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United Signs Firm Order for 25 A350 XWB aircraft
March 10, 2010
United Airlines has signed a firm order for 25 Airbus A350-900 XWBs, formalizing a commitment originally announced last December, the European manufacturer announced today. Plans call for deliveries of the Rolls-Royce Trent XWB-powered jets to begin in 2016 and run through 2019.
United also plans to take delivery of 25 Boeing 787s during the same time...
moreNextGen To Fuel Growth in Air Travel, FAA Says
March 09, 2010
The FAA said in its annual aviation forecast this morning that key airspace safety and modernization efforts contained in the Next Generation Air Transportation System will play a vital role in spurring long-term sustained growth in air travel and the nation’s overall economic health. Domestic mainline and regional airline enplanements are projected to...
moreUK Likely To Delay Aviation Security Standards Rule
March 09, 2010
Final agreement over the way the European Union’s new “common basic standards for aviation security” are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the existing April 29 deadline and could well be delayed at least until late June due to the country’s general election, which is widely expected to be held on May 6. Steve Marshall-Camm, the UK Department of...
moreADS-B Final Rule Hits Stumbling Blocks
March 09, 2010
The FAA’s long-promised April 10 release of its ADS-B final rule appears to have hit two bureaucratic stumbling blocks. For the agency to complete the process, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must sign off on the program’s financial aspects, an activity that usually takes 90 days. Unfortunately, although FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt...
moreEBAA Wants Expansion of U.S. Pre-clearance at Shannon
March 09, 2010
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has called on the U.S. government to extend the pre-clearance option now in effect at Ireland’s Shannon International Airport to business aircraft operated under commercial rules. Pre-clearance of business aircraft for U.S. customs and immigration checks began at Shannon early last week, but contrary to...
moreAgustaWestland’s Revenues Up, but Orders Down
March 09, 2010
AgustaWestland parent company Finmeccanica on Friday disclosed its 2009 results, showing increased deliveries but slashed orders for the Anglo-Italian helicopter manufacturer. Revenues grew by 15 percent to €3.48 billion (about $4.7 billion) in 2009. This was influenced by robust deliveries of AW139 medium and AW101 heavy helicopters, as well as product...
moreOdyssey FBO Rises from Ashes at New Orleans Lakefront
March 09, 2010
The former Million Air FBO facility at New Orleans Lakefront Airport that was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 will officially rise from the ashes tomorrow when Odyssey Aviation opens its new 30,000-sq-ft complex. Although the name is different, the FBO is under the same ownership; the Cincinnati-headquartered FBO group rebranded its seven FBOs...
moreNo KC-X Competition as Northrop Grumman Pulls Out
March 09, 2010
A version of the Boeing 767 dubbed “NewGen Tanker” will win the reopened U.S. Air Force KC-X competition by default, after Northrop Grumman declined to bid the Airbus A330MRTT. Northrop and EADS expressed disappointment that “the revised source selection methodology now dramatically favors Boeing’s smaller refueling tanker.” The transatlantic partnership...
moreA400M Understanding Reached; EADS Declares a Loss
March 09, 2010
EADS will receive an extra €2 billion to continue the A400M program, as well as a loan of €1.5 billion to be repaid as a levy on future exports of the airlifter. An ”understanding” with the eight European partner nations also includes forgiveness of all late delivery penalties to date, and an acceleration of pre-delivery payments. The outline deal was...
moreAirbus To Boost A320 Production in December
March 09, 2010
Airbus plans to increase the monthly production rate for its single-aisle A320 family from the current rate of 34 to 36 starting in December, the company announced today. It also said that the production rate for the long-range A330/A340 family will remain at its current level of eight per month. When Airbus reduced the A320 monthly build rate from 36 to 34...
moreBoeing, Turkish Airlines Finalize Order for 20 Next Generation 737s
March 08, 2010
Boeing and Turkish Airlines have finalized an order for ten 737-800s and ten 737-900ERs, the manufacturer announced today. Now flying 66 Boeing airplanes, including 58 Next Generation 737s, Turkish Airlines has yet to take delivery of a 737-900ER. Boeing places the value of the order at $1.6 billion, based on current list prices. The company had already...
moreAtlas Air To Fly Boeing Dreamlifters, Replacing Evergreen
March 05, 2010
Boeing has awarded a nine-year contract to Atlas Air for the operation of the manufacturer’s four Dreamlifter cargo haulers starting “toward the latter part of 2010,” spelling the end of Evergreen International Airlines’ three-year stint flying the modified 747-400s. At that time Atlas Air will assume responsibility for delivering major 787 assemblies from...
moreBoeing To Close Sydney Plant
March 05, 2010
Boeing plans to close its factory in Bankstown, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, in 2012 and move the work performed there to its plant in the Fisherman’s Bend district of Melbourne, the company announced today. Boeing said it would offer jobs in Melbourne to most of the 350 Bankstown employees affected by the closure, although it added that it expected the...
moreSMS Audit Report IDs Flight Departments’ Deficiencies
March 04, 2010
Argus released its annual SMS audit results report this week, with safety management systems (SMS) and emergency response planning having the highest number of deficiencies at corporate flight departments. The report, available online at no charge, is based on 61 audits completed by Argus subsidiary Pros (Partners and Resources for Operational Safety) last...
moreVancouver FBOs Celebrate Olympic Success
March 04, 2010
Canada’s Vancouver International Airport had its “busiest day in history” when general aviation travelers departed after closing ceremonies of the 2010 Winter Olympics on Sunday, according to Scott Harrold, general manager of Landmark Aviation’s Vancouver FBO. “It was quite an experience,” he said, “and it will always live with me and our team.” Harrold and...
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