All Ops & safety articles – Page 284
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PARIS: Etihad becomes Taleris launch customer
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways has become the first customer of US-based predictive maintenance specialist Taleris.
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NewsPARIS: SriLankan to take 13 A350s and A330s
SriLankan Airlines is to order seven Airbus A350-900s and six A330-300s.
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NewsPARIS: Boeing accelerates first 737 Max delivery
The first 737 Max will be delivered to launch customer Southwest Airlines in mid-2017 up to six months earlier than Boeing originally scheduled for the re-engined...
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PARIS: Cathay to open new routes with A350 - Slosar
Cathay Pacific will fly its Airbus A350s to new destinations in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, including New Zealand, says chief executive...
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PARIS: Interview with Bombardier CSeries VP Rob Dewar
Bombardier has a lot of work to do between now and 30 June, when the first CSeries flight-test aircraft is scheduled to fly. CSeries vice-president and general manager Rob Dewar is keeping mum on details about the preparations for the first flight, but he can explain why he is so ...
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NewsPARIS: Xiamen Airlines picks Rockwell Collins avionics for 737NGs
Xiamen Airlines has chosen several Rockwell Collins avionics systems for 12 next-generation Boeing 737s scheduled to arrive from 2014.
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PARIS: Xiamen chooses GEnx for 787 fleet
Xiamen Airlines has signed a letter of intent with GE Aviation for a $560 million GEnx-1B engine deal to power its six Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which includes the cost of the engines and an OnPoint maintenance agreement.
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PARIS: Safran rewires electrical business to drive growth
As Safran gears up to bring its electrically-powered nose-wheel taxi system to market with partner Honeywell, the French aerospace and security technology...
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NewsPARIS: Boeing launches 787-10 with five customers
Five customers - British Airways, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines, plus lessors Air Lease and GECAS - have launched the Boeing 787-10 today at the...
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EasyJet says planned A320neo deal 'keeps fleet flexibility'
EasyJet says that its proposed deal for up to 235 A320s will allow it to maintain the fleet flexibility it has enjoyed through its existing orders with Airbus. The...
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NewsPARIS: Brent Tweddle wins the Boeing Engineering Student of the Year award
Leader of a project designing specialist goggles allow satellites to ‘see’ moving objects, Brent Tweddle is the Boieing Engineering Student of the Year.
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NewsPARIS: Michelin seeks A350 operators in Paris
Securing customers with Airbus A350 orders for its new NZG radial tyres is one of Michelin's main goals at the 2013 Paris air show, after the tyres were...
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PARIS: Cobham ramps up in-flight connectivity offering
Cobham (chalet A106) is reinforcing its stance in the airborne connectivity market with a new product in its Aviator antennae series. The Aviator S terminal...
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PARIS: Technetics introduces new carbonfibre seal
Technetics Group has introduced a new high-efficiency, weight saving range of carbonfibre brush seals. The Heliocarb model has been...
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NewsPARIS: Air France evaluates Safran/Honeywell electric taxi system
Air France has become a partner in Honeywell's and Safran's jointly developed electric green taxiing system (EGTS). The airline signed a preliminary...
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PARIS: Aeros rises to the occasion with unique airship design
California-based Aeros is making its first Paris air show appearance and is pushing its Aeroscraft concept, a vertical take-off and landing vehicle designed to transport oversized cargo loads without the requirement for a runway.
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NewsPARIS: Rolls-Royce rolls out legacy Trent upgrades
Rolls-Royce's strategy of backfeeding technology from the Trent XWB into new variants of previous engines - such as the Trent 1000-TEN - is also benefitting in-service powerplants, and certain improvements can be retrofitted during shop visits
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NewsPARIS: P&W commercial engines executives discuss challenges ahead
Pratt & Whitney commercial engines president Todd Kallman and Bob Saia, vice-president, commercial development programs, discuss the US company's presence at the show, its renaissance in the single-aisle commercial airliner market and the challenges that lie ahead
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NewsPARIS: Airline ‘mindset change’ will spark A380 order revival - Airbus
Airbus is confident that the strong traffic growth airlines are currently enjoying will create "a mindset change" that will reignite sales for the A380. That's why the manufacturer remains resolute in its view that the long-term demand for ultra-large aircraft is over 1,700 aircraft.
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NewsPARIS: Rolls-Royce set for Trent production ramp-up
Airbus's brand-new A350 XWB widebody twin may be disappointingly absent from this year's Le Bourget flying display, but UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce...