http://www.flightglobal.com/news/aerospace/Fri, 24 May 2013 07:57:00 ZAerospace news from Flightglobalen-gbhttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/aerospace/http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Long-delayed-ARJ21-certification-set-to-slip-again-386301/Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Long-delayed-ARJ21-certification-set-to-slip-again-386301/Comac's ARJ21 regional jet is unlikely to receive certification until at least late next year, according to sources. This means the programme, which...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-reduces-C919-composite-use-to-speed-up-progress-386300/Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-reduces-C919-composite-use-to-speed-up-progress-386300/In a bid to speed up development, Chinese airframer Comac is cutting down on the use of composites in its C919 narrowbody programme. The airframer...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/INTERVIEW-Giovanni-Bisignani-on-his-10-years-transforming-IATA-386294/Thu, 23 May 2013 12:06:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/INTERVIEW-Giovanni-Bisignani-on-his-10-years-transforming-IATA-386294/When IATA needed shaking up after 9/11, it turned to Giovanni Bisignani to lead its transformation. Here, the autocratic 'agent of change' reflects on his...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Flybe-to-defer-half-its-Embraer-deliveries-386280/Thu, 23 May 2013 08:25:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Flybe-to-defer-half-its-Embraer-deliveries-386280/UK regional carrier Flybe is to defer, for at least three years, delivery of 16 Embraer 175 jets which had been due to arrive over 2014-15. The airline...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Oman-Air-orders-three-more-A330s-386216/Wed, 22 May 2013 08:29:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Oman-Air-orders-three-more-A330s-386216/Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air has ordered another three Airbus A330-300s, which will take its overall A330 fleet to 10 aircraft. The airline ordered...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-Southern-to-become-first-Chinese-787-operator-by-early-June-386206/Wed, 22 May 2013 03:26:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-Southern-to-become-first-Chinese-787-operator-by-early-June-386206/China Southern Airlines is expecting to take delivery of its first Boeing 787-8 by early June, making it the first Chinese operator of the type. The...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Why-low-cost-carriers-are-looking-towards-GDSs-386190/Tue, 21 May 2013 17:27:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Why-low-cost-carriers-are-looking-towards-GDSs-386190/Defining a low-cost carrier is almost an industry in itself. IATA has a list of twelve characteristics, but admits "that there is no standard business model...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SkyWest-orders-40-E-175s-for-United-flights-386155/Tue, 21 May 2013 11:39:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/SkyWest-orders-40-E-175s-for-United-flights-386155/US regional carrier SkyWest has ordered 40 Embraer E-Jets.http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Fleet-Watch-orders-April-2013-386133/Tue, 21 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Fleet-Watch-orders-April-2013-386133/Commercial aircraft orders for April 2013http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/United-returns-787s-to-revenue-service-386114/Mon, 20 May 2013 20:12:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/United-returns-787s-to-revenue-service-386114/United Airlines resumed revenue flights on its fleet of Boeing 787-8 aircraft today, a little more than a month since the US Federal Aviation Administration...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-LCCs-profit-from-sale-and-leaseback-strategy-386073/Mon, 20 May 2013 10:18:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-LCCs-profit-from-sale-and-leaseback-strategy-386073/Low-cost carriers have been actives users players in sale-and-leaseback transactions. The deals, under which an investment firm such as a bank or lessor...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Air-Malta-on-profits-track-as-losses-narrow-to-15m-386006/Mon, 20 May 2013 07:12:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANALYSIS-Air-Malta-on-profits-track-as-losses-narrow-to-15m-386006/Air Malta is on course to achieve break-even this year after restructuring efforts helped it narrow losses in the year to 30 March 2013 to around €15 million...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-completes-ARJ21-minimum-unstick-speed-tests-386056/Mon, 20 May 2013 06:07:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Comac-completes-ARJ21-minimum-unstick-speed-tests-386056/Comac has completed the minimum unstick speed tests for its ARJ21 regional jet programme. Nine such tests have been successfully completed since they...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURE-China-Eastern-receives-first-China-built-A320-with-sharklets-386054/Mon, 20 May 2013 04:24:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/PICTURE-China-Eastern-receives-first-China-built-A320-with-sharklets-386054/China Eastern Airlines has received its first Airbus A320 aircraft equipped with sharklets. The aircraft, which is powered by International Aero Engines...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/American-to-lease-A319s-and-A321s-386003/Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/American-to-lease-A319s-and-A321s-386003/American Airlines plans to lease the 130 Airbus A319s and A321s that it has on order, continuing its preference for lease financing. The Fort Worth,...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Late-delivery-delays-start-of-Emirates-A380-wing-repairs-385948/Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Late-delivery-delays-start-of-Emirates-A380-wing-repairs-385948/Wing modification work on Emirates' Airbus A380 fleet has begun around two months later than planned due to late arrival of new aircraft. The repair...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/KLM-UK-Engineering-to-support-A320s-385983/Fri, 17 May 2013 07:47:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/KLM-UK-Engineering-to-support-A320s-385983/Norwich-based maintenance provider KLM UK Engineering is expanding its capabilities to Airbus A320s as the company's Franco-Dutch parent shifts heavy airframe...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANA-787-experiences-minor-electrical-fault-owing-to-loose-nut-385980/Fri, 17 May 2013 06:26:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/ANA-787-experiences-minor-electrical-fault-owing-to-loose-nut-385980/An All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 experienced a minor electrical fault during a recent proving flight, but the cause was traced to an insufficiently turned...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Emirates-chief-urges-Boeing-to-control-777X-supply-chain-385953/Thu, 16 May 2013 14:24:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Emirates-chief-urges-Boeing-to-control-777X-supply-chain-385953/Emirates has urged Boeing to "take total control" of the production and supply chain of the proposed 777X to avoid the kind of problems that have dogged...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Kuwait-Airways-confirms-order-for-15-A320neos-10-A350s-385949/Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:00 GMT http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/Kuwait-Airways-confirms-order-for-15-A320neos-10-A350s-385949/Kuwait Airways has signed an initial agreement for 25 Airbus aircraft, state news agency KUNA reports, comprising 10 A350-900 XWBs and 15 A320neos. The...