All articles by Niall O’Keeffe – Page 5
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European airlines reiterate need for new ash-flight policies
European airlines have renewed calls to change the policies that govern flights through volcanic ash.
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Narrowbody MRO prices down 15% last year: SRT
Overcapacity caused narrowbody maintenance prices to fall 15% in 2009, and a repeat is likely this year. That's according to SR Technics chief executive...
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NewsBoeing quantifies 787 MRO efficiencies
Boeing has spelled out the maintenance benefits that operators can expect from its 787 widebody, due to enter service with All Nippon Airways (ANA) next year.
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US MRO body urges lobbying against FAA bill
Proposed legislation that would impose new demands on the US Federal Aviation Administration came in for stinging criticism at Aviation Week's MRO Europe...
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Monarch sees possible MRO boost from carbon scheme
Monarch Aircraft Engineering is confident that the UK's high labour rates can be overcome as it seeks to build its Boeing 787 maintenance business.
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BA could develop 787 maintenance capability: Walsh
British Airways is yet to decide whether to develop in-house maintenance capability for its incoming fleet of 24 Boeing 787s, the first of which is due to...
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BA-Iberia still revising acquisition target list: Walsh
Acquisitions are firmly on the agenda of International Consolidated Airlines Group, the holding company that will oversee the merged operations of British...
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Boeing explains SR Technics' GoldCare exit
Boeing has revealed that a decision to exclude line maintenance from the GoldCare support programme for the 787 was behind SR Technics' disengagement as an MRO partner.
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Blended wings make a quiet comeback on refurbished X-48B
The Boeing/NASA X-48B blended-wing body research aircraft is back in the air after undergoing a major overhaul and upgrades.
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Zodiac reveals dip in aircraft systems business
Declining aircraft systems business was responsible for a fall in Zodiac Aerospace's total revenues in the financial year ending 31 August. The French...
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Widebody hangar drives Lufthansa Technik Malta's expansion
With SR Technics about to open a facility and Lufthansa Technik well established, the islands have emerged as an MRO hotspot
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AerData grows software offering with Waviatech acquisition
AerData's software portfolio now includes a maintenance offering, and proposed new accounting rules could play into its hands
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EADS renames defence and security division
Airbus owner EADS has revamped its branding, unveiling new corporate logos and renaming its defence and security division as Cassidian. The umbrella...
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Top 100: Kaman rises five places after Bell endorsement
KAMAN HAS risen five places to number 83 in our Top 100 after a year in which it won a five-year contract to build composite blade skins and core assemblies...
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TOP 100: Boeing leapfrogs EADS as profits slump
Boeing has bounced back to the summit of our Top 100 ranking of aerospace manufacturers after a year of boosted fortunes for its commercial aircraft division, but the wider experience for the industry was one of dramatically reduced profitability and minimal sales growth
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Swiss delay decision on Tiger replacements
Switzerland's bid to at least partially replace its 54 Northrop F-5s has returned to square one after the government postponed any fighter acquisitions until the second half of the decade, and charged the defence and finance ministries with generating a new jet procurement proposal next year.
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Airbus-Boeing spat turns surreal as US appeals own WTO 'victory'
In a bizarre twist to a long-running transatlantic legal battle over government support for aircraft makers, the USA is appealing against the World Trade...
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Eurofighter suffers first fatal crash in Spanish training accident
The crash of a Eurofighter Typhoon at Spain’s Morón air base on 24 August was the first fatal accident involving the type.
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Icejet suspends flying operations and Dornier 328Jets being sold by their owner
Icelandic charter operator Icejet has suspended its executive flying operations after failing to agree a new lease deal with the resolution committee of collapsed financial institution Landsbanki Íslands, which owns its four-strong Dornier 328Jet fleet.
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NewsSaudi pilot killed as Eurofighter crashes in Spain
A Eurofighter aircraft has crashed at Spain's Morón air base with one fatality, the Spanish ministry of defence has confirmed.