All Safety News – Page 585
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Consolidation reaches Latin America
Avianca's crusade to create a leading Latin American airline group took one gigantic step forward in October after it agreed...
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Cargo conversions - hope springs eternal
The conversion business has had an awful year but with new programmes coming and demand recovering, 2010 should be better
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Business: Good week - Bad week
SUKHOI The Russian airframer will get cut-price rail transport next year to move 456 freight cars carrying Superjet 100 structural parts from Novosibirsk...
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Russian jet airliner projects face an uncertain future
As the MS-21 waits in the wings, the two jet airliner programmes developed in Soviet times face an uncertain future
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China and Russia take on Airbus and Boeing in the single-aisle market
The increasing profile of the C919 and MS-21 narrowbodies is proof that China and Russia are serious about the airliner business
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ANZ looking at seat-beds in economy class
Air New Zealand (ANZ) may be looking to have seat-beds in the economy section of its new Boeing 777-300ERs due for delivery late next year. The Star...
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New Zealand's CAA and Jetstar in spat over passenger levy
Jetstar is fighting a move by New Zealand's CAA to close a loophole that allows the carrier's domestic services in the country to avoid paying a passenger...
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LAN's Q3 net income tumbles 58%
Chilean carrier LAN has posted a 58% fall in net income in the third quarter due to falling revenue and yields.
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Keeping the faith: Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 remain popular
The Airbus A330 and Boeing 777 are far from being overshadowed by their next generation sisters that are in development
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Atlas tapped to operate premium US-Africa charter with 747s
Atlas Air has reached a long-term commercial arrangement with Angolan carrier SonAir to operate an outsourced premium passenger private charter service for...
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NewsRoyal Jordanian to decide on possible 777 or A330 lease
Royal Jordanian Airlines is intending to decide within a couple of months whether to lease Boeing 777-200 or Airbus A330-200 aircraft as a replacement for...
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Bombardier pushes ahead with CSeries
Bombardier finally cemented its decision to go ahead with its 110/130-seat CSeries twinjet in March when launch customer Lufthansa firmed up its Farnborough 2008 deal for up to 60 aircraft
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Water could be answer to hot wings says DLR
The water cooling of a conceptual hypersonic transport system's wing leading edges is being investigated for the European Union's €7.3 million ($10.93 million)...
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Continental execs encourage consistency in emissions regulations
Management at Continental Airlines is hopeful governments will take action against the European Union's emissions trading scheme, but in the mean time the...
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EASA clears A380's brake-to-vacate and overrun protection
Lufthansa and Air France are set to introduce two landing systems on the Airbus A380, one designed to increase runway efficiency and the other to prevent...
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NewsSharjah 707 crash inquiry confirms part fell from jet
United Arab Emirates investigators have confirmed that part of the airframe from the Azza Air Transport Boeing 707-330C which crashed at Sharjah last week...
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Asian passenger traffic flat in September
Passenger traffic among the major Asian carriers was flat in September, arresting months of steep falls amid signs that confidence was returning to the region...
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Fiji's Air Pacific swings to full-year loss on higher costs
Fiji's Air Pacific Group has reported a pre-tax loss of $14.3 million for the year to 31 March 2009, down sharply from the profit of $38.15 million a year...
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Singapore inks air services deal with Bulgaria and Lithuania
Singapore has concluded separate open skies agreements with Bulgaria and Lithuania.