The USA has launched a challenge against the Chinese policy of exempting ‘home grown’ aircraft from taxes, making it difficult for American manufacturers to be competitive. In the last three years alone the USA has exported over $US500 million worth of small-to-medium-sized planes to China. Currently China has a policy of imposing 17% ‘value added
As part of a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Flight Training, Rockwell Collins’ integrated visual systems will be featured on two Airbus A320 full flight simulators that will be based at Airbus’s new training centers in Mexico City, Mexico. “Our integrated visual systems are proven in the most challenging training exercises, which is especially valuable
AerCap Holdings has completed the closing of US$1.3bn of new credit facilities. The facilities will primarily be used to acquire new narrowbody and widebody aircraft as they deliver from Boeing and Airbus through the end of 2016. A US$0.8bn facility was signed to finance a portfolio of 13 aircraft over a nine-year term. The facility
With the release of the report indicating a faulty connection in the A320’s Rudder Travel Limiter Unit (RTLU) as the reason for the crash of AirAsia flight QZ8501 in December 2014, which killed all 162 passengers and crew, the Indonesian Transport ministry has reacted positively by ordering the inspection of the RTLUs of all A320’s
Boeing celebrated the completion of final assembly of the first 737 MAX 8. The production-complete airplane rolled out of the Renton factory and into the paint hangar on Nov. 30th, the precise date determined when the MAX development schedule was defined more than four years ago. On Dec. 8th the freshly painted 737 MAX 8,
Lufthansa Technik AG is stepping up its capacities for the support of the Airbus A350: a symbolic groundbreaking marked the beginning of the expansion of a highly modern warehouse for the spare parts supply at the Munich location. The ceremony took place on December 8th, 2015. The existing warehouse of Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services (LTLS)
The high-density seating configuration option for the ATR 72-600 aircraft has received its certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Using the existing airframe, the new high density configuration option is achieved by optimizing the pitch and adjusting forward cargo compartment, bringing the aircraft maximum capacity from 74 to 78 seats. ATR’s greater passenger
for over 25 years the new runway at Heathrow has been a hot topic of debate. In 2010 permission to expand the Airport was withdrawn owing to the fact it blighted the lives of many thousands of people living in the region. However, moving forward five years, this situation changed when the Airport Commission recommended
Cathay Pacific, the home airline of Hong Kong, is further extending its partnership with Rolls-Royce, with a new Efficiency Service Solution to reduce fuel consumption. Under a five-year agreement, Rolls-Royce will analyse the flight data of 189 aircraft operated by the airline and its wholly owned subsidiary Dragonair. Rolls-Royce will deliver this service by deploying
In an eagerly anticipated outcome, the House of Representatives has passed a five-year bill that will not only see the provision of funding for America’s roads, bridges and transport systems but also, crucially, the revival of a charter for the US Export-Import Bank which expired midnight, June 30th this year. Between then and now the
