Lufthansa (LH) is seeking to unify standards for engines and cockpits across its group of five airlines to boost purchasing power, staff magazine Lufthanseat reported.
American Airlines (AA) said it will install the same locking device to the seats on 49 of its Boeing 767s as was installed on 48 757s after recent incidents in which economy seats became loose during flights.
With the Single European Sky (SES) initiative now into its tenth year “and still not delivering,” European Commission VP-Transport Siim Kallas is talking tough with EU member states, saying they “need to be made accountable if they do not meet their targets.”
Embraer delivered 40 aircraft (27 E-Jets and 13 executive jets) in the third quarter compared to 46 (two ERJs; 26 E-Jets; 18 executive jets) in the year-ago quarter. Atlas Air (5Y) has taken delivery of its sixth Boeing 747-8 freighter, which will be operated by Atlas Air in Polar Air Cargo Worldwide’s express network under an ACMI arrangement for the benefit of DHL Express. 5Y expects to receive one additional 747-8F in 2012 and two in the first half of 2013 for a total of nine.
Mexico’s Interjet’s (4O) first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) has arrived in Venice, Italy at the Sukhoi Superjet International (SJI) base to be customized for service in Mexico.
New Japanese regional carrier LINK—which will launch in 2013—will acquire three ATR 72-600s, becoming the first carrier in Japan to operate ATR aircraft.
GE Aviation’s H80 engine has been given type approval by Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) to operate on aircraft in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
GE Aviation on Thursday issued a service bulletin calling for one-time fleet-wide borescope inspections of the low-pressure turbine (LPT) stage-one nozzles on all 120 in-service GEnx engines.
American Airlines (AA) expects to have all of its Boeing 757s back in service Saturday after taking additional measures to prevent the seats from becoming loose, necessitating cancellation of nearly 100 flights Thursday and Friday for repair work to be done.
Armenian carrier Armavia (U8), which took delivery of the first production Sukhoi Superjet 100 in April 2011, has reached a new leasing agreement with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. on operating terms.
Spanish charter carrier Cosmo Airlines has paid $137 million for seven Bombardier CRJ900s from Uruguay’s liquidated Pluna (PU) at a government auction.
Saudi Arabian carrier Nasair (XY) is planning to phase out its six Embraer E-190s and two E-195s, and grow to a single-type fleet of 40 Airbus A320s within four years to bring down operating costs.
American Airlines (AA) believes a mechanical issue, not improper maintenance, caused rows of seats on two of its Boeing 757s to repeatedly come loose during flights.
