All aerospace news – Page 804
-
NewsAmerican lights the touch paper on distribution
What next for export credit financing? Oneworld carrier's move to pull inventory from travel website Orbitz sets distribution shake-up in motion ...
-
News
Middle Eastern fleet growth presents human resources challenge
Dramatic projected growth in the Middle Eastern fleet is posing a staffing challenge for the region's maintenance providers
-
NewsMiddle Eastern boom lures global MRO players
Air France-KLM's maintenance arm is among the global players seeking a slice of the Middle East's MRO pie
-
NewsMubadala streamlines MRO subsidiaries for success
Partnerships and consolidation are on the agenda as Abu Dhabi's Mubadala pursues ambitious plans for its MRO division
-
NewsNew hangars in prospect as Emirates scales up
What does it take to keep Emirates' rapidly growing fleet in the air? The airline's engineering arm is expanding to cope
-
News
Merged Iberia could outsource short-haul operations
Iberia has warned that its pilots must agree to the restructuring of its loss-making short-haul operations this year or risk that the business will be contracted out to third-party airlines.
-
NewsVirgin America seriously looked at Bombardier’s CSeries before A320neo’s launch
Left with no options before a decision by Airbus to launch the A320neo, Virgin America seriously examined Bombardier's CSeries before becoming the A320neo launch customer.
-
News
American, United join in suit to halt expansion at Chicago’s O’Hare
American Airlines has joined with rival United Airlines in a suit against the City of Chicago to block expansion of O'Hare International Airport that could...
-
News
FAA: Laser events leap in 2010
Reports of lasers being pointed at aircraft in US skies nearly doubled in 2010 to 2,836, up from 1,527 in 2009, according to the FAA.
-
News
Lockheed Martin invests in Abu Dhabi's military MRO venture
Lockheed Martin has become a joint venture partner in UAE-based Advanced Military Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul Center (AMMROC) between Abu Dhabi Aircraft...
-
News
Crisis point: anticipating the unexpected
UK CAA aims to anticipate the unexpected The volcanic ash cloud was a learning experience. But airline chiefs would be much happier if they did not...
-
News
Textron splits AAI into three business units
AAI Corp., will split into three businesses under parent company Textron Systems, including a separate business for unmanned aerial vehicles, the company...
-
News
FAA: Operations and maintenance errors behind SkyWest fine
The US FAA is proposing $359,000 in fines against Utah-based SkyWest Airlines for three separate violations the agency says took place between July 2009...
-
NewsCHART: In-flight connectivity takes hold
Don’t ask: “Should we introduce connectivity?” or “Will it work?” Do ask: “How soon can we introduce connectivity and how will we make it work for everyone?” That is the advice to airlines that Oman Air chief executive Peter Hill dished out at a recent conference in London.
-
News
Accident reports published in the last six months of 2010
Below are brief synopses of accident reports published in the last six months of 2010. For those published in the first half of the year, see the report in Flight International, 3-9 August 2010.
-
News
Colombian shake-up picks up pace
LAN's purchase of Aires and the launch of a new low-cost carrier are set to alter the country's competitive landscape again
-
Interview
Working Week: Mike Turner, StandardAero
With StandardAero dealing in engines, airframes, avionics and completions, keeping priorities and messaging clear is in the hands of Phoenix-based marketing and corporate communications director Mike Turner
-
NewsGlobal airline accident and safety review for 2010
After decades of constant improvement, the industry's safety record has frustratingly levelled off. What can be done to lift it again?
-
NewsKLM student pilots to undergo mandatory upset training
KLM Flight Academy is to begin mandatory in-flight upset recovery training for students at its Phoenix, Arizona facility in February, using two Extra 300L single-engined aerobatic aircraft operated by Aviation Performance Solutions.
-
News
Boisture: 90 days to manufacturing improvements
Hawker Beechcraft chairman Bill Boisture says he expects to see rapid "payback" from a new three-year, $10 million employee education and training programme funded by the state of Kansas.