All aerospace news – Page 959
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NewsItaly grounds MyAir over mounting financial problems
Italian civil aviation authority ENAC has suspended budget carrier MyAir's operating licence, effective from midnight tomorrow. The carrier had been...
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Boeing CEO sees drop in aircraft deferrals
Boeing CEO James McNerney today said that aircraft deferrals have slowed in the third quarter of the year.
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Bombardier wins approval for extended maintenance intervals
Bombardier has received approval to extend maintenance intervals for its NextGen CRJ700/705/900 and Q400 aircraft from Canadian, European and US authorities....
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NTSB: Broken steering cable found in Continental 737 Denver accident
The US National Transportation Safety Board has revealed that a mechanical problem and complicated weather could have combined to cause the runway excursion...
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Service providers must meet our architectural requirements: Airbus
Airbus is "more than happy to support different service providers", says Airbus vice-president cabin design Jonathan Norris, but they need to meet the architectural...
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Debate swirls as Airbus pushes communications strategy
Airbus's decision not to make any alternative in-flight mobile connectivity service provider's solutions line-fit offerable on its portfolio of aircraft...
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Air New Zealand opposes Virgin-Delta deal
Air New Zealand (ANZ) has added its voice to the opposition to the proposed joint venture between Australia's Virgin Blue and US carrier Delta Air Lines.
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NewsAircell secures two more airline customers
Aircell has inked in-flight connectivity deals with eight airlines, two more than the six customers that have already been publicly announced.
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American CEO Arpey cites economic struggles with 757s
American Airlines is giving serious consideration to the role its Boeing 757s will play in its long-term fleet plan as the carrier's chief executive says...
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Engine exhaust driven rotorcraft wind tunnel tested
Wind tunnel testing of a one-fifth scale-model exhaust gas driven co-axial rotor helicopter called Sherpa has been carried out by a Belgian consortium. The...
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NewsNTSB calls for Learjet 60 design training changes
The US National Transportation Safety Board is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration...
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SITA: a new kind of co-operative
As it celebrates its 60th anniversary, SITA believes its reinvention as a single organisation is paying dividends for the air transport community
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Opinion
Comment: Remote control for life
Historically the skies have been a safe haven, one of the few places where we are quite literally out of reach. Not any more. As we become increasingly dependent on devices like the iPhone, how long will it be before onboard connectivity becomes the norm?
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 21 July 1969: NASA Astronauts walk on the Moon following successful Moon landing
At 0356 BST today Apollo 11 mission commander Neil Armstrong made the historic first step on to the Moon's surface from the ladder of his Lunar Module Eagle
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Airline accident review for first six months of 2009
Disquiet arising from the operation of highly automated aircraft is adding to anxiety that airline safety may have stopped improving and, at best, has flattened out
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Clay Lacy to be first Part 135 operator of Aircell's Internet system
Clay Lacy Aviation will become the first Part 135 charter operator to offer Aircell's in-flight broadband service to passengers.
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SIA to retrofit older 777-300s
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has begun to retrofit the cabins in seven older Boeing 777-300 aircraft to bring them up to date with its most recent offerings.
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NewsBREAKING NEWS 20 July 1969: Man successfully lands on the surface of the Moon
At 2118 BST today a dream that humanity had held for millenia became reality when NASA's Eagle landed in the Sea of Tranquillity after a dramatic and tense descent from command module Columbia