Boeing has made significant improvements in its environmental performance, even as total aircraft deliveries increased 50% from 2007 to 2012, the company announced in its annual Environment Report. Boeing's manufacturing and office employees consumed less energy and water, reduced carbon dioxide emissions, generated less hazardous waste and sent less solid waste to landfills. Highlights of the 2013 report include:
ATW editorswill select the winners of its 2 nd annual Eco-Aviation Awards in July in the lead up to its 6 th annual Eco-Aviation Conference in Washington, DC. This year’s conferencewill focus on overall sustainability, affordability and overcoming political hurdles within the air transport industry, particularly those social, economic and environmental developments that will improve and have a lasting effect on the industry’s future environmental performance. Panel topics include:
Rolls-Royce has admitted it “clearly fell short” after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that a fatigue crack in an incorrectly manufactured oil feed pipe caused a Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure.
Hainan Airlines subsidiary Hong Kong Express Airways has completed its strategic rebranding as a low-cost carrier (LCC) as it aims to explore Hong Kong’s low-cost market potential.
Airbus and CAE are ending their 10-year airline training services partnership for a new relationship that gives Airbus broader scope to expand its own direct training service offerings.
Bombardier has pushed back CSeries first flight by one month, saying in a statement issued Wednesday that the aircraft will now make its maiden test flight “by the end of July.”
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines, which had its air operator’s certificate (AOC) suspended in February, has relaunched flights after Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, renewed its AOC.
Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.
The US District of Columbia Appeals Court has reversed a July 2012 decision by the DC District Court to uphold the Export-Import Bank’s 2011 issuance of $3.4 billion in loan guarantees to Air India for its purchase of 30 Boeing widebodies, including 28 787 Dreamliners.
Finnair has finalized a deal to lease three Embraer E-170s to Aeromexico Connect as it seeks to optimize capacity under its €140 million ($184 million) cost-savings program.
American Airlines has distributed Apple iPads equipped as electronic flight bags (EFB) for use by all of its pilots on all of its mainline aircraft types.
