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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Snecma Seals Bahrain Deal

Snecma Services has signed a three-year maintenance contract with privately-owned Bahrain Air to support the CFM56-5A engines that power the carrier’s flee

Engines

July 14, 2008

AIA: backlogs for airliners will buoy industry during U.S. crisis

The hundreds of billions of dollars worth of airliner orders now on the books will help insulate aerospace manufacturing companies from the industry crisis

July 14, 2008

Mesaba lobbies hard for next batch of Northwest CRJs

Mesaba Airlines has served notice that it no longer wants to play second fiddle to Express Airlines I when Northwest Airlines orchestrates the distribution

July 14, 2008

Crossair puts new face on old values

Crossair, Europe’s largest regional airline, spreads its wings next month when it formally takes over Swissair routes following the national carrier’s bank

July 14, 2008

Videos

Reduced RJ demand marks Boeing forecast

Boeing Commercial Airplanes forecasts a $3.2 trillion requirement for some 29,400 commercial jetliners with capacity for more than 29 passengers from 2008

Aircraft

July 14, 2008

GAO: Operational Evolution Plan 'falls far short'

Unless airline passenger traffic remains at the current reduced levels over the long term, the FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan (OEP) to increase system ca

ATC

July 14, 2008

Honeywell LAAS passes trials with flying colors

Honeywell has completed a series of GPS-guided autoland approaches to each of the four runways at Moses Lake Airfield in central Washington using a single

ATC

July 14, 2008

GPS jamming still a major concern

The DOT Volpe Center’s September 10 report on the vulnerability of GPS to jamming and other interference, in addition to the events of the following day, h

ATC

July 14, 2008

UK group researches sustainable aviation

Farnborough’s exhibitors and visitors would no doubt like to see a sustainable future for aviation, and a new group of UK academics is here to help assure

July 14, 2008

BAe 146 studying climate effects of Kota rain forests

A BAE Systems Regional Aircraft regional jet is flying over Asia to improve understanding of how equatorial rain forests influence climate change.

ATC

July 14, 2008

Boeing still bullish on airliner market prospects

Despite the prospective onset of possible economic recession triggered by the credit crunch and record-high oil prices, demand for new jetliners remains ro

July 14, 2008

Russian airline chooses Snecma engine services

S7 Airlines announced here yesterday that it has signed a 13-year engine service per hour contract with Snecma Services covering its CFM56-5A engines.

ATC

July 14, 2008

Russia’s UAC plots civil ambitions

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) president Alexey Fedorov yesterday gave details of his plans here for expanding the company’s civil business fro

July 14, 2008

FlyDubai places $4B 737NG order

New United Arab Emirates low-cost carrier FlyDubai kicked off firm order announcements at this year’s Farnborough International yesterday morning with a $4

July 14, 2008

Pratt’s PurePower geared turbofan family takes off

Clouds of dry ice swirled around onlookers as Pratt & Whitney revealed a full-scale model of its new “PurePower” PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) on its stand

Aircraft

July 14, 2008

Airbus and Boeing share $20 billion Etihad order

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways announced here yesterday orders for 100 Airbus and Boeing aircraft nominally worth $20 billion.

July 14, 2008

BAeRA Places First 146QT Freighter

Austrian all-cargo carrier Amerer Air plans to become the first customer for the re-launched British Aerospace Regional Aircraft BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) f

Aircraft

July 14, 2008

Swedish Agents Arrest Alleged Saab Blackmailer

The Swedish Security Services have detained a man for reportedly trying to blackmail Saab.

July 14, 2008

International Aero Engines Nabs Hainan Order

International Aero Engines has been awarded a follow-on order from Hainan Airlines for V2500 engines to power 13 Airbus A320s.

Engines

July 14, 2008

Embraer makes splash with raft of E190 orders

Embraer rolled up to the show with a raft of E-Jet orders, including five firm positions plus five options for 190s from Niki Lauda’s low-fare airline Niki

Aircraft

July 14, 2008

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.

Latest

Snecma Seals Bahrain Deal

Snecma Services has signed a three-year maintenance contract with privately-owned Bahrain Air to support the CFM56-5A engines that power the carrier’s flee

AIA: backlogs for airliners will buoy industry during U.S. crisis

The hundreds of billions of dollars worth of airliner orders now on the books will help insulate aerospace manufacturing companies from the industry crisis

Mesaba lobbies hard for next batch of Northwest CRJs

Mesaba Airlines has served notice that it no longer wants to play second fiddle to Express Airlines I when Northwest Airlines orchestrates the distribution

Crossair puts new face on old values

Crossair, Europe’s largest regional airline, spreads its wings next month when it formally takes over Swissair routes following the national carrier’s bank

Videos

More Articles

Reduced RJ demand marks Boeing forecast

Boeing Commercial Airplanes forecasts a $3.2 trillion requirement for some 29,400 commercial jetliners with capacity for more than 29 passengers from 2008

GAO: Operational Evolution Plan 'falls far short'

Unless airline passenger traffic remains at the current reduced levels over the long term, the FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan (OEP) to increase system ca

Honeywell LAAS passes trials with flying colors

Honeywell has completed a series of GPS-guided autoland approaches to each of the four runways at Moses Lake Airfield in central Washington using a single

GPS jamming still a major concern

The DOT Volpe Center’s September 10 report on the vulnerability of GPS to jamming and other interference, in addition to the events of the following day, h

UK group researches sustainable aviation

Farnborough’s exhibitors and visitors would no doubt like to see a sustainable future for aviation, and a new group of UK academics is here to help assure

BAe 146 studying climate effects of Kota rain forests

A BAE Systems Regional Aircraft regional jet is flying over Asia to improve understanding of how equatorial rain forests influence climate change.

Boeing still bullish on airliner market prospects

Despite the prospective onset of possible economic recession triggered by the credit crunch and record-high oil prices, demand for new jetliners remains ro

Russian airline chooses Snecma engine services

S7 Airlines announced here yesterday that it has signed a 13-year engine service per hour contract with Snecma Services covering its CFM56-5A engines.

Russia’s UAC plots civil ambitions

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) president Alexey Fedorov yesterday gave details of his plans here for expanding the company’s civil business fro

FlyDubai places $4B 737NG order

New United Arab Emirates low-cost carrier FlyDubai kicked off firm order announcements at this year’s Farnborough International yesterday morning with a $4

Pratt’s PurePower geared turbofan family takes off

Clouds of dry ice swirled around onlookers as Pratt & Whitney revealed a full-scale model of its new “PurePower” PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) on its stand

Airbus and Boeing share $20 billion Etihad order

Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways announced here yesterday orders for 100 Airbus and Boeing aircraft nominally worth $20 billion.

BAeRA Places First 146QT Freighter

Austrian all-cargo carrier Amerer Air plans to become the first customer for the re-launched British Aerospace Regional Aircraft BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) f

Swedish Agents Arrest Alleged Saab Blackmailer

The Swedish Security Services have detained a man for reportedly trying to blackmail Saab.

International Aero Engines Nabs Hainan Order

International Aero Engines has been awarded a follow-on order from Hainan Airlines for V2500 engines to power 13 Airbus A320s.

Embraer makes splash with raft of E190 orders

Embraer rolled up to the show with a raft of E-Jet orders, including five firm positions plus five options for 190s from Niki Lauda’s low-fare airline Niki

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