Bombardier’s test pilots have begun virtual flight system trials on a full-sized “iron bird” CSeries mock-up, as work progresses toward construction of the first static test aircraft.
NATS, the UK’s major provider of air traffic services, has been selected to lead a Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) project to trial environmentally “perfect” flights across the Atlantic.
PowerJet, which manufactures engines for the Sukhoi Superjet, is facing headwinds in its production ramp-up as it battles against Airbus and Boeing to secure supply chain slots.
Lufthansa Systems renewed a contract with Singapore Airlines for its Lido/Flight route planner for eight years. The carrier expanded the contract with the addition of several modules including aircraft performance solutions. L-3 Aviation Recorders signed an agreement with Airbus to certify and provide the FLYHT Aerospace SolutionsAFIRS 228S real-time data communications and SATCOM system for Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Transaero Airlines is acquiring Rockwell Collins PAVES high definition media server (HDMS) and entertainment control panel (ECP) for retrofit on eight Boeing 767s.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a civil penalty of $400,000 against Atlanta, Ga.-based Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA), for allegedly operating a Bombardier regional jet after it returned from ASA maintenance without a properly authorized signature on the airworthiness release and without an appropriate entry in the aircraft’s flight discrepancy log.
US Airways flight attendants, represented by the Assn. of Flight Attendants (AFA) narrowly defeated a proposed five-year collective bargaining agreement, in a 51% to 49% vote.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) said that 40,000 seat reservations were cancelled on flights between Japan and China from September to November, due to escalating political tension between the two countries over a chain of disputed islands in the East, Reuters reported.
No cracks were found on a Boeing 747-8 freighter GE Aviation GEnx-2B engine that experienced a power loss during takeoff roll at Shanghai Pudong International Airport, preliminary investigations show.
The European Union (EU) today filed a request for the World Trade Organization (WTO) to grant $12 billion in annual sanctions against the US “because of the US failure to withdraw subsidies in the dispute involving large civil aircraft,” according to a WTO statement.
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has issued antitrust immunity to Swiss International Air Lines and Austrian Airlines, allowing All Nippon Airways (ANA) to add both to its Japan-Europe joint venture with Lufthansa (LH).
Lufthansa deployed the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental on Bengaluru–Frankfurt service, the third destination worldwide to receive the 747-8 and the second Indian destination after New Delhi. Caribbean Airlines will increase 2X-weekly London Gatwick-Port of Spain service to 3X-weekly Nov. 20.
TAP Portugal is moving toward an expected full privatization by year end following president Cavaco Silva’s approval placing the carrier and its subsidiaries up for sale.
China Southern Airlines (CZ) has entered into a joint venture (JV) agreement with government-owned Henan Civil Aviation Investment to launch a subsidiary, China Southern Henan Airlines Co.
Europe has called for further consultations through the World Trade Organization (WTO), insisting that Boeing is still benefiting from illegal subsidies.
The General Electric Co. (GE) and the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have launched an 18-month project to bring NextGen air traffic management (ATM) technology into “The Cloud.”
JetBlue (B6) has reaffirmed the previously announced agreement with ViaSat to launch high speed ka-band Wi-Fi onboard its fleet of more than170 Embraer E-190s and Airbus A320s.
