2 to the carrier.
- * A Convair 340, while operating a test flight in preparation for its delivery flight, 2018 Pretoria [Convair 340 crash|crashes] shortly after take-off after suffering an engine failure. Out of the 19 occupants onboard, 17 survive.
; 17 July
; 19 July
; 23 July
; 28 July
; 31 July
August
; 4 August; 8 August
; 10 August
- 16 August
- * The Air France-KLM Board of Directors appoints Air Canada's Benjamin Smith as its Chief Executive Officer before 30 September 2018.
- * XiamenAir Flight 8667, a Boeing 737-85C (WL) registered as B-5498, suffered a runway excursion while landing in the Philippines. All 165 occupants survived the accident.
; 29 August
; 31 August
September
; 1 September; 2 September
; 4 September
; 6 September
; 8 September
; 9 September
; 13 September
; 17 September
; 26 September
; 27 September
; 28 September
October
; 1 October; 2 October
; 8 October
; 12 October
; 14 October
; 15 October
; 16 October
; 17 October
; 23 October
; 25 October
; 29 October
November
; 5 November; 6 November
; 7 November
; 8 November
; 8 November
; 11 November
; 21 November
; 22 November
; 26 November
; 27 November
; 28 November
; 29 November
; 30 November
December
; 5 December; 6 December
; 10 December
; 14 December
; 15 December
; 17 December
; 18 December
; 20 December
; 21 December
Safety review
The EASA reported 530 fatalities in 11 fatal accidents worldwide in 2018 for commercial air transport with large aircraft, up from 67 fatalities in 9 accidents in 2017.The Aviation Safety Network reported 556 fatalities in 15 accidents of commercial aircraft for at least 14 passengers or their cargo variants, excluding military aircraft.
The IATA reported an accident rate of 1.35 per million flights, improving from 1.79 for the previous 5-year period, and 0.19 for jets, down from 0.29, with 11 fatal accidents with 523 fatalities for 4.3 billion passengers on 46.1 million flights.
First Flights
- 31 January
- *Airbus A³ Vahana N301VX
- *Airbus A321LR D-AVZO
- 16 March
- * Boeing 737 MAX-7 N7201S
- 10 April
- * Bye Aerospace Sun Flyer 2 N502SF
- 19 July
- * Airbus BelugaXL F-WBXL
- 6 September
- * TAI T625 TC-HLP
- 6 November
- *Airbus A330neo-800 ''F-WTTO''
First deliveries
- 7 February: Pilatus PC-24 N124AF
- 27 September: Gulfstream G500 ''A7-CGP''
Entered Service
- 24 February: Airbus A350-1000 A7-ANA
- 3 April: Boeing 787-10 9V-SCB
- 24 April: Embraer E190-E2 PR-EFL
- 20 December : Bombardier Global 7500 ''OE-IIL''