All aerospace news – Page 1097
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NewsGoing the distance: Samer Majali steers Royal Jordanian into privatisation
At the same time as he was engineering a financial turnaround at Royal Jordanian, Samer Majali was guiding the carrier to become the first Arab flag carrier...
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MRO special - Inside the engine market
Among manufacturers, airlines and independents, who maintains the most engines in the air transport market? The answer, according to Flight's ACAS database,...
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MRO special - How polymer coating keeps Virgin Blue's livery from fading
Paint Polymer coating stops virgin BLue fading "Slip-Slop-Slap" was the name for what was probably Australia's most high-profile health campaign,...
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MRO special - Modern paint methods need to be tough on the weather but soft on the environment
paint tough on weather, soft on environment Advanced paint methods have to comply with strict environmental protection regulations while the...
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Virgin 747 biofuel trial set for February
Virgin Atlantic plans to fly one of its Boeing 747s within weeks using biofuel in one of four GE CF6-80C2 engines on a London Heathrow to Amsterdam demonstration...
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More pilot training with standby instruments urged after Airbus A319 power loss
Investigators are recommending that pilots be trained more rigorously to fly with sole reference to standby instruments following a serious incident in which...
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British Airways 777 crash landing at Heathrow
Engine power loss appears to have been the cause of an accident at the UK's London Heathrow airport, in which a British Airways Boeing 777 landed just inside...
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CV22 Osprey to get minigun retrofit
BAE Systems is to start adapting a remotely operated minigun to install on the US Air Force BellBoeing CV-22...
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USA’s Raytheon Beech 1900 pull-down in full swing
The Raytheon Beech 1900 turboprop is playing a quickly-diminishing role in US scheduled service as a trio of operators wind down operations, and another...
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NewsPICTURE: ATK releases first image of PlanetSpace COTS bid launch vehicle hardware
Alliant Techsystems has released information about its proposed Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) demonstration programme launcher for space services company PlanetSpace's bid, after PlanetSpace was selected as a finalist by NASA
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Anticipation mounts for new 787 delivery dates as airlines eye contingencies
Airlines and aircraft lessors worldwide are anxiously awaiting word from Boeing on when they can expect to receive delivery of their initial 787s, following...
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Airbus poised to select A350 XWB flightdeck
Airbus is poised to select the supplier for the A350 XWB's all-new flightdeck, which could...
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Boeing's lean plan for 787 stumbled over supplier issues
Boeing's dream of a lean 787 production line only performing final assembly, integration and testing...
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Seabird ponders joy-flight variant of Seeker observation aircraft
Australian general aviation aircraft manufacturer Seabird Aviation Australia is probing the feasibility...
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Thai set to order 20 A321s and lease 14 787-9s
Thai Airways International has revised a fleet modernisation plan approved by its board last year and will seek government...
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DOT watchdog: Runway status lights “viable” for preventing incursions
Warning lights placed at runway ends and at the intersections between taxiways and runways are "a viable technology for preventing runway incursions", says...