All Airframers articles – Page 637
-
News
Malaysia's AirAsia X to add flat beds
Malaysia long-haul low-cost carrier AirAsia X has opened bids to add 12 lie-flat beds in its Airbus A330 aircraft. To do so it will eliminate the A330s'...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Can open rotor deliver?
Airbus and Boeing have a big dilemma on which engine technology they should select for the new aircraft generation to replace the best-selling A320 and 737...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Pratt to begin detailed design of geared turbofan in July
P&W gears up for detailed design phase Pratt & Whitney will in mid-July begin the detailed design phase of its PW1000G geared turbofan engine for the...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Titanium nuts could save Airbus A350 XWB 100kg plus mass
Titanium nuts could save the Airbus A350 XWB on the order of 100kg (220lb) in mass if they are selected for the programme, says its manufacturer Alcoa Fastening...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Spring in Bonatre's step after wave of success
Bonatre (hall 4 C102) has made the short journey to Le Bourget from its base some 60km (37 miles) away...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer
Boeing and GE partner on Bondtracer With 787 first flight targeted for the end of this month, Boeing and GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies are looking...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Korean picks Advantage70 for A330s
Korean Air has selected Pratt & Whitney's PW4170 Advantage70 engine to power six new Airbus A330s. The deal, valued at about $300 million, includes two spare...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW; Airbus creates IMAX-style cinema inside A350 fuselage mock-up
Airbus has created an IMAX-style cinema on its stand inside the shell of an A350. The...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Top gongs for Flightglobal scribes
Top gongs for Flightglobal scribes Flightglobal enjoyed a bumper night at Sunday's Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards - the annual Oscars for...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: AirTran achieves TRUEngine status for its CFM56s
CFM announced at the show yesterday that US low-fare carrier AirTran Airways has achieved TRUEngine status for 102...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Atlantic Airways signs up for CFM56s
Real live contract signings look like they will be thin on the ground here at Paris, but Atlantic Airways, the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, did...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW; Society of British Aerospace Companies sounds industry warning
Airbus could look outside the UK when it is time to manufacture wings for the next generation of narrowbody aircraft unless the country makes further investment...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Snecma and Superjet sign up to ALTA
ALTA, the Latin and Caribbean Airline Association, confirmed two new affiliate members yesterday at the show, French powerplant giant Snecma and Superjet...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Goodrich wins crew seats on A350 XWB
Goodrich has been selected by Airbus to provide advanced cabin attendant seats for the new A350 XWB, it was announced at the show today. The selection...
-
News
PAIS AIR SHOW: Eurocopter to have EC175/Z15 first flight by end-2009
Eurocopter is aiming for a first flight of the EC175 heavy twin helicopter before the end of 2009, with the company planning to obtain certification in 2011...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: In-seat IFE part of Qatar ’s latest A320 order
Qatar Airways has placed what could be one of the biggest orders at the Paris air show with a $1.9 billion deal for 24 Airbus A320 family aircraft that will come fully equipped with Thales in-seat audio/video on-demand in-flight entertainment ( IFE ) systems.
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Premium Aerotec wins third A350 structures contract
Premium Aerotec (hall 2, E197) on the first day of the show detailed a new $500 million agreement to supply the aft pressure bulkhead and floor grid for...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Woodward's PurePower role extended
Woodward powers in with P&W deal Hamilton Sundstrand has selected Woodward Governor to provide high- and low-pressure stator vane actuators and oil...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Virgin Galactic's mothership testing reaches new heights
Virgin Galactic's mothership WhiteKnight Two is ratcheting up the test flights...
-
News
PARIS AIR SHOW: Boeing’s Carson 'feels recovery will begin next year'
Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Scott Carson believes economic recovery is in sight, and that could enable the airframer to get through the recession...