All air transport news – Page 1208
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Afghanistan's Safi looking for narrowbodies and a widebody
Privately-owned Afghan carrier Safi Airways is in the market to acquire newer narrowbody aircraft and one more widebody aircraft.
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China to build large amphibious aircraft for rescue missions
Aviation Industry Corporation of China is to build a large amphibious aircraft for firefighting and rescue missions. The machine will be a four-engined...
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Biman Bangladesh looks to lease three 777s in October
Bangladesh's flag carrier is looking to lease three Boeing 777-200/200ERs starting this October so it can resume services to New York and other destinations.
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Tyre modelling gets UK industry, academia focus
The Midlands Aerospace Alliance in the UK is funding modelling technology research to reduce the time...
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NewsBritish Airways pushes back A380 deliveries by up to two years
British Airways is pushing back its Airbus A380 delivery schedule, with some later aircraft being postponed by at least two years. The UK flag-carrier...
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NewsPICTURES: Air Charter Service appointed European agent for Boeing 747 Supertanker
Evergreen International Aviation has appointed the UK's Air...
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Unclear which crew members on duty during A330 loss
French investigators have so far been unable to determine the composition of the flight crew on duty when an Air France Airbus A330-200 was lost over the...
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Alaska, Southwest urge FCC to approve Row 44's application
Hoping to make in-flight broadband service "available to all of their passengers", Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines have urged the US Federal Communications...
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Delta readies for widebody wi-fi test flight
The first Delta Air Lines widebody to be equipped with wi-fi will be a Boeing 767-300 prototype ahead of the carrier outfitting its entire pre-merger domestic...
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Boeing’s second quarter deliveries remain steady
Aircraft deliveries by Boeing in the second quarter remained relatively steady as customers accepted 125 aircraft compared with 126 the year prior. The...
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(duplicate) Airbus studies new air-to-ground links for 'black boxes'
Airbus today announced it will study technology aimed at extending data transmissions for commercial airliners, among other new technologies to reinforce...
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Airbus considers flight-data downlink to aid investigations
Airbus is to examine downlink of flight-critical data, and other possible techniques, to explore whether vital information could be more easily retrieved...
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NewsAir France A330 did not break up in mid-air: investigators
Investigations into the loss of the Air France Airbus A330 over the South Atlantic have determined that the aircraft did not break up in mid-air, and did...
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Vought move could signal Boeing airliner production shake-up
The Carlyle divestment of Vought's 787 operations may be the precursor to a fundamental realignment of Boeing's airliner assembly strategy if it proceeds...
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Boeing makes move for Vought's 787 plant
Boeing is poised to take control of a key portion of its 787 supply chain through the acquisition of the Vought Aircraft Industries business in Charleston,...
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The perils of night approaches over the sea
Since 2000 there have been two fatal accidents involving low turns over the sea at night. The official reports on both accidents say that the pilots lost...