Etihad Airways Chief Operations Officer, Captain Richard Hill, has turned the first sod to mark the construction of a US$15.3m extension to the airline’s Flight Training Centre at its Abu Dhabi headquarters. The new 5,300 m² metre facility will house six flight simulator training bays, classrooms for pilot and cabin crew training, pilots’ briefing and
Boeing and Aeromexico finalized an order for 60 737 MAX 8s and 9s, with reconfirmation rights for 30 additional 737 MAXs. The firm order by Mexico’s largest airline, which was first announced as a commitment in July, is valued at more than $6bn at published list prices.
ST Aerospace broke ground to add a narrow-body aircraft hangar at its Changi facility in Singapore. The total investment in the hangar and associated equipment amounts to $11m. The new hangar is expected to be operational by the end of third quarter 2013. With the new hangar, ST Aerospace will extend its suite of services
SIAEC Group recorded a profit attributable to owners of the parent of $137.2m for the first half ended 30 September 2012, a decrease of $2.1m or 1.5%. Profit in the same period last year included a write-back of tax provision of $3.1m. Share of profits from associated and joint venture companies increased $1.1m or 1.4%
United Airlines announced that the company has successfully completed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification process for its 787 Dreamliner. United can now begin flying the Dreamliner for passenger service, beginning with its inaugural 787 commercial flight departing Houston for Chicago Nov. 4 at 7:20 a.m. CST. United’s first Dreamliner arrived in Houston on Sept.
Cargo Air, a key Bulgarian cargo charter operator, has chosen several key B737-300F Wheels and Brakes Programs offered by TP Aerospace. Firstly a multiyear Brake-For-Less (BFL) Program with TP Aerospace Solutions, providing Cargo Air guaranteed availability and cost savings while eliminating turn-around-time dependency, risk of unexpected high repair cost and OEM shortages. Secondly a three
Boeing and Kuwait airplane leasing company ALAFCO finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s valued at $2.0bn at current list price. The order was first announced as a commitment at the Farnborough Airshow in July.
The first aircraft to be fully installed by Boeing with the AeroMobile inflight mobile service has been delivered to its customer Thai Airways International. The AeroMobile service, which enables passengers to use their mobile devices to call, text, email, and browse the internet inflight, has reached a significant milestone in being installed as a standard
Aeroflot, the Russian national carrier, has taken delivery of another A330-300, which will become the 100th Airbus aircraft to enter service with the airline. Powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines, Aeroflot’s A330-300 features a spacious and comfortable two-class cabin layout seating 296 passengers (28 in business and 268 in economy class). Aeroflot plans to deploy
In the first nine months of the year, the Lufthansa Group generated an operating result of €628m, €96m less than in the first nine months of last year. Profits were hit particularly hard by record fuel prices. The persistently intense price pressure, the air traffic tax and the costs of EU emissions trading certificates also
