Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance confirmed it will expand its service offering to include the 787, adding the Dreamliner to a Boeing aircraft MRO portfolio that currently includes 737 Classics/737NGs, 747s, 757s, 767s, 777s and MD-11s.
Boeing and American Airlines announced a partnership at the Paris Air Show Wednesday to bring an "evolutionary ecoDemonstrator program" to reality next year.
China Eastern Airlines and subsidiary Shanghai Airlines formally joined SkyTeam in Beijing this week, making the alliance the first global airline grouping to have two major Chinese member carriers; China Southern Airlines joined SkyTeam in November 2007.
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged development and production of biofuels to power commercial aircraft, telling a Paris Air Show audience Wednesday there has been "extraordinary progress in the last 12 months" in understanding how biofuel blends can power flights.
ATR has plenty of reasons to celebrate its 30th birthday with a big bang after increasing its Paris Air Show tally to a record 60 new orders and 37 options.
Airbus continued its steady stream of aircraft order announcements at the Paris Air Show Wednesday, taking commitments and orders in the first three days of the show to more than 600 aircraft—most of them A320s.
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged development and production of biofuels to power commercial aircraft, telling a Paris Air Show audience there has been "extraordinary progress in the last 12 months" in understanding how biofuel blends can power flights.
After a brief respite, the ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcano again is playing havoc in Australia with air service to Canberra, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart and Melbourne impacted ( ATW Daily News, June 17). Virgin Australia and Qantas Airways canceled flights to those cities at various times Monday and cancellations were expected to flow into Tuesday. Tiger Airways, which has it main bases in Melbourne and Adelaide, temporarily grounded its fleet.
Boeing announced a host of new orders Tuesday at one of the most active Paris Air Shows, in terms of commercial aircraft commitments, in recent memory.
A group of 10 airlines—eight based in the US, plus Air Canada and Lufthansa—have signed letters of intent with Washington-based Solena Fuels to acquire a future supply of jet fuel derived exclusively from waste biomass.
Bombardier's CSeries program achieved two milestones as Korean Air signed a letter of intent to purchase 10 CS300s, becoming the first Asian airline to commit to the aircraft, and Pratt & Whitney test flew for the first time the PW1500G geared turbofan engine designated to power the aircraft.
EasyJet will set up a base at London Southend from April 2012 with three Airbus A319s operating some 70 flights per week to about 10 European destinations including Barcelona, Faro and Ibiza. The carrier signed a 10-year partnership agreement with SEN owner Stobart Group, which is building a new passenger terminal due to be opened in the fall. It also invested in a new control tower and a runway extension.
Airbus kicked off the Paris Air Show Monday with aircraft orders from GECAS, Air Lease Corp., SAS and Saudi Arabian Airlines totaling $15 billion in value. COO-Customers John Leahy said the manufacturer "will push up the pace" of orders Tuesday.
Barcelona-based LCC Vueling Airlines CEO Alex Cruz predicted that the ongoing transformation of the intra-European market will include a further shift toward "lower cost" operators and closer cooperation between legacy carriers and LCCs.
Airbus pushed back EIS for the A350-1000 to 2017 from 2015 and unveiled a modified -1000 model featuring a higher thrust variant of the Trent XWB engine being developed by Rolls-Royce
ATR landed its first-ever order from GECAS, which committed to taking 15 ATR 72-600s, plus 15 options. The deal, announced Monday at the Paris Air Show, is valued at approximately $680 million at list prices, including options.
Boeing opened the Paris Air Show with some bold statements, such as a claim that its 747-8 Intercontinental had superior trip and seat-mile economics to the Airbus A380, and backed up its declarations by announcing a slew of new orders.
Airbus pushed back EIS for the A350-1000 to 2017 from 2015 and unveiled a modified -1000 model featuring a higher thrust variant of the Trent XWB engine that is being developed by Rolls-Royce.
