All articles by NAME MISSING – Page 40

  • News

    Fortress snaps up BAE's leasing arm

    2011-05-31T12:00:00Z

    Defence specialist sells non-core business, including 151 regional aircraft, to Aircastle investor in $187 million deal

  • News

    Business briefs

    2011-05-31T11:00:00Z

    Training specialist CAE said its results for the year ended 31 March were buoyed by a recovering civil aviation market and robust defence revenues.

  • News

    MTU wins Pluna maintenance contract

    2011-05-31T10:16:00Z

    MTU Maintenance Berlin-Brandenburg is to provide repair and overhaul services to Uruguayan carrier Pluna's General Electric CF34-8CF engines. The contract...

  • Opinion

    Comment: A clash over ash

    2011-05-31T10:00:00Z

    Opinion may be divided on how to cope with volcanic eruptions. But caution is the only option until Europe has scaled a steep learning curve - which it must, given rising seismic activity

  • News

    Upgraded flight management system approved for CRJ1000

    2011-05-31T10:00:00Z

    Rockwell Collins' FMS-4200 flight management system has been certificated for the Bombardier CRJ1000 as well as the CRJ700/900, enabling the type to fly...

  • News

    Bombardier to deliver two-class cabin in Q400

    2011-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Bombardier has revealed plans to deliver the first dual-class Q400 turboprop this summer, to a current customer. The airframer has "a customer that...

  • News

    JAL picks Boston as first 787 destination

    2011-05-27T09:40:00Z

    Japan Airlines (JAL) has chosen Boston as the first destination it would fly to with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and plans to launch the service from Tokyo...

  • News

    Capacity caution

    2011-05-26T12:00:00Z

    A scan of recent news begs the question if the air cargo industry has forgotten that capacity discipline was a key reason why cargo profits soared in 2010....

  • Opinion

    Comment: Giovanni's decade

    2011-05-24T14:39:00Z

    In an IATA career spanning a decade, Giovanni Bisignani has dragged this venerable air transport industry institution kicking and screaming into the 21st...

  • News

    Paul Coby column: cloud 9

    2011-05-24T14:35:00Z

    SITA chairman Paul Coby on why cloud computing in the aviation industry is not a far-off dream and the innovation it offers could leave both company and...

  • News

    ANA and Continental expand codeshare deal

    2011-05-24T07:36:00Z

    All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Continental Airlines are expanding their codeshare partnership to include services from Tokyo's Narita Airport to Houston and...

  • News

    Rivals unite for Israeli jets

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Elbit-IAI joint venture may sell bonds in unusual concept to fund advanced trainers

  • Opinion

    Comment: Money loves Russia?

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Forced to abandon plans for a London share listing, the maker of Mil and Kamov helicopters was disappointed - but not too ruffled. And Oboronprom's sangfroid is well justified

  • News

    Canada special: Pioneer spirits

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Canadian aerospace has long benefited from its proximity to the world's largest defence market, making up for Canada's own modest military budget. Yet the country is very much a force in its own right, with Bombardier and CAE leading companies in regional and business aircraft as well as simulation and ...

  • News

    Business people

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    PEOPLE moves Aerosur, ILFC, Qinetiq, Ruag, Signature, ThyssenKrupp Signature Drew: Signature sales Sergio Sanzetenea is now interim...

  • News

    Business good week

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    summer travel The Air Transport Association of America expects a 1.5% increase in summer travel aboard US carriers over 2010 levels in spite of near-record...

  • News

    Business briefs

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    SELEX BUYS SMALL UAV MAKER UNMANNED SYSTEMS Selex Galileo is to acquire Rome-based Unmanned Technologies Research Institute (UTRI) as part of its strategy...

  • News

    This week: briefings

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    leadership Bennett Croswell has been appointed new president of military engines at Pratt & Whitney following the abrupt departure of predecessor Warren Boley

  • Opinion

    Comment: We can beat your offer – with state help

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    That interminable World Trade Organisation dispute between Airbus and Boeing over government subsidies to large airliner programmes flared up again last...

  • Interview

    Working Week: David Barry

    2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

    Digging deep into flight data David Barry is the new chief operating officer at Flight Data Services. The Fareham, UK-based company provides technologies...