Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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HNA Group IFE Deal Boosts Thales In Asia-Pacific

Supplier will equip 59 Airbus aircraft, adding to HNA installations

Avionics

February 4, 2018

Airline Yields Still Sagging in Fast Growing Asia-Pacific

While OEMs take long view on growth, airlines struggle to turn a profit

Airlines

February 4, 2018

Parker Debuts New Singapore Customer Response Center

The new facility will share global support duties with the company's first center which opened in 2015 in California

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

Flight Tests To Resume on Airbus BLADE Project

The project aims to demonstrate the potential for commercial application of laminar wings for airliners.

Aircraft

February 4, 2018

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Asia Airline Growth is Boon for Training Companies

Simulator centres are sprouting around Singapore and across the Asia-Pacific region.

Training and Workforce

February 4, 2018

Lifetime Component Support For AirAsia X A330s

Deal extends decade-long agreement with AFI KLM E&M

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

SR Technics Malaysia Adds CAAC Approval

Component specialist can now serve Chinese customers.

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

Embraer Expects Fully Compliant GTFs for E2s by Year-End

Pratt commits to fitting final combustor configuration in all engines before 2019

Aircraft

February 4, 2018

777F Deal Grows LHT's Eva Air Work

MRO provider now supports four Eva Air fleet types.

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

IAI Grows Conversion Business

IAI Bedek is a global leader in converting airliners for cargo and as the number of conversions increases, the company is opening new sites

Cabin Interior and Electronics

February 4, 2018

Airbus's BelugaXL To Fly By Mid-Year

Program schedule calls for 1,000 hours of flight testing before entering service in mid-2019

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Asia-Pacific Open Skies Gets Closer

Investment in ATC is preparing the region for more growth as progress is made towards greater liberalization of traffic rights.

ATC

February 3, 2018

Embraer Expects E2s To Shine in China, Asia-Pac

Reports several improvements to E190-E2 specifications

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Joby Gets $100M Funding for VTOL Air Taxi

Investors including Intel, JetBlue, and Toyota sign on to get the "disruptive technology" vehicle certified.

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Airbus Continues Flight Tests on Several Variants

A status update on the airframer's programs.

Aircraft

February 2, 2018

Boeing Proposes Airplane Cyberattack Simulator

In its early stages the system will provide data about pilot response to facilitate the development of better defenses.

Safety

February 2, 2018

China Investment in U.S. GA is Low Risk for LCA Market

Report by Rand Corporation finds that Chinese investment in the U.S. aviation market is focused on GA but warns on threats to airliner manufacturing.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

GE Focuses on Asia-Pacific for Widebody Engine Sales

The Asia-Pacific will be the most important geographic region for sales of GE Aviation widebody engines for the foreseeable future.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

Asia-Pacific a Prime Market for GTF, P&W Expects

Today China and the Asia-Pacific region are major markets for PW1000G geared-turbofan engines and they will remain so, Pratt & Whitney says.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

Boeing Readies Delivery of First 787-10 to Singapore Airlines

Rolls-powered version of latest Dreamliner gained FAA certification on January 22

Aircraft

February 1, 2018