All news – Page 1188
-
News
US prices Bulgarian F-16V deal at $1.67 billion
The US government has detailed its proposed $1.67 billion sale of Lockheed Martin F-16V fighters to Bulgaria.
-
News
Alaska to add new Paine Field route
Alaska Airlines plans to add a new route from Paine Field, adjusting its network at the Seattle-area airport less than a year after beginning service.
-
News
Spirit drops Embraer from aircraft campaign
Spirit Airlines is focusing the campaign for its next aircraft order on Airbus and Boeing, ending the consideration of the Embraer E-Jet E2.
-
News
Longview completes Dash 8 buy and forms De Havilland Aircraft
Longview Aviation Capital has completed its acquisition of the Dash 8 turboprop line from Bombardier and placed the programme into a newly formed holding company called De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited.
-
News
Delta upgrades Boston to hub status on strong growth
Boston Logan International airport is Delta Air Lines newest hub, in a rare growth move by a US network carrier establishing a new connecting complex.
-
News
Insitu sells 34 ScanEagle drones to Southeast Asian countries
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract to deliver 34 ScanEagle unmanned air vehicles (UAV) to Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam.
-
News
US gives tentative nod to American-Qantas joint venture
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively approved a joint venture (JV) between American Airlines and Qantas Airways.
-
News
Acro nears start of Chinese production site
UK manufacturer Acro Aircraft Seating is in the process of preparing production at a new Chinese facility.
-
Interview
INTERVIEW: Management with a personal touch
Robert Coleman is general manager for Vertis Aviation's US office. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, he is spreading the word about the aircraft charter broker and building its business throughout the Americas
-
News
Boeing eyes international KC-46A, E-7 opportunities
Boeing is working on potential international deals related to its KC-46A tanker and the 737-based E-7 airborne early warning & control (AEW&C) aircraft.
-
News
FACC picks Croatia for new production facility
Austrian composites manufacturer FACC has selected Croatia as the site of a new production facility.
-
News
Korean Air vows to go after LCC competition
Korean Air chairman and chief executive Walter Cho has vowed to act more aggressively against the growing competition from low-cost carriers in its home market.
-
News
Flybe CEO launches Cranfield scholarship with IATA diversity award
Flybe chief executive Christine Ourmieres-Widener, a longtime advocate of gender diversity in the airline industry, will create a new scholarship at Cranfield University after she was honoured in IATA's inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Awards.
-
News
Subset of 737 fleet requires slat track swap
A manufacturing defect will require the replacement of leading edge slat tracks on a small subset of the global fleet of Boeing 737NG and Max aircraft.
-
News
A321XLR concept 'very interesting' for IAG: chief
Plans for a possible extended range version of the Airbus A321LR are "very interesting" for IAG, its chief executive Willie Walsh has disclosed.
-
News
GAMECO starts building third Guangzhou hangar
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has begun construction of a third hangar located at its homebase Guangzhou Baiyun International airport.
-
News
Jetstar shows interest in A321XLR for Australia-Japan routes
Jetstar has shown interest in the proposed Airbus A321XLR to potentially open up new routes between northern Australia and Japan.
-
News
Airbus confirms both A350 variants viable for Qantas Sunrise bid
Airbus has confirmed that it can offer ultra-long-range versions of both A350 variants to Qantas to meet its "Project Sunrise" requirement for an aircraft able to operate nonstop flights between Sydney and London.
-
News
BAE sees Hawk upgrade as alternative to KL’s LCA plans
BAE Systems believes a Hawk upgrade is a cost effective way for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) to address future attack requirements, as it eyes additional emerging opportunities.
-
News
Qantas pressing manufacturers for final offers on Sunrise aircraft soon
Qantas will move towards seeking final offers from Airbus and Boeing for ultra-long-range jets capable of meeting its Project Sunrise requirements, making it likely that an order will be announced this year.