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Boeing 787 Dreamliner ZA004 Joins Flight-Test Program

February 25, 2010

A third airplane–Dreamliner ZA004–joined the Boeing 787 flight-test program when it took off at 11:43 am local time yesterday from Paine Field in Everett, Wash. Boeing said the program plan called for ZA004 to fly before ZA003 because the program needs the data from ZA004 more quickly both for certification and development of the next Dreamliner variant–the...

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UAL finalizes Boeing 787 order

February 25, 2010

United Airlines has finalized a firm order for 25 Boeing 787-8 jetliners, the Chicago-based carrier announced today. Valued at $4.2 billion at list prices, the deal includes so-called purchase rights for another 50 Dreamliners.

United said it plans to take delivery of the 787s at the same time it begins to retire its Boeing 747s and 767s, between 2016 and...

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Virgin Blue to Order Up To 50 Boeing 737s

February 24, 2010

Australia’s Virgin Blue has reached an agreement “in principle” with Boeing to order up to 50 new 737s, Virgin Airlines Group CEO Brett Godfrey said in a statement released today. “We do not intend to shy away from remaining competitive, and we plan to vigorously defend our core domestic markets,” said Godfrey, who also noted that Virgin Blue plans to...

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Bombardier First OEM to Earn AFRA Accreditation

February 23, 2010

Bombardier has become the first OEM to earn accreditation from the Aircraft Fleet Recycling Association (AFRA) following a two-day audit of CRJ100/200 tear-downs at the manufacturer’s service centers in Bridgeport, W.Va., and Tucson, Ariz. AFRA, a 42-member nonprofit industry association, promotes best practices for salvaging and recycling components taken...

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Koito Delivered 150,000 Faulty Seats for 32 Airlines to Airbus and Boeing

February 11, 2010

Koito Industries, a Japanese supplier of seats to carriers such as Continental Airlines, falsified test results and made unauthorized design changes on 150,000 seats supplied to 32 international airlines, Japan’s Transport Ministry said.

After getting his wrists slapped by ministry officials on February 8, Koito president Takashi Kakegawa apologized at a...

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Middle East Consortium Opens Shanghai Office

February 03, 2010

The Middle East Aerospace Consortium (MEAC) has opened an Asia-Pacific office in Shanghai, China. Graham Brant, former CEO of Microsoft Hong Kong, will head up the new office, which MEAC said will complement its existing presence in the United Arab Emirates, UK, Saudi Arabia and Switzerland.

MEAC was launched in November 2009 at the Dubai airshow. It is a...

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EADS Astrium displays space plane

February 03, 2010

EADS Astrium (Stand H23) is displaying a model of its proposed Space Plane, which would require seven years of development between actual program launch and first commercial flight. Hugues Laporte-Weywada, the company’s senior vice president for industrial globalization, told AIN that Astrium’s goal is to produce a certified aircraft that would be more...

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Korea Aerospace Aims for More Civil Business

February 03, 2010

Korea Aerospace Industries (Stand T98) aims to raise its exposure to the civil side of the aerospace business from its current 35 percent to at least 50 percent over the next 10 years, according to the company’s executive vice president and general manager for marketing Enes Park. Now a Tier 1 supplier for the Airbus A350XWB and a Tier 1 and Tier 2 supplier...

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Ex-U.S. Senator Martinez Joins MPX Board

February 03, 2010

Former U.S. Senator Mel Martinez has joined the board of directors of Military Parts Exchange (MPX) of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a global supplier of nonmunition military aircraft parts and equipment. The company (Stand T73) hopes to benefit from his “vast experience and a significant network of international military and government contacts.” Martinez...

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IAI diversifies portfolio to shore up civil downturn

February 02, 2010

As was true of much of the industry, Israel Aerospace Industries saw a fairly steep dip in sales during 2009, largely due to a marked softening in demand on the civil side of its business. Published financial results for the first three quarters of 2009 showed sales slipping by about 25 percent on 2008 and there were few signs that the fourth quarter...

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AAR Named a Distributor for AirManager System

February 02, 2010

AAR has been appointed as a distributor for the new AirManager air filtration system developed by Quest International to eliminate potentially harmful airborne contaminates. U.S.-based AAR will be helping the UK’s Quest to find new applications for the active air filtration and sterilization system, which is based on close-coupled field technology. In...

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Careful spares management drives down inventory costs

February 02, 2010

Aircraft spares specialist AAR is offering a cost-effective parts inventory management program to relieve airlines’ cash flow headaches. “There’s no question airlines in this region are looking for ways to streamline their inventory cost structure,” said AAR’s vice president of sales for the Aviation Supply Chain Group in the Asia-Pacific region, Paul...

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ITT consolidates defense biz, seeks larger NextGen role

February 02, 2010

As part of a strategy to shed its image as a maker of clever but lonely boxes, ITT’s defense segment last month announced a realignment aimed at propelling it to the top ranks of wider systems integrators. The company says its redesign “will enable better integration of its product portfolio, encouraging a more coordinated market approach and reduced...

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AIDC aims for greater role as aerospace sector supplier

February 01, 2010

Taiwan’s Aero Industrial Development Corp. (AIDC) is bidding to achieve Tier 1 supplier status with the major aerospace OEMs. It is building the Taiwan Advanced Composites Center (TACC), a 538,000-sq-ft facility that will contain large new autoclaves, ply cutters and computer-controlled milling machines. AIDC already produces smaller composite parts, such...

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