All air transport news – Page 972
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Libya's Afriqiyah to take first A321s after order conversion
Libyan carrier Afriqiyah Airways has ordered its first Airbus A321s, after converting three previous orders for A320s.
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Virgin Blue finances E-190s
Virgin Blue is financing three Embraer 190s scheduled for the first half of this year using a corporate credit line. The Australian carrier received...
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Airbus modifies TCAS to avoid false 'climb collision' warning
Airbus intends to secure certification this year for a modification that will eliminate the large number of false collision-avoidance warnings generated when aircraft are about to level off from a cleared climb.
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NewsPICTURES: China Southern's first A380 makes maiden flight
China Southern Airlines' first Airbus A380 made its maiden flight today to Hamburg from Toulouse. The aircraft is at Airbus' facilities in Hamburg...
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NewsQantas in talks with two other biofuel producers
Qantas is in discussions with two additional alternative fuel producers with a view to entering arrangements similar to the pacts it recently signed with US renewable energy companies Solazyme and Solena.
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AVALON: Thales launches ATM research centre in Australia
Thales Australia has launched operations of its Centre for Advanced Studies in Air Traffic Management (CASIA), which will develop next-generation air traffic management technology for export around the world.
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L2 certified to install upgraded Rockwell satcom on 777 series
L2 Consulting Services has received US FAA supplemental type certification for the installation of an Inmarsat Swiftbroadband upgrade to Rockwell Collins'...
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Copa takes first Sky Interior 737, looks forward to CFM56-7BE
Panama's Copa Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 with the new Sky Interior and anticipates taking its first 737 powered by the upgraded...
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Delta to buy MD-90s from Japan Airlines
Delta Air Lines has confirmed plans to purchase nine Boeing MD-90s from Japan Air Lines (JAL). A spokesman for the Atlanta-based carrier says deliveries...
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Bolivia reverses ban on ageing aircraft
Bolivia's civil aviation directorate has reversed a decision banning aircraft older than 25 years from operating scheduled passenger flights within the South American country.
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NewsDubai's DAE axes 30 more Airbus orders
Middle Eastern lessor Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has cancelled another 30 aircraft from its Airbus order book, including 12 A350s.
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NewsRussian authorities certificate An-158
Russian airworthiness authorities have granted type certification to the Antonov An-158, a stretched version of the An-148 regional twinjet.
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Ex-JAL 747 finds new life as Leap-X testbed
Flight trials of CFM International's new Leap-X engine, an option for the Airbus A320neo, will be carried out on a new Boeing 747-400 testbed.
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AVALON: GippsAero close to finalising GA10 and GA18 designs
GippsAero will shortly start taking deposits for its new GA10, a stretched version of the GA8 Airvan utility turboprop, and the relaunched GA18 Nomad, as the Australian manufacturer comes close to completing its market surveys to define the aircraft.
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NewsAirlines can stop Trent 900 checks: EASA
Operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines will no longer be required to carry out repeated inspections of certain engine parts that were mandated by Europe's safety regulator after last November's uncontained engine failure on a Qantas Airways A380.
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Rolls-Royce's Singapore facility to begin production in mid-2012
Rolls-Royce aims to begin Trent engine assemblies at its new facility in Singapore's Seletar Aerospace Park in mid-2012, and expects it to produce up to...
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NewsA380 too large for EgyptAir: chairman
EgyptAir is not interested in the Airbus A380, insisting that the aircraft type is too large for its operations. The Cairo-based flag-carrier, while...
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Myanmar to receive new batch of MiG-29s from March
Myanmar will in March receive the first of 20 RSK MiG-29s ordered under a roughly €400 million ($553 million) deal, with their introduction to more than double the country's MiG-29 fleet.
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Lufthansa eager to bring in-flight Internet to A380s
Star Alliance member Lufthansa is eager to bring in-flight high-speed Internet to its growing fleet of Airbus A380s, but is remaining quiet on a timeline...
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BoA adds fifth 737-300, evaluates new aircraft types
Bolivia's state-owned airline Boliviana de Aviación (BoA) has agreed to lease a fifth 737-300 and is seeking to add a sixth 737-300 before switching to a...