News from FlightGlobal – Page 954
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Adria Tehnika aims to expand after cash injection
Slovenia's maintenance provider Adria Airways Tehnika has received a cash injection from its state owners to turn around the ailing business within one year....
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Bombardier starts final assembly of first CSeries flight aircraft
Bombardier has started assembling the fuselage of the first CSeries flight test vehicle (FTV-1) and begun the process of mating the wings to the static test...
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Azerbaijan Airlines to add daily Heathrow flights
Azerbaijan Airlines will start daily services from Baku to London Heathrow airport on 28 October. The new route will be operated with an Airbus A320,...
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Virgin in talks about feeding Heathrow airlines hit by BMI demise
Virgin Atlantic is aiming to plug the connectivity gap left at its London Heathrow hub by the British Airways/BMI merger and is in talks with the carriers...
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NewsAlaska orders 50 Boeing 737s in $5 billion deal
Alaska Airlines has placed a firm order for a total of 50 Boeing narrowbodies, including 37 of the re-engined 737 Max, in a deal worth $5 billion at list...
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NewsPICTURES: Air Pacific unveils new cabin product and livery
Fijian carrier Air Pacific has unveiled its new cabin product and livery that will accompany its relaunch as Fiji Airways next year. As part of the...
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NewsPICTURES: Garuda Indonesia receives first Bombardier CRJ1000
Garuda Indonesia's plans to link up Indonesia's Tier II and III cities gets underway on Friday with its new Bombardier CRJ1000 aircraft. The first...
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AMR and Embraer seek regional jet refinancing
AMR subsidiary American Eagle Airlines has requested bankruptcy court approval to restructure $1.75 billion in debt on its entire fleet of Embraer regional...
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MRO Europe: AFI KLM E&M and LHT extend Spairliners partnership
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are co-operating for Embraer 170 and 190 component support....
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Fuji starts third 787 wingbox assembly line
Fuji Heavy Industries has activated a third assembly line to produce wingboxes for the Boeing 787-8 and has started producing the first 787-9 wingbox. As...
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Link to serve western Japan and work with StarFlyer
Japanese start-up airline Link plans to serve destinations in western Japan and is likely to collaborate closely with full-service carrier StarFlyer.
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Lufthansa Technik and GE collaborate on engine repair
Lufthansa Technik and GE Aviation have signed a long-term material supply agreement for spare parts and repairs on the CF6-80C2 and CF34 engines. The...
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NewsIN FOCUS: American seeks more codeshares, despite opposition
American Airlines is seeking to expand the number of codeshares it has with other airlines, even as it gains Qatar Airways as a Oneworld partner. Tom...
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Lufthansa Technik, Volaris sign MRO agreement
Lufthansa Technik has signed a six-year agreement to support Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris's fleet of 37 A320-family aircraft, effective 1 September. Under...
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NewsQatar still keen on CSeries order
Qatar Airways hopes to conclude an order with Bombardier for the CSeries in the near future, says chief executive Akbar Al Baker. "CSeries is an aircraft...
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Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to overhaul landing gears for Cyprus and Aegean Airlines
Cyprus Airways and Aegean Airlines have selected Messier-Bugatti-Dowty for the exchange and overhaul of landing gear on its fleet of Airbus aircraft. The...
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ATR marks entry into Japan with start-up airline deal
Airframer ATR has finally entered the Japanese market with Link, a new regional carrier that will commence service in 2013.
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Qatar allies with Oneworld
Qatar Airways plans to join the Oneworld alliance within the next 18 months, after being elected as a member designate by the alliance's other members. The...
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NewsIN FOCUS: Green spotlight shines on noise and air quality
Attention may be focused on carbon emissions but the problem of air and sound pollution will not go away