News from FlightGlobal – Page 932
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NewsDUBAI: R-R hands over 1,000th Trent 700 for A330
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific has taken deliveries of Rolls-Royce's Trent 700 into four figures, after accepting the 1,000th example of the turbofan for the Airbus A330.
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DUBAI: Face the facts with ATR CEO Filippo Bagnato
Filippo Bagnato is chief executive of Franco-Italian turboprop aircraft maker ATR, which has enjoyed a record year in terms of order intake some three decades after the venture was established.
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NewsDUBAI: Emirates orders another 50 777-300ERs
Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777-300ERs valued at $18 billion, the largest commercial aircraft order in the airframer's history.
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NewsDUBAI: Maximus keen to grow humanitarian efforts
Maximus Air Cargo is keen to expand a humanitarian aid concept centred on reducing airlift costs and extend it to utilising spare capacity on flights.
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NewsDUBAI: Permagard touts bio-coating efficiency benefits
Permagard is at the show promoting its bio-coating technology after winning a contract to protect all of Etihad's aircraft.
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NewsDubai: The great and the good celebrated at the Flightglobal Achievement Awards
Emirates Airline’s president Tim Clark, BEA AF447 investigation team, Sikorsky’s X2 pilot Kevin Bredenbeck and airline pioneer Burt Rutan have been named Leader, Innovator, Aviator and lifetime award winner in the third annual Flightglobal Achievement Awards.
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DUBAI: Emirates, Qatar could spring order surprises
Emirates and Qatar Airways each appear prepared to spring a surprise during the show and are likely to express initial reactions to Airbus's newly-disclosed delay of the A350.
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DUBAI: Honeywell eyes Middle East satellite navigation potential
The Middle East could accelerate the widespread use of satellite navigation systems, given its buoyant aviation industry and limited airspace, according to Honeywell.
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DUBAI: Goodrich signs support agreements with Emirates
Goodrich has signed a pair of support agreements with Emirates Airline. The first is a general terms agreement (GTA), which provides the framework for all future maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) agreements between Emirates and Goodrich
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DUBAI: Fresh speakers announced for training conference
Captain Jacques Drappier, senior training adviser for Airbus (stand W860), and Othman Al Khoori, vice president human resources administration for Abu Dhabi...
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IAG targets €1.5bn operating profit in 2015
British Airways and Iberia parent International Airlines Group (IAG) has set itself an operating profit target of €1.5 billion ($2 billion) in 2015 through...
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Embraer commits to re-engined E-Jets
Embraer has confirmed plans to abandon development of a narrowbody competitor to Airbus and Boeing and instead focus on an estimated $2 billion programme...
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NewsAirbus A350 final assembly schedule slips to 2012
Airbus has slipped the development schedule of the A350-900, with entry into service set for the first half of 2014.
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Feedback: Bill Swelbar on GDSs and consumer protection
MIT International research engineer William Swelbar argues the GDS sector is ready for competition
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NewsAeroflot set to begin international Superjet 100 flights
Aeroflot is poised to deploy its Sukhoi Superjet 100s on international services after receiving its third of the type. The carrier said its new regional...
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UK CAA to incentivise NATS to meet new efficiency targets
New air traffic efficiency targets proposed by the UK CAA could save 600,000t of carbon dioxide over the next three years.
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NewsCaribbean Airlines takes delivery of first ATR 72-600
Caribbean Airlines has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 turboprop in Toulouse, part of an order for nine of the type.
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Taiwan's Eva Air inks LOI for 10 A321s
Taiwanese carrier Eva Air has signed a letter of intent to lease 10 Airbus A321 aircraft to tap on the growing traffic to China.
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Air France to deploy A380s on Dubai, Los Angeles routes
Air France will operate Airbus A380 aircraft on its routes to Dubai, starting 5 December, and Los Angeles, starting 28 May 2012.
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Azerbaijan Airlines joins Boeing's training network
Azerbaijan Airlines' flight simulator centre has become part of Boeing's flight training network.