ATW and SpeedNews new media editor Christine Boynton has been named Young Journalist of the Year at the 2012 aviation media awards. Boynton’s win was announced Sunday at a gala dinner in London. She was presented the award by British Royal Air Force Wing Commander and world land speed record holder Andy Green.
Pratt & Whitney and IndiGo signed a definitive agreement for PurePower PW1100G-JM engines for 150 Airbus A320neo family aircraft. The agreement includes 300 firm PurePower PW1100G-JM engines with additional options and a long-term PureSolutionSM maintenance agreement. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2015.
New Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) president and CEO Ray Conner told a Farnborough Airshow news conference that the commercial air transport market’s prospects remain healthy despite an uncertain global economy, leading BCA to focus intensely on ramping up production to meet demand.
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) announced the first firm order by a leasing company for Boeing’s 737 MAX range, inking a contract for 60 737 MAX 8 and 15 MAX 9, as well as taking reconfirmation rights on a further 25 examples across the MAX range.
Airbus is stepping up the payload-range of its A330 family, starting with the A330-300, which will be available with a 240 metric tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW) from mid-2015.
Rockwell Collins has unveiled flight deck technologies jointly developed with Boeing for retrofit on Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft, technologies it said were “inspired by flight deck improvements offered on the Boeing 787.”
Boeing will add seven inches of space to its 737NG with an improvement unveiled in 2014, it told journalists at a pre-Farnborough briefing in Seattle, Wash.
Airbus announced on the eve of the Farnborough Airshow it has begun production of the A320neo family, making the first metal cut on the first engine pylon component at its Saint-Eloi pylon and nacelle factory in Toulouse.
China Express Airlines (G5) has converted a previously announced conditional order for six CRJ900 NextGen regional jets to a firm order, plus five options.
Uruguay's government-owned Pluna Lineas Aereas Uruguayas (PU) has suspended all flights indefinitely, after announcing July 3 it would temporarily suspend operations after the OFP workers’ union declared its intention to strike.
HAECO will modify Cathay Pacific Airbus A340-300s with a premium economy product under a Northwest Aerospace EASA STC with Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department VSTC approval beginning in 2013. FL Technics Spare Parts announced it has purchased four Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft to be torn down for parts and components.
On the heels of several Gogo announcements regarding its deployment of a Ku-band satellite solution for international connectivity services, Delta Air Lines (DL) has announced it will begin offering the service on its long-haul international fleet of over 150 aircraft beginning in early 2013.
Finnair (AY) has reached an agreement with SR Technics to outsource engine and component services, in a cost-cutting move that will cut 280 maintenance jobs.
Boeing has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Indonesian’s Ministry of Transportation to help establish advanced aviation training programs and practices that meet globally recognized standards.
