Avianca, the Colombia-based airline, has taken delivery of its first Sharklet equipped A320 becoming the first Latin American carrier to take benefit of the new fuel-saving wing-tip devices. The A320,...
Pratt said it conducted over 4,000 hours of testing on the engine, including 340 hours of flight testing. “Certification of the PW1500G engine is a significant milestone and a critical step in support...
ST Aerospace has completed its investment of 35% equity interest in Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EADS EFW). The investment was completed following the receipt of regulatory approvals and fulfilment of cus...
The application for 787 test flights is “under evaluation” by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "We have submitted an application to conduct 787 test flights and it is currently under eval...
Japanese investigators have announced that lithium ion battery onboard All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) 787 aircraft that failed shows signs of an “uncontrollable high temperature” associated with “thermal r...
Rolls-Royce has won an order worth $1.1bn, at list prices, from Air Lease Corporation for Trent XWB engines to power its 25 Airbus A350XWB aircraft. Twenty of the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft will be the ...
Aeroflot has finally been granted permission by Russian aviation authorities to operate its Boeing 777-300ER. The first flight of this aircraft had to be postponed last month due to the missing type c...
Flybe has outsourced its customer call centre function to Sitel, a leading global business process outsourcing provider. This new partnership will integrate Flybe’s existing customer service team into...
Although Airbus has reiterated its confidence that the lithium ion (Li-ion) main battery architecture it has been developing with Saft and qualifying for the A350 XWB aircraft is robust and safe, sinc...
At the time of going to press, the 787 fleet has now been grounded for six weeks without a definitive solution in sight to solve the perceived problems with the lithium-ion battery installed on the ai...
Although Airbus has reiterated its confidence that the lithium ion (Li-ion) main battery architecture it has been developing with Saft and qualifying for the A350 XWB aircraft is robust and safe, sinc...
Japan Airlines (JAL) is seeking to replace its grounded 787 aircraft on routes between San Diego and Tokyo, which have been cancelled for the foreseeable future. JAL may use the larger 777 while the 7...
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