Reacting to strong growth and forecasts for the Asia-Pacific region, Bombardier Aerospace has established a commercial aircraft regional sales and marketing office in Singapore.
Pratt & Whitney has won a $200 million order to provide Korean Air with 10 PW4170 Advantage70 engines to power five new Airbus A330s. The Advantage70 is offered both as a new engine and as an upgrade kit for existing PW4168 engines. It delivers a 2% thrust increase and more than 1% reduction in fuel consumption.
Airbus and Aviation Lease and Finance Co. (ALAFCO) finalized a purchase order for 35 A320neo family aircraft, the companies announced Tuesday at the Singapore Airshow.
Indonesian carrier Lion Air (JT) has firmed up its agreement with Boeing announced in November to buy 201 Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 737-900ERs in a $22.4 billion contract that is Boeing’s largest ever.
TAP M&E Brazil has completed the first C1/C2 checks performed on an Air Transat Airbus A330-200, and has delivered the aircraft to the carrier. Component Control has been approved by the Aeronautical Repair Station Assn. (ARSA) as the exclusive preferred provider of MRO and logistics software solutions.
Hong Kong Airlines (HX) will launch all-premium class flights on the Hong Kong-London Gatwick route with Airbus A330-200s from March 7, becoming the first Chinese carrier to offer an all-premium service. HX assistant president Wang Yankun said the carrier will use three new A330-200s, with cabin configurations of 34 first- and 82 business-class seats, to operate the service.
Boeing will begin the final phase of wind tunnel testing on the 737 MAX next week, the company announced in Singapore Monday. Testing will take place at QinteQ’s Farnborough, UK, facility and Boeing’s transonic wind tunnel in Seattle. “We will then be able to look at firming up the configuration of the aircraft,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing VP Randy Tinseth said.
International Aero Engines’ (IAE) next family of engines—the V2500 SelectThree—remains “on the drawing board,” IAE president and CEO Ian Aitken told ATW, “but I think the ink is now getting dry”).
Etihad Airways (EY) said it exceeded its target of breaking even in 2011 by posting a $14 million net profit for the full year, marking the first time the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, launched in 2003, was in the black on an annual basis.
An unidentified airline has signed a firm agreement for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft; the order is valued at approximately $160 million based on list prices.
Air traffic in the Asia/Pacific region will grow by almost 7% per year over the next 20 years and the low-cost carrier market share will triple, Boeing said Monday.
Air traffic growth in the Asia/Pacific region will grow by almost 7% per year over the next 20 years and the low-cost carrier market share will triple, Boeing said Monday.
Etihad Airways (EY) said it exceeded its target of breaking even in 2011 by posting a $14 million net profit for the full year, marking the first time the Abu Dhabi-based carrier, launched in 2003, was in the black on an annual basis.
An unidentified airline has signed a firm purchase agreement for five Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft; the order is valued at approximately $160 million based on list prices.
TAP M&E Brazil received a 777 landing gear overhaul service contract from Boeing. The contract includes inspection, repair and overhaul of the landing gear axles of the 777 through a service bulletin released by Boeing. AeroTurbine was awarded a renewal agreement for the support of CF6-80C2 engine material with Evergreen Aviation Technologies.
OpenSkies (EC), the transatlantic subsidiary of British Airways (BA), is adding a new Eco cabin class to its Boeing 757 aircraft on flights between Newark and Paris-Orly from June 19.
Vladivostok Airport (VVO) in the Russian Far East will gain open skies status in June, Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport (SVO) CEO Mikhail Vasilenko said. This will enable new carriers to pick up and drop off passengers and cargo without bilateral agreements.
