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Parker Aerospace has been chosen by Bombardier Aerospace to design and produce the fully integrated hydraulic and fuel systems for its new CSeries family of aircraft. The company estimates that the contracts will generate approximately $1.2 billion in revenues over the life of the program.

Parker Aerospace's fluid management and control systems organization in Irvine, California, will design the fuel system for the CSeries aircraft. Product design and manufacture will be completed by Parker's Air & Fuel Division, Electronic Systems, and Nichols Airborne Divisions.
Régional – Compagnie Aérienne Européenne, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Air France Group, took delivery of the first EMBRAER 170 jet. This is the f...
Austrian Airlines has signed a contract to acquire four Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners. The airline has also taken options on an additional two airc...
easyJet carried 23.7% more passengers in August 2008 and the load factor for the month was up 4 pts compared to the same period in 2007, to 91.3%....
SAS Group's traffic decreased by 0,7% during August and seat capacity was up 2,2% vs 2007. SAS Group carried 3.3 million passengers in August, down 4,7% vs 2007 and the total load ...
For the month of August, Air Canada reported a load factor of 84.4% on a consolidated basis with Jazz, versus 83.8% in August 2007, an increase of 0.6 pts. System traffic decreased...
Delta Air Lines reported traffic results for August 2008. System traffic decreased 0.5% year over year on a 1.5% decrease in capacity. System load factor increased by 0.9 points to...
Avionica reported that the Quality Management System has been assessed and approved by National Quality Assurance (NQA) against the provisions of ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 Revision ...
Bombardier reported another quarter of strong financial results. Revenues for the second quarter ended July 31, 2008 increased by 22% to reach $4.9 billion. Earnings before financi...
Bombardier Aerospace released that the prototype CRJ1000 NextGen jetliner, powered by GE's CF34-8C5 engine series, serial number 19991, made its successful inaugural flight from th...
Beoing signed a letter of intent with Bahrain's national carrier, Gulf Air, for an additional eight 787 Dreamliners. Upon successful conclusion of negotiations with the airline, Gu...
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft has won a three-year contract from Saab Aerotech for warehousing services covering aircraft spares for the Saab 340 and Saab 2000 regional turboprop a...
CIT Group has signed a firm contract with Airbus for a further ten A320 Family aircraft. With this order, the total number of aircraft in the Airbus order book for the CIT Group no...
Hamilton Sundstrand has signed a long-term agreement with Tiger Airways to install its APS 3200 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) on Tiger's new fleet of up to 60 Airbus A320 aircraft. Ti...
Saga, the Istanbul-based airline, has ordered two Boeing 737-800s with Blended Winglets. Saga Airlines has also secured two purchase rights for the same model. This order is valued...
US Airways Group reported August 2008 traffic results. Mainline traffic for the month was down 0.5% from August 2007, capacity was down 1.3% versus August 2007 and the load factor ...
WestJet released August traffic statistics, announcing a 12-year record-high load factor of 88.4%. This was accompanied by a 22.4% increase in traffic and a 21.9% capacity increase...
Republic Airlines has signed an agreement with Midwest Airlines to provide 12, 76–seat Embraer E170 jets operating as Midwest Connect with initial service beginning October 1, 2008...
United Airlines reported its preliminary traffic results for August 2008. The company reported an August passenger load factor of 84.5%, down 1.8 pts compared to August 2007. Traff...
Republic Airways Holdings reported preliminary passenger traffic results for August 2008. Traffic increased 8.2% over the same month last year, while capacity increased 10.8%. The ...
World Airways has signed a contract with Air France to operate one MD-11F on a full-time basis for service from France to a variety of destinations in North Africa and a weekly fli...
BA released that In August 2008, passenger capacity was 1.9% above August 2007 snf traffic fell by 1.6%. This resulted in a passenger load factor decrease of 2.7 points versus las...
Singapore Technologies Aerospace reported the redelivery of the 38th MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) to UPS Airlines after completion of its passenger-to-freighter (PTF) con...
Porter Airlines is exercising existing options for two Bombardier Aerospace Q400 aircraft. The order represents aircraft 15 and 16 in the Porter fleet, scheduled for delivery in 2...
CIT Aerospace, a unit of CIT, has reached a milestone of financing 100 total aircraft, mostly in increments of 1/16th and 1/8th shares, through its fractional lease and finance pro...
TDG Aerospace, manufacturer of advanced and cost-effective safety solutions for the commercial aviation industry, announce that European Aviation Safety Agency has issued STC EASA....
Continental Airlines reported an August consolidated (mainline plus regional) load factor of 83.9%, 1.4 points below the August 2007 consolidated load factor. Consolidated traffic ...
Forward Air Corporation reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Forward Air Solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Service Express, Inc. Service E...
Finnair and Finncomm Airlines have formed a joint venture, Finnish Aircraft Maintenance Oy (FAM), which will specialise in maintenance services for regional aircraft. Finnair and F...
SAS Technical Services (STS) and Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia A/S have agreed to a 3-year prolongation of the existing cooperation. A new contract has been signed and STS will ...
Embraer delivered the first EMBRAER 190 to TACA Airlines, from El Salvador. The deal was announced last October, and the aircraft will be used on several routes in the Caribbean a...
Julian Scopes has been appointed President of BAE Systems India. Based at BAE Systems' offices in New Delhi, Scopes will be responsible for defining and implementing BAE Systems' ...
Aerosonic Corporation, a leading supplier of precision flight products for commercial, business and military aircraft, announced the Company has received a new order from Boeing to...

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