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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Alaska To Get Statewide ADS-B

There was good news for Alaskan pilots last week, when FAA Administrator Marion Blakey introduced the agency’s draft 2008-2012 Flight Plan, along with the

ATC

June 19, 2007

ILFC backs booming 787 sales and finds new lessees

An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year

Aircraft

June 19, 2007

Russia and Sweden agree on ground stations for ADS-B

After spending a decade studying automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technologies, Russia and Sweden have signed an accord to bring to their

ATC

June 18, 2007

Tame Confirms Two Embraer 190 Options

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Videos

Boeing Half Way with 777F Design Definition

Boeing has released half of the defined design for the 777F cargo aircraft to its factories and suppliers to begin manufacture of tools, parts and assembli

Aircraft

June 18, 2007

Lufthansa To Upgrade A300-600 FMS

CMC Electronics has signed a contract with Lufthansa for cockpit upgrades to the CMA-9000 flight management system in the German air carrier’s fleet of 14

ATC

June 18, 2007

Airbus sales boost confidence

Airbus looked intent on making up for two years of persistent hits to its credibility virtually all at once yesterday with a nearly uninterrupted string of

June 18, 2007

Bombardier will invest in China’s AVIC

The relationship between the world’s third-largest aircraft maker and China grew closer with the announcement here yesterday of a long-term investment comm

June 18, 2007

Boeing: one engine will cut costs on new 747-8

A 16-percent operating cost improvement sounds like a formidable hurdle for any aircraft program, but even more so for one at its outset seen as a low-risk

Engines

June 17, 2007

EADS eager to enter the space tourism market

EADS Astrium’s plans to move into the space tourism market, revealed last week to a VIP audience and represented here by a full-scale mockup of a hybrid sp

Aircraft

June 17, 2007

GE and Smiths already in sync

Barely a month has passed since what formerly traded as Smiths Aerospace formally became General Electric Aviation Systems at the closing of the U.S.

Engines

June 16, 2007

ComTran Hushkit Gets EASA Nod

Texas-based ComTran on June 1 received EASA certification for its noise-cutting “advanced jet nozzle” on MD-80 airliners.

Engines

June 16, 2007

Cargo carriers mulling how best to ship their packages

The delivery this month of the first Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft to United Parcel Service (UPS) comes as the package hauler mulls its next move.

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

787 Wing Ice System Testing To Begin

Flight-testing of the Boeing 787 electro-thermal wing ice-protection system, jointly devised by Boeing, GKN Aerospace and Ultra Electronics, is to begin fo

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Goodyear Tires for 737NG Aircraft

Boeing has awarded Goodyear Tire & Rubber, the world’s largest supplier of aircraft tires, a six-year contract to provide Flight Leader and Flight Radi

Aircraft

June 16, 2007

Hamilton Sundstrand puts the charge into more electrics

By all indications, the era of the “more electric” airplane suits Hamilton Sundstrand and its president, Dave Hess.

June 14, 2007

P&WC’s work on C Series leads to bizjet possibilities

Having passed responsibility for an engine for the planned Bombardier C Series 110- to 149-seat jetliner to its U.S.

Engines

June 14, 2007

Pratt sees GFT in widebody by late next decade

Confidence in Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) program is such that company president Steve Finger is talking about a potential widebody application

Engines

June 14, 2007

Chinook win validates new way of doing business at Honeywell

Honeywell Aerospace has spent the past couple of years restructuring its activities along customer lines.

Engines

June 14, 2007

A smarter cool on display here

Technofan is demonstrating its new cooling fans here at the Paris Air Show (Hall 2B Stand D13).

Engines

June 14, 2007

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

Alaska To Get Statewide ADS-B

There was good news for Alaskan pilots last week, when FAA Administrator Marion Blakey introduced the agency’s draft 2008-2012 Flight Plan, along with the

ILFC backs booming 787 sales and finds new lessees

An International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) order for 50 Boeing 787s, plus conversion of two previously unannounced options (booked earlier this year

Russia and Sweden agree on ground stations for ADS-B

After spending a decade studying automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technologies, Russia and Sweden have signed an accord to bring to their

Tame Confirms Two Embraer 190 Options

Tame Línea Aérea del Ecuador has converted two options on Embraer 190 regional jets into firm orders, Embraer announced here at the Paris Air Show.

Videos

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Boeing Half Way with 777F Design Definition

Boeing has released half of the defined design for the 777F cargo aircraft to its factories and suppliers to begin manufacture of tools, parts and assembli

Lufthansa To Upgrade A300-600 FMS

CMC Electronics has signed a contract with Lufthansa for cockpit upgrades to the CMA-9000 flight management system in the German air carrier’s fleet of 14

Airbus sales boost confidence

Airbus looked intent on making up for two years of persistent hits to its credibility virtually all at once yesterday with a nearly uninterrupted string of

Bombardier will invest in China’s AVIC

The relationship between the world’s third-largest aircraft maker and China grew closer with the announcement here yesterday of a long-term investment comm

Boeing: one engine will cut costs on new 747-8

A 16-percent operating cost improvement sounds like a formidable hurdle for any aircraft program, but even more so for one at its outset seen as a low-risk

EADS eager to enter the space tourism market

EADS Astrium’s plans to move into the space tourism market, revealed last week to a VIP audience and represented here by a full-scale mockup of a hybrid sp

GE and Smiths already in sync

Barely a month has passed since what formerly traded as Smiths Aerospace formally became General Electric Aviation Systems at the closing of the U.S.

ComTran Hushkit Gets EASA Nod

Texas-based ComTran on June 1 received EASA certification for its noise-cutting “advanced jet nozzle” on MD-80 airliners.

Cargo carriers mulling how best to ship their packages

The delivery this month of the first Boeing 747-400F cargo aircraft to United Parcel Service (UPS) comes as the package hauler mulls its next move.

787 Wing Ice System Testing To Begin

Flight-testing of the Boeing 787 electro-thermal wing ice-protection system, jointly devised by Boeing, GKN Aerospace and Ultra Electronics, is to begin fo

Goodyear Tires for 737NG Aircraft

Boeing has awarded Goodyear Tire &amp; Rubber, the world’s largest supplier of aircraft tires, a six-year contract to provide Flight Leader and Flight Radi

Hamilton Sundstrand puts the charge into more electrics

By all indications, the era of the “more electric” airplane suits Hamilton Sundstrand and its president, Dave Hess.

P&WC’s work on C Series leads to bizjet possibilities

Having passed responsibility for an engine for the planned Bombardier C Series 110- to 149-seat jetliner to its U.S.

Pratt sees GFT in widebody by late next decade

Confidence in Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) program is such that company president Steve Finger is talking about a potential widebody application

Chinook win validates new way of doing business at Honeywell

Honeywell Aerospace has spent the past couple of years restructuring its activities along customer lines.

A smarter cool on display here

Technofan is demonstrating its new cooling fans here at the Paris Air Show (Hall 2B Stand D13).

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Boeing has awarded Goodyear Tire & Rubber, the world’s largest supplier of aircraft tires, a six-year contract to provide Flight Leader and Flight Radi