All Airframers news – Page 377
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ROUTES: Emirates already eyeing bigger aircraft for Dallas
Emirates is already thinking about increasing capacity on its new Dallas-Fort Worth route, three months ahead of the launch of the first direct service between...
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Little optimism for improved conditions soon: IATA
Growth in global passenger traffic showed "significant slowing" in August while the contraction in the freight market accelerated.
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ROUTES: Bordeaux sees low-cost terminal driving growth
Bordeaux airport expects about a million passengers to pass through its low-cost terminal in 2011, its first full year in operation.
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NewsAvianova collapse is 'tragedy' for Russian economy: chief
Moscow Sheremetyevo airport's operator has set up an emergency office to handle the fallout from budget carrier Avianova's apparent collapse, after the airline failed to confirm that it would operate further services.
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TAECO completes cabin modification on first Cathay 777-300ER
Taikoo Xiamen Aircraft Engineering (TAECO) has completed the modifications to install a new business class product on a Cathay Pacific Airways Boeing 777-300ER. The...
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NewsAvianova to be forced into bankruptcy: management
Shareholders in Russian low-fare operator Avianova are to put the carrier in bankruptcy, according to the team which is still claiming management of the...
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NewsQatar Airways takes delivery of 100th aircraft
Qatar Airways took delivery of its 100th aircraft, a Boeing 777-200LR, at a ceremony in Everett, Washington, on 30 September.
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ROUTES: Boeing 737 Max takes on Airbus’s A320neo
Airbus and Boeing are going head to head again in the short-haul market after the US airframer shadowed its rival's move with a re-engineered version of its current narrowbody.
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NewsCargolux, Boeing and GE break 747-8F impasse
Boeing, General Electric and Cargolux have resolved a contractual dispute regarding the performance of its first two 747-8 freighters and plans to take delivery...
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EASA proposes AD on A380 Trent 900 pylon modifications
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a proposed airworthiness directive for Airbus A380 operators to modify panels on Rolls-Royce Trent...
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ROUTES: Single-aisle demand drives Airbus forecast growth
The 7% rise in Airbus's forecast for 20-year airliner demand in its latest Global Market Forecast (GMF) is driven largely by a jump in the size of the single-aisle market.
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FBI drug raid targets Boeing rotorcraft factory
FBI agents arrested 36 current and former Boeing employees of the company's rotorcraft factory near Philadelphia for allegedly buying and selling prescription drugs ...
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Ecuador eyes SH-2Gs to counter drug-smuggling mini-subs
The Ecuadorian navy could buy two ex-US Navy Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprites for around $60 million ...
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News747-8F row linked to GE issues, not Qatar 787s: Sources
Cargolux's 747-8F contractual wrangle with Boeing is linked to GE engine issues, Flightglobal has learned.
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NewsLufthansa to take two more A380s and 10 other aircraft
Germany's Lufthansa Group is to acquire another two Airbus A380s as part of an order for 12 new aircraft for the company. They will be part of a package...
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ROUTES: Industry meets with caution in the air
The return of economic fragility means stuttering airline growth, but the 787 introduction provides welcome tonic for route managers
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NewsVIDEO: ANA 737 rolled near-inverted after rudder trim blunder
Japanese investigators have detailed the extraordinary in-flight upset involving an All Nippon Airways Boeing 737-700 which resulted in the aircraft banking to a near-inverted attitude.
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ATR scores raft of new turboprop deals
Calling 2011 its "best-selling year ever", ATR has revealed a raft of fresh turboprop orders - including six undisclosed deals covering 51 aircraft - that bring its year-to-date tally to a record 145 firm orders.
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NewsEnders: A350 delay better than A380 bottleneck
Airbus chief executive Tom Enders, has said a short delay to starting A350 final assembly would be preferable to a repeat of the A380 production logjam, and stressed that the airframer wants to prevent non-mature sections being transferred and reworked on the Toulouse line
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India's Kingfisher to exit low-cost market
India's Kingfisher Airlines plans to exit the country's low-cost market within the next four months and focus more on the premium market.