All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 512
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Second gen biofuel enters final tests before ANZ 747 flight
Rolls-Royce this week began final tests on a jatropha-based biofuel selected for a demonstration flight on an Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400 in December.
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Latin airports continue to report strong growth
Latin America has proven to be the exception to the rule, with air traffic growing while traffic in other regions of the world has fallen due to high oil prices and the global economic downturn
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Japan agrees liberal air deal with Singapore
Japan begins to relax bilaterals More signs have emerged that Japan is easing its traditionally protectionist air services regime with a more liberal...
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Malev expects to breakeven in 2009
The Hungarian carrier had hoped its restructuring plan would enable it to return to profitability this year
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Lan to purchase at least four more 767s
Lan is close to completing a deal with Boeing to purchase four additional Boeing 767-300ER aircraft and is seeking to acquire a fifth to help it cope with...
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NewsEASA orders MD-80 flap-warning check before every flight
European safety authorities are to require crews of Boeing MD-80 aircraft, and related variants, to test configuration-warning systems on the types before...
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In Brief: Europe
A new airline, tentatively called Rossiyskie Avialinie (Russian Airways), is to replace the failed AirUnion consortium....
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Enrique Cueto: Barrier buster
LAN chief executive Enrique Cueto, who has long campaigned for more open markets in Latin America, has made his carrier a consistent money maker in a region...
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Spirit Aero expects full production to resume for Boeing early in the first quarter
Spirit AeroSystems forecasts a 90-day delay for full operations to resume even after Boeing's machinists come back to work.
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Spanish leisure market faces uncertain future
LTE International Airways in mid-October became the latest Spanish leisure carrier to succumb to difficult market conditions. LTE suspended charter and scheduled...
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Russian airlines go on the offensive
Aeroflot and S7 Airlines are readying their cheque books to buy into European airlines
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Southwest posts first quarterly loss in 17 years
Declining fuel hedge values pushed Southwest into posting its first quarterly loss in almost two decades
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Gol forced to redefine Varig's role
Gol has been unable to achieve its international ambitions for Varig since acquiring the carrier last year
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NewsIcelandic crisis forces Denmark's Sterling Airlines into bankruptcy
Danish low-cost carrier Sterling Airlines is to file for bankruptcy, having fallen victim to the financial crisis which has enveloped Iceland. An Icelandic...
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Southwest changes its business model
Southwest Airlines is increasingly moving away from its original low-cost model to introduce a raft of paid-for add-ons
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Airbus' China gamble
Airbus is following in footsteps of McDonnell Douglas by creating an assembly line in China. Can the European airframer succeed where the US company failed?
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Clean Sky filter
Europe is spending a small fortune on green research, but how will the results from its key projects be assimilated, evaluated and brought to the market?
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Clean skies: the low hanging fruit
Air traffic management policies already in place could achieve significant environmental improvements. So why are they not being used?
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Americas nibs
Republic Airways will provide an $8 million line of credit to Mokulele Airlines and place four of its Embraer 170s with...
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Fortune teller needed
The airline industry faces an uncertain time as it battles with the frustration of not knowing how long the current downturn will be, or how hard it will bite. This makes it incredibly difficult to set budgets and decide on strategies for the coming year