Blackbird, a full solution designer and developer of aviation wheel and brake specialty tooling’s, reported that its newest aviation paint kits are available for Boeing, Airbus, CRJ, Embraer, McDonnell Douglas, Beechcraft, Cessna, Gulfstream, Hawker, Lear & Piaggio for main wheels, nose wheels and brake assemblies. With Blackbird’s unique patented maskings, an aircraft wheel or brake
China’s efforts to challenge the duopoly of Boeing’s 737 and Airbus’ A320 narrow-body aircraft with the country’s first production of a narrow-body commercial jet has been further delayed, though for reasons as yet unknown. The original launch date for the C9198 was 2016, but continual delays have seen that date change to 2018. While the
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) continued to record increased passenger traffic in the first half of 2015. Welcoming 28.9 million passengers from January to June 2015, FRA achieved strong 4.1% growth compared to the previous year and a new historic half-year passenger record. Furthermore, the average number of passengers per flight rose to 135.4 – an all-time
Operating as the low-cost arm of AirAsia (AirAsia Berhad), Indonesia AirAsia, based in Jakarta, is facing potential grounding if new financial regulations introduced by the Indonesian government become enforceable. The government has been increasingly concerned over the state of finances of 13 Indonesian airlines and as a consequences has given them all until the 31st
Early on Wednesday morning in the US, United Airlines was forced to ground all flights worldwide for approximately two hours as a result of a computer problem. “An issue with a router degraded network connectivity for various applications, causing this morning’s operational disruption. We fixed the router issue, which is enabling us to restore normal
The head of Boeing’s commercial aircraft division, Ray Conner, has indicated that the lack of available finance through the US Export-Import Bank would likely put the company at a “huge competitive disadvantage” as rival firms still had access to similar beneficial forms of financing. However he went on to say that Boeing was keen to
Although its opening has been postponed several times, and with a current opening date now scheduled for 2017, the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag has reported that such weighty investors as JP Morgan and Macquarie have been courted by Berlin to take a stake in the new airport. The newspaper report states that investors will
Elbit Systems regional turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR announced signed an agreement for integrating ClearVision Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) with the SKYLENS wearable display onboard the new ATR-600 series. The system can also be offered as a retrofit to other ATR ‘-600’ aircraft already in service. Enhancing flight safety, the new system will also contribute
The US Department of Justice has decided to launch an investigation into whether US airlines have been illegally colluding in a manner intended to keep seat prices at a high level. The investigation is centering on whether seat availability has been deliberately limited with the express intention of driving up prices. The Department of Justice
Southwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its Flight Attendants. Terms of the deal were not released, but the airline said they include wage increases, bonus opportunities, and work-rule adjustments. Southwest Airlines Flight Attendants, represented by Transport Workers Union (TWU) 556, will be presented with the details of the agreement in the coming weeks,
