Programmes – Page 605
-
News
IATA chief throws down zero-emissions aircraft challenge
The International Air Transport Association director general Giovanni Bisignani has thrown down an ambitious...
-
NewsPicture: Rolls-Royce ships first pair of engines to Boeing for 787 roll-out
Rolls-Royce has shipped the first pair of Trent 1000 engines...
-
News
Restructuring sees South African Airways ground Boeing 747s, split into seven units
South African Airways is to ground its Boeing 747-400 fleet, revamp its long-haul...
-
News
Virgin Atlantic to launch transatlantic all-business carrier
Virgin Atlantic is the latest airline to reveal plans to launch an all-business class...
-
News
Dassault readies 2000DX for first flight
Dassault's Falcon 2000DX is scheduled to fly for the first time later this month. The aircraft,...
-
News
Boeing shuns EASA certification for short-haul 787 as protest over fees
Protests from Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration about specific European...
-
News
Lasers will cut cost of engine components
A laser-assisted machining process that could reduce the and time and cost to produce lightweight silicon carbide ceramic matrix composite (CMC) engine components...
-
News
MAS draws up widebody shopping list
Malaysia Airlines is preparing to issue a request for proposals to Airbus and Boeing for dozens of new widebody aircraft, as it assesses offers from Airbus,...
-
News
S7 says banks 'queuing up' to finance Boeing 787-8 orders
Russian carrier expects airliner to 'revolutionise the economics of our operations'
-
News
Jeppesen RNP systems under test
Required navigation performance procedures designed by Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen for operations at Linzhi airport in the mountainous region of Tibet were...
-
News
Aeroflot courts JAT
Serbia's newly elected government expects by the end of this month to kick off the process of privatising state-owned national carrier JAT Airways. Serbian...
-
News
Rex receives Saab 340B+
Australian regional carrier Regional Express (Rex) has received its first Saab 340B+. It already operates a fleet of 31 Saab 340A/Bs, and the latest aircraft...
-
News
US Airways to issue RFP
ATR and Bombardier will each soon receive requests for proposals to renew US Airways Express operator Piedmont Airlines' fleet. During last week's Regional...
-
News
Avianca A330s to bridge gap before 787 delivery
Surprise addition to narrowbody order to support regional and long-haul ambitions
-
News
Alteon aims to exploit airlines' extra capacity
Training Stephen Trimble / Seattle Boeing subsidiary Alteon has adopted a new business plan focused on profiting from the surplus of training simulators...
-
News
UTAir to open tender for Tu-134 fleet replacement
Russian carrier UTAir is set to invite international tenders for the supply of regional aircraft to replace its fleet of Tupolev Tu-134s. The Khanty-Mansiysk-based...
-
News
Bombardier to end CRJ sales once NextGen assembly ramps up
Bombardier will cease offering its current-model CRJs once the assembly line for production of its new generation series of regional jets, dubbed "CRJ NextGen"...
-
News
Lift-fan inlet door problems led to rethink
Lockheed Martin redesigned the lift-fan inlet on the F-35B with an aft-hinged door after problems with the bifold doors on the X-35 concept demonstrator...