News from FlightGlobal – Page 1008
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MS-21 heads for design freeze
United Aircraft's MS-21 is on track to pass the latest design gate in its development in April-May, the final selection of vendors and freezing of the airframe concept.
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Qantas's damaged A380 to return to service this year
The Qantas Airbus A380 aircraft damaged last November during an uncontained Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine failure will return to service this year.
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Aspire unveils first daily flights using green ATM procedures
Green air traffic management (ATM) programme Aspire will next week launch flights on the first daily transpacific city-pair to implement the fuel-saving...
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Jetstar to lease 10 additional A320s
The Qantas Group will increase the fleet of wholly-owned subsidiary Jetstar Airways in order to capture the leisure traffic Virgin Blue is relinquishing...
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Qantas 1H pre-tax profit up 56% to A$417 million
The Qantas Group saw first half profits before tax jump 56% to A$417 million ($417 million) in the six months to 31 December, but reports an uneven recovery...
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Qantas favours commercial settlement with Rolls-Royce
Qantas is prepared to wait for a commercial settlement with Rolls-Royce in regard to the repair and other costs stemming from a November uncontained Trent...
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Bombardier's Mirabel plant to undergo big expansion for CSeries
Bombardier is gearing up to significantly expand its Mirabel plant, outside of Montreal, in preparation for assembly of its new CSeries narrowbody. The...
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Let L-410 reportedly crashes in DR Congo
A Let L-410 has reportedly crashed in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ryanair to slash Girona operations
Irish budget carrier Ryanair is to slash its operations at Girona, near Barcelona, because its five-year expansion plan at the airport has fallen through.
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Qantas to deploy widebodies on Perth services
Qantas Airways plans to deploy larger widebodies, including Boeing 747-400s, on several Australian domestic routes as part of a plan to increase capacity...
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Irkut signs Govt contract for next MS-21 design phase
Russian airframer Irkut has signed a state contract with the Government to carry out the next stage of research and design work on the proposed MS-21 twin-jet.
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NewsAir travel to more than double over next 20 years: FAA
Air travel will more than double over the next 20 years, with revenue passenger miles (RPMs) growing from 787 billion in 2010 to 1.7 trillion in 2031, the...
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Business: Good week - Bad week
Good week - ITP Industria de Turbo Propulsores Bad week - BAE Systems
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NewsEmirates looking at skipping A350-900 for -1000
Gulf carrier's president reveals it is considering transfer of 50 orders to stretched variant, to align with maturing network
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Meridiana Fly confirms partnership talks with Alitalia
Italian carrier Meridiana Fly has confirmed that it is in talks with Alitalia over a possible partnership.
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NewsEmirates expects A380 despatch maturity in mid-2012
Emirates' despatch reliability on the Airbus A380 remains below expectations but the carrier is confident all the remaining kinks will be worked out by mid-2012, says Emirates president Tim Clark.
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High levels of automation are killing flying skills
There was a time when aeroplanes were unreliable and pilots were well-drilled in dealing with the things that could go wrong because they had to be. Today,...
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Former Aeromexico CEO Perezalonso remerges as Volaris chairman
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris has appointed former Aeromexico CEO Gilberto Pérezalonso Cifuentes as its new chairman, replacing Pedro Aspe Armella.
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Airport grants under the knife in FAA’s proposed budget
Medium and large airports would be given the green light to increase passenger facility charges to account for a proposed $1.1 billion reduction in airport...