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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New Crop of Narrowbodies Promise Giant Leap in Efficiency

Middle East carriers face an abundance of choice among new generation narrowbody jets.

Aircraft

November 7, 2015

Latest Rolls-Royce Trent XWB Enters Flight Test

The XWB-97 will power the Airbus A350-1000

Aircraft

November 7, 2015

Pratt’s GTF for Embraer E2 Starts Flight Testing

Flies aboard Pratt’s 747-SP test bed

Engines

November 7, 2015

Falcon Aviation Starts Scheduled Flights From Al Bateen

Bombardier Q400s to transport oil and gas workers from Abu Dhabi’s second airport.

Charter & Fractional

November 7, 2015

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CSeries Takes Break From Flight Testing In Dubai

Last minute decision to bring a CSeries to the Dubai Airshow despite busy flight test schedule.

Aircraft

November 7, 2015

Sanad Crosses $1 Billion Assets Mark

New GEnx and GP7200 Engines Add to Offering

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

November 7, 2015

Reworked UAC Strategy Gives More Work To Local Leasing Companies

It remains to be seen whether UAC's efforts to make wetleasing Superjets easy will turn into firm orders, as it hopes.

Aircraft

November 7, 2015

Comac Rolls Out C919, But Program Timeline Still Uncertain

Comac won’t say when in 2016 it now plans to conduct the first flight of the delayed C919.

Aircraft

November 6, 2015

Gulf Air Goes Paperless in the Cockpit With EFBs

Gulf Air is now using Jeppesen’s FliteDeck Pro electronic flight bags.

Avionics

November 5, 2015

Civil Aviation Search and Rescue Worldwide

How could current protocols be improved, leading to safer worldwide operations

Regulations and Government

November 5, 2015

Etihad Airways Turns ADAT in Major Global MRO Player

EAE completed C-check on 3rd LATAM Group B787 in October ###sub###

Maintenance and Modifications

November 5, 2015

Boeing Navigates Vagaries of Middle East Market

Boeing played down expectations that this year’s Dubai show will yield another big crop of new airliner orders

Aircraft

November 4, 2015

Could Emirates order an A380neo this time around?

Emirates has $128 billion worth of aircraft still on order

Aircraft

November 4, 2015

Middle East Carriers Start to Look Locally Too

The likes of Emirates and Etihad are expanding globally but they are now paying more attention closer to home, too.

Aircraft

November 4, 2015

Upgrade Kit Set to Cut Fuel Burn For GP7200 Engine

Engine Alliance is tapping new technology from the GEnx, Leap and Geared Turbofan engines.

November 4, 2015

CAE Responds to Airline Demands for More Flight Training

Airlines increasingly want companies like CAE to handle all aspects of flight crew training

Training and Workforce

November 4, 2015

Airbus Launches A350-900 ULR, Singapore Signs for Six

The new ultra-long range version of the A350XWB will be able to fly non-stop for up to 19 hours.

Aircraft

November 4, 2015

CFM Busy Testing New Leap Engines

Last summer in the UAE, the engine maker tested a system for sand particle rejection

Engines

November 4, 2015

Emirates-Australia story offers no pointers to fate of Gulf-U.S. spat

Emirates and Qantas fly 98 flights a week between Australia and Dubai

Aircraft

November 4, 2015

India's Vistara Calls For Free Access to International Routes

Domestic carrier Vistara is concerned that the Indian government will not abolish the controversial 5/20 rule on market access.

Airlines

November 4, 2015