Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 01, 2008
Hawaiian Airlines parent Hawaiian Holdings, benefiting from a legal settlement with Mesa Air Group and the abrupt collapse of two competitors, posted second-quarter net income of $54.3 million, reversed from a net loss of $3.9 million in the year-ago period.
Jul 31, 2008
Lufthansa Group yesterday released details of its second-quarter performance, confirming both the €345 million ($541.6 million) profit that fell 21.2% year-to-year and the significant contributions of its Swiss International Air Lines subsidiary. Group revenue rose 20% to €6.47 billion and operating profit slipped 6.2% to €530 million from €565 million in the second quarter of 2007.
Jul 31, 2008
Rockwell Collins will provide Airbus with information management and navigation capabilities for A350 XWBs under a deal announced yesterday. Contract calls for RC's Information Management Onboard solution and includes a standard Class 2 electronic flight bag interface and provision of a hardware platform and system software and integration. RC also will provide navigation system components for A350s, including ADF-900, DME-2100 and VOR-900.
Jul 31, 2008
Airbus parent EADS reported first-half net income of €403 million ($632.7 million), a better-than-fivefold increase over a €71 million profit in the year-ago period, but said that owing to the declining value of the US dollar it will unveil a revamped restructuring plan later this year called Power8Plus.
Jul 30, 2008
Serbian government yesterday announced a tender for 51% of Jat Airways, the Associated Press reported. Buyers must be registered in Serbia or the EU and have until July 31 to submit a bid for the stake, which may rise to 75% following negotiations with the winner. Jat's assets are valued at €162.6 million ($255.7 million) and its debt is €247.4 million, according to the tender (ATWOnline, July 21).
Mar 26, 2015
Hainan Airlines has ordered 30 Boeing 787-9 aircraft to meet continuous growth of China’s market demand.
Mar 26, 2015
A French prosecutor said information from Germanwings flight 4U9525’s cockpit voice recorder (CVR) indicates the co-pilot “through a voluntary act” descended the Airbus A320 into the French Alps.
Mar 25, 2015
A helicopter team has recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) of the Germanwings Airbus A320 that crashed in the French Alps Tuesday.
Mar 25, 2015
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has approved an April 22 election date for the more than 3,000 workers at Boeing’s 787 production facility in South Carolina to vote on unionization, according to a statement by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM).
Mar 24, 2015
French investigators reached the scene of the Germanwings Airbus A320 accident late in the afternoon local time and have recovered one of the aircraft’s two recorders, although whether it was the flight data recorder or the cockpit voice recorder was not announced.
Mar 24, 2015
Air France-KLM freight airline Martinair Cargo has confirmed plans to drastically scale back its fleet to four Boeing 747 freighters by June 2016, affecting 330 jobs.
Mar 24, 2015
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is licensing a new technology that allows airports to track rideshare drivers, including ones from popular companies Uber and Lyft, to ensure they’re paying proper fees when accessing airport roadways.
Mar 24, 2015
A second member state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has moved against the use of mini-UAVs because of the potential threat they pose to civil aviation.