Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 03, 2009
AVIC is expected to launch an aero engine company, airborne systems company and composite material engineering center in conjunction with the Beijing municipal government. According to the strategic cooperation agreement signed yesterday, the three new companies will have total registered capital of CNY11.5 billion ($1.68 billion), with total investment of CNY21 billion.
Mar 03, 2009
CIT Aerospace delivered a new CFM56-5B4/P-powered A320-200 to Saudi Arabian LCC Nas Air and a CFM56-7B24-powered 737-800 to Garuda Indonesia.
Mar 02, 2009
Jeppesen said Friday that Continental Airlines completed the first flight using the company's Airport Moving Map on a Class 2 electronic flight bag. Jeppesen's Airport Moving Map "uses a high-resolution database to dynamically render maps of the airport," employing GPS technology to show pilots their own-ship position on runways and taxiways, the company said, adding that CO plans to retrofit its 757s and 767s with navAero Class 2 EFBs that will include the Airport Moving Map technology.
Mar 02, 2009
ACG Air Cargo Germany took delivery of its first 747-400SF Friday. The privately held carrier is based at Frankfurt Hahn and plans to use the leased aircraft for charter operations. A second aircraft should follow this spring. First flights will operate to the Middle East, Far East, Russia and Turkey, ACG said.
Mar 02, 2009
Airbus confirmed Korean Air's order for six A330-200s (ATWOnline, Feb. 27), which it said is the first commitment for the new 238-tonne increased takeoff weight version with a 7,300-nm. range. Aircraft will feature seating in three classes and brings KE's total A330 commitment to 16 -300s and nine -200s. KE Chairman and CEO Yang Ho Cho said the order "is part of our ongoing expansion plan and will enable us to open up new long-haul routes. .
Aug 03, 2015
Berlin-based Germania will launch premium-economy class flights on routes to Iran starting from Sept. 1.
Aug 02, 2015
Malaysia’s transport minister told media Sunday that a piece of debris found on Reunion Island last week is from a Boeing 777. The statement raises confidence that this may be the first piece of wreckage to be recovered from flight MH370 which vanished last year.
Aug 02, 2015
A second piece of wreckage, possibly an aircraft door, has been found on Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean, the BBC reported Sunday, Aug. 2. The discovery follows that of a large piece of debris found last week on the island and which is believed to be a wing flap from a large airliner.
Jul 31, 2015
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling, plans to convert up to five Airbus A330-200 and eight A350-900 options into orders for Iberia as well as open new long-haul routes.
Jul 31, 2015
Airbus Group reported first-half net income of €1.52 billion ($1.69 billion), up 34% compared to a net income of €1.14 billion in the year-ago period.
Jul 31, 2015
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to give up seven of its outstanding Airbus A350-900 production slots, following a request from Airbus to cut the carrier's order book from the 70-strong order firmed up in 2013 to 63 aircraft.
Jul 30, 2015
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has named Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to its board of directors, succeeding Vnesheconombank (VEB) chairman Vladimir Dmitriev.