All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 687
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NewsCathay Pacific confirms deal to take over Dragonair
Air China, Cathay Pacific Airways, China National Aviation (CNAC), CITIC Pacific and Swire Pacific have confirmed a much-anticipated deal in which Hong Kong-based carrier Dragonair will become, subject to shareholder approval, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cathay.
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Indonesia's Merpati places largest order for Chinese Xian Aircraft MA60 turboprops, taking 15
Indonesian state-owned carrier Merpati Nusantara has signed an order for 15 Xian Aircraft MA60s, the biggest export order yet for the Chinese-built turboprop.
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NewsPictures: Varig Brazilian World Cup player transport MD-11 joins growing football-liveried fleet
Brazilian national carrier Varig has been parading the aircraft it used to transport its national football team to Switzerland last month around its long haul network ahead of the global soccer championship this week.
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Pictures: Gulfstream flight tests G550 Compact Airborne Early Warning platform for Israel ahead of August delivery
Gulfstream has begun flight testing the first G550 busines jet modified to be Israel's Compact Airborne Early Warning (CAEW) platform. The aircraft has been heavily modified to accept the Elta Systems Phalcon phased-array radar, which will be installed after the first CAEW G550 is delivered to Israel at the end ...
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Continental confirms order with Boeing for 10 additional 787s plus 24 737s
US mainline carrier Continental Airlines has confirmed it is ordering 10 more Boeing 787s, adding to the 10 orders it announced in December 2004.
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Shares in 'New Embraer' company close at R$18.49 after first days of trading on Bovespa Novo Mercado
Shares in Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer shares were trading at R$18.49 ($8.22) on Wednesday morning following the company’s listing on the Novo Mercado section of Brazil’s Bovespa stock exchange in São Paulo on Monday
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NewsBoeing 787 testing moves into high gear, with systems and fuselage trials
Software and hardware systems being put through their initial paces, as fuselage segments continue trials
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Medevac Learjet 35A in 2004 fatal accident was 'cleared to fly into mountain' says US aviation safety agency preliminary report
A Bombardier Learjet 35A air ambulance took off at night under visual flight rules (VFR) and crashed into a mountain after an air traffic controller gave the crew a heading towards high terrain, according to a US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) preliminary report on the 2004 accident. All five ...
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NewsUS Airways indifferent to Airbus’s A350 dilemma, even if 20-aircraft order scrapped
Airframer’s internal debate will not affect fleet replacement plans, says carrier
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Boeing joins effort to cut fuel consumption at Alaska Airlines by looking at weight reduction, routeing and fuel-efficiency
Collaborative project to look at purchasing policy, weight reduction and routeing issues