Hainan Airlines has chosen the CFM International CFM56-5B engine to power its 42 Airbus A320 aircraft. The deal includes long-term maintenance agreement. Deliveries of the A320s will start in 2012. Th...
At the Chinese airshow China Eastern Airlines have formalised its order from the Farnborough airport in June for CFM56-5B engines to power 30 new Airbus A320-family aircraft. Deliveries will start in ...
Pratt & Whitney has received a Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China for its Global Material Solution parts. The GMS program provides life-limited...
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation has issued notices to all airline CEOs asking them to explain why travellers were being charged excessive fares. The move follows a probe by the regula...
Air China and Cathay Pacific is close to launching its jointly owned cargo airline agreed upon in February. The existing airfreight carrier Air China Cargo Co Ltd (ACC), previously a wholly owned subs...
Embraer has entered into a memorandum of understanding for financing and leasing aircraft with Chinese group AVIC International Leasing. The deal could be worth up to $1.5 billion over the next five y...
AirAsia X is offering cheap flights to India, China, Taiwan, Korea and Australia from Kuala Lumpur. The fares are only available online and will be offered on services taken between July 1 and Novembe...
Xiamen Airlines has selected a suite of Rockwell Collins avionics, including MultiScan threat detection system and GLU-925 multi-mode receiver for 25 Boeing 737NG aircraft. Deliveries will begin in Ju...
Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel has said he would welcome “any foray” by Tatas into the civil aviation sector, effectively denying Ratan Tata’s recent claim to have been frozen out of the busines...
An investigation has found that the pilot of the Air India Express aircraft that crashed in Mangalore in May 2010 dozed off while flying the Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The pilot overshot the table-top r...
Vietnam Airlines has awarded a $100 million contract to Honeywell to overhaul the airline’s Flight Management System, Multifunction Control Display, Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System, Air Data ...
Triumph Aviation Services Asia, based in Bangkok, has received approval from Boeing to provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the CFM56-7 engine thrust reversers on the Boeing Next-Gene...
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