All Fleets articles – Page 529
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NewsPICTURE: Air France's new livery retains much of current scheme
Air France has unveiled a new livery, although the French flag-carrier has opted to retain much of its current design in the scheme...
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Air Canada buys $100m in parts from Aero Inventory
UK-based aerospace parts specialist Aero Inventory has sold almost $100 million worth of aircraft parts to Air Canada. Aero Inventory says in a statement...
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Business Briefs
A $300 million goodwill impairment charge pushed B/E Aerospace into the red for...
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Authorities clear ATR 72 for London City operations
ATR has secured approval for its ATR 72 turboprop to operate to London City Airport, clearing the way for Ireland's Aer Arann to use the type for its Isle...
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Harbin Embraer appears closer to new ERJ-145 deal with Hainan
Embraer believes its Chinese joint venture Harbin Embraer is closer to reaching agreement with Hainan Airlines on the remaining 39 ERJ-145s earmarked for...
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NewsRyanair 737 inquiry to explore similarities with Hudson A320 bird-strike
Investigators are to strip down the engines of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 next week to examine the extent of damage caused when the jet struck birds on approach...
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Cancellations exceed orders at both Airbus and Boeing
Both Airbus and Boeing have dipped into negative net orders for the year to date, having suffered more cancellations than secured sales.
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Volaris accelerates US launch plans, selects Fort Lauderdale
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has selected Fort Lauderdale as its first US destination and has accelerated the launch of transborder services by about...
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Mexicana closes in on 717s and evaluates CSeries
Mexicana is close to finalising a deal to lease 25 Boeing 717s and is looking at acquiring the Bombardier CSeries as a potential replacement for the 717s...
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Boeing considers "modest' delivery cuts in 2010
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has considered making production cuts in 2010 depending on how the market responds to worsening economic and financing trends.
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FAA releases recording of ATC exchanges during Hudson River ditching
The US Federal Aviation Administration has released the air traffic control recordings and transcripts of the whole US Airways Hudson River ditching incident...
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NewsLessor LCAL scraps most of its 787 order
Specialised Boeing 787 leasing company LCAL has cancelled 16 of the 21 aircraft it had on order, the second large-scale loss to the 787 backlog within a...
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Lessors’ calls for production cuts 'self-serving': Boeing
Boeing's leasing arm insists that calls by operating lessors for single-aisle production to be slashed in the wake of the economic crisis are "self-serving",...
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India's Kingfisher seeks to delay delivery of A380s
Loss-making Indian carrier Kingfisher Airlines is speaking to Airbus to try and defer by two years the delivery of the Airbus A380s it has on order.
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Biofuel R&D to receive up to $25m in federal funding
The US Departments of Energy and Agriculture will allocate up to $25 million in research and development funding for biofuels, including aviation fuels
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Boeing secures land for India MRO
Boeing has leased some land at Nagpur airport in India to build a new maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) centre in joint-venture partnership with national...
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Fractional customers jump to Virgin America
Premium bookings at Virgin America are remaining steady during the economic downturn as some travellers who previously used private aircraft are transitioning...
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China to complete A320-family wings
Airbus has decided that Xian Aircraft will complete the wings to be installed on Airbus A320-family aircraft assembled at Airbus Tianjin.
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India's airlines facing difficult times
Indian air transport climbed quickly in the past decade - now the country is at the epicentre of global gloom enveloping aviation