Turboprop manufacturer ATR is working on a series of upgrades for its newest ATR 42- and 72-600 family, enabling them to operate to airports with limited ground installations, extreme cold weather and steep approaches.
Forensics, data and collaboration are the key tools to transforming accident investigations from reactive to predictive processes, the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) chief said Tuesday.
Ireland has become one of the first European countries to implement the Centralized Code Assignment and Management System (CCAMS), a cooperative European initiative aimed at streamlining the way Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) codes are distributed and assigned.
FLY Leasing has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 1998. The aircraft are on lease to Russia’s Transaero Airlines. The new acquisitions were financed with secured bank debt and FLY’s free cash. CIT Aerospace will lease two new GEnx-1B70-powered Boeing 787-8s to Aeromexico, with deliveries scheduled in 2015 and 2016. GE Capital Aviation delivered two new Boeing 737-800s to Lion Air under a purchase and leaseback transaction.
The Lufthansa Group on Monday phased out the last of its Avro RJ85 at its CityLine subsidiary, after it completed flight LH1985 from Cologne to Munich.
Russia’s UTair (UT) has chosen CFM International’s CFM56-5B engine for its fleet of 20 Airbus A321 aircraft, part of an aircraft deal announced at the Farnborough Airshow.
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has announced plans to launch a 130-140-seat aircraft program, UAC president Mikhail Pogosyan said at the International Air Transport Forum in Ulyanovsk.
Japan Airlines (JAL) will install new seats in every cabin class on its 13 Boeing 777-300ERs with eight in first- , 49 in business-, 40 in premium economy- and 135 in economy-class.
United Airlines (UA), the North American launch customer for the Boeing 787, said its first Dreamliner took a 3-hr.-plus pre-delivery test flight Sunday to/from Boeing’s Everett, Wash., facility.
Rockwell Collins, which announced a retrofit update to the Boeing 757/767 flight deck at the Farnborough Airshow in July, has revealed that it is planning to add synthetic vision capability by around 2016.
Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) will take delivery of the first of five GE 90-powered Boeing 777 freighters in the fall of 2013, followed by two in 2014 and two in 2015.
With the Boeing 787 now officially part of its fleet, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) believes it is well-positioned to be the leading airline on the African continent and eventually compete against any of the world’s top carriers for passengers and cargo.
Hong Kong Airlines (HX) is considering canceling its order for 10 Airbus A380s according to newswire AFP, amid ongoing Chinese government protests against the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme tax (EU ETS).
FAA late last month issued an "Information for Operators" (InFO) guidance “reminder” that carriers should not use any seat belt extenders other than those that are FAA-issued.
Ethiopian Airlines (ET) has become the first carrier outside Japan and the third overall to take delivery of the Boeing 787, flying the aircraft from a delivery ceremony at Boeing’s Everett, Wash. facility to Washington Dulles (IAD).
Liebherr-Aerospace announced its Airbus A380 supplemental cooling system has entered into service, with a delivery to Malaysia Airlines. The system provides additional cooling to areas such as galleys and electronic bay. FLY Leasing Limited has closed a new $395 million senior secured term loan, using the proceeds to refinance its remaining 2012 debt maturities and outstanding debt under a facility that matures in 2013. The loan will be secured by 23 aircraft and will mature in August 2018.
China Southern Airlines (CZ) will equip 40 Boeing 737-700 and -800 aircraft with blended winglets, with retrofit performed by Aviation Partners Boeing (APB).
China Southern Airlines’ subsidiary Xiamen Airlines (MF) is reported to have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, making it the first Chinese carrier to order the type, according to an agency insider.
Emirates Airline (EK) has signed a sale and leaseback contract with GE Capital Aviation Services for three Boeing 777-300ERs, plus seven spare engines.
