All Europe articles – Page 637
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NewsMH17: Ukraine lifts ceasefire as initial wreck search ends
International investigators are to withdraw temporarily from the site of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 crash in Ukraine, with some areas yet to be examined.
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NewsHartzell to supply propellers for new Avanti EVO
Hartzell Propeller will supply new lightweight propellers to Piaggio Aero for its third generation P.180 Avanti, The EVO twin-pusher will have highly swept, wide-chord aluminium alloy propellers - each 85" in diameter - that, when combined with changes to the nacelle and engine exhaust geometry, reduce external noise by five ...
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UK faces engineering skills crisis
UK industry now has a deficit of 10,000 engineering students and apprentices a year, despite importing international students, according to training organisations Semta and the Aviation Skills Partnership which are attempting to bridge the gap.
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NewsAgustaWestland delivers AW139 pair to Heliconia
AgustaWestland has delivered two AW139s to Moroccan helicopter services company Heliconia Aero Solutions. The first of the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-67C-powered types has entered service providing offshore transportation services in North Africa. It will be joined later this week by the second aircraft. Heliconia also has an option ...
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Xian Aircraft becomes sole wing supplier for Airbus's Tianjin site
China's Xian Aircraft Industry is now sole supplier of wings to Airbus's A320 final assembly line in Tianjin.
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Czech Airlines confirms A320 fleet sale
Czech Airlines has confirmed it is selling its Airbus A320 fleet as part of its cost-cutting programme.
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NewsICAO conflict zone task force sets first meeting
The International Civil Aviation Organization's recently assembled Task Force on Risks to civil aviation arising from Conflict Zones will meet for the first time on 14-15 August 2014 at the organisation's headquarters in Montréal, Canada, and it is expected to deliver recommendations "within weeks".
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NewsNATS hones flight trajectories for efficiency
UK air navigation service provider NATS says it is on track to meet a target of saving 600,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from aircraft fuel burn in 2014 compared with historic levels, using scores from a flight trajectory efficiency measuring tool.
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NewsUnidentified A320 order includes 28 re-engined jets
Airbus’s newly-disclosed order for 45 A320-family aircraft, attributed to unidentified customers, includes 28 re-engined models.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Airbus conversions stress shift to larger types
Analysis of Airbus’s single-aisle backlog reveals that the shift towards larger types in new orders has been underpinned by substantial conversion activity within existing agreements.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Gulfstream G650ER aims to be long-range leader in the business jet market
Gulfstream has strengthened its dominance of the coveted ultra-long range business jet sector with the launch in May of its G650ER.
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Sidelined Israeli firms target Polish UAS requirement
Israel's defence ministry is trying to find a way to allow the nation's leading unmanned air system manufacturers to supply at least part of expected Polish requirements for such equipment, despite having earlier this year withdrawn the export permits to Warsaw held by Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries.
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Lufthansa Saab 91B trainer crashes in Bremen
Lufthansa lost its historic Saab 91B Safir training aircraft in a crash in Bremen on 1 August.
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NewsAntonov completes fuselage assembly of first An-178
Antonov has completed fuselage assembly of the first An-178, a freighter variant of the An-148 and An-158 regional jet.
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NewsRussian authority hands Rostov radar data to MH17 probe
Russian authorities have provided radar data from a regional air traffic centre to investigators analysing the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
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NewsHybrid airship flight test campaign to begin next year
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) is to begin the flight test campaign of its Airlander 10 hybrid airship in the May timeframe following a delay in raising the required funds to support the effort.
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NewsDobrolet halts flights as EU sanctions block jet lease
Aeroflot’s budget carrier Dobrolet is suspending operations as a result of the sanctions recently imposed on the airline by the European Union.
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Airbus Helicopters offers robust defence of NH90
Airbus Helicopters has defended the NH Industries NH90 military rotorcraft following recent criticism from both the Dutch and Australian governments, describing the issues they raise as "under control".
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NewsPICTURES: Pilatus PC-24 is rolled out at Stans ceremony
Switzerland's Pilatus has rolled out the first example of its new PC-24 business aircraft - kicking off an anticipated two year certification campaign for the airframer's first jet-powered type.
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Air Berlin selects Etihad executive to head MRO division
Werner Rothenbacher has been appointed managing director of Air Berlin Technik, the German airline's maintenance arm.