For some time now the ‘Big Three’ US airlines, American, Delta and United (and their unions), have been complaining over what they perceived were unfair financial subsidies for Gulf carriers, affording them an advantageous position with regard to the ‘Open Skies’ agreement between the Gulf states and the US. Now Qatar Airways have formally refuted
The Lufthansa Group reports solid business development for the first half of 2015 and improved results in all of its operating segments. The Adjusted EBIT rose by €290m year-on-year to €468m. For the six months ended June 30th, sales increased by 8.5% to €15.4bn, with traffic revenue accounting for €12.1bn of that figure. The Group’s
Airbus Group reported solid half-year results supported by an improved operational performance and confirmed its 2015 guidance. Group order intake in the first six months of 2015 increased sharply to €53.9bn (H1 2014: €27.7bn), with the order book value rising to €927bn as of June 3oth (year-end 2014: €858bn) taking into account a positive revaluation
Finmeccanica-Alenia Aermacchi has completed dedicated flight-testing following the modification to add winglets to the C-27J battlefield airlifter configuration, one of a series of product developments underway on the only real military medium turboprop airlifter on the market. The winglets, which are extensions to the wingtips of the aircraft, have the aim to improve the already
On the 29th of July the Australian government released a statement indicating that debris found on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean is being examined to see whether it has come from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared without trace on the 8th March 2014. Today (30th July) the Malaysian Malaysia’s Deputy Transport Minister, Abdul
Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, reported the delivery of a third Boeing 737-800 to Aeromexico. The delivery is the third of four Boeing 737-800 aircraft scheduled for delivery to Aeromexico by Avolon.
CIT Aerospace chose the GEnx-1B engine to power its four Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. This engine order will boost CIT’s GEnx-1B-powered Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet to a total of seven aircraft. The new GEnx engine order is valued at more than US$200m list price.
Having posted revised and downward profit forecasts three times in the last 9 months, Rolls Royce have announced they have won a US$580m TotalCare Engine support contract with Vietnam Airlines. The announcement coincides with a visit as part of a trade mission to South East Asia by the UK’s Prime Minister, David Cameron, who said
Honeywell Aerospace has signed a contract with Turkish airline SunExpress to supply the company’s latest cockpit technologies for its first delivery of newly purchased Boeing 737-800 airplanes. Honeywell will provide SunExpress with cockpit avionics, including the IntuVue 3-D Weather Radar and the SmartTraffic Traffic Collision Avoidance System. With these technologies, SunExpress will be able to
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) announced delivery of two leased Boeing 737-800s to new customer 9 Air, a subsidiary of Juneyao Airlines. Established earlier this year, 9 Air launched operations from China’s Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in January. 9 Air currently operates a fleet of five aircraft to three destinations in China, with plans to
