Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 16, 2007
Lufthansa Systems said Spanair will implement its ProfitLine/Yield Rembrandt solution to optimize further its revenue management processes. It also said KLM extended its existing contract to support its flight planning processes with Lido OC for an additional five years. KLM also selected the Lido module LinTop to calculate single-point takeoff performances, replacing the paper-based charts it previously used.
May 16, 2007
Boeing said the composite wings for the 787 were delivered to its final assembly plant in Everett yesterday. Manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, each wing is 98 ft. long.
May 16, 2007
Wizz Air took delivery of the first of 32 A320s directly purchased from Airbus.
May 16, 2007
Finnair said it will sell the last two MD-11s it owns to Aeroflot. The aircraft will be transferred in November 2008 and July 2009. Value of the sale is at least €30 million ($40.6 million). Finnair operates seven MD-11s, five of which are under leasing agreements that expire by the end of 2010, when it plans to have retired all MD-11s and operate a long-haul fleet of A330s and A340s.
May 16, 2007
Goodrich Corp. delivered its first set of 787 thrust reversers to be installed on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines used in the 787 flight test program scheduled to begin later this year. Goodrich said it will manufacture nacelles and thrust reversers for six flight test airplanes--three for the Trent 1000 and three for the GEnx--as well as a spare set for each engine variant.
Feb 28, 2014
British Airways has started using its Airbus A380s as a tool to reduce frequencies on trunk routes without cutting capacity and is pleased with the initial results, according to British Airways’ parent International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh.
Feb 28, 2014
Kazakhstan will establish a new regional airline, called Air Kazakhstan, to serve domestic routes with up to 10 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft.
Feb 28, 2014
African carrier RwandAir has taken delivery of a dual-class Bombardier Q400 NextGen turboprop from an order announced in April 2013.
Feb 27, 2014
Rolls-Royce has taken full control of composites manufacturing joint venture Composite Technology and Applications (CTAL), acquiring GKN’s 49% stake for £8 million ($13.3 million).
Feb 27, 2014
Finnair has made further progress with its fleet renewal financing, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GECAS for the sale and leaseback of two Airbus A330s.
Feb 27, 2014
Atlas Air and Qantas Freight, the cargo unit of Australia’s Qantas Airways, have extended their aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) contract.
Feb 26, 2014
Airbus is raising the production rate of its narrowbody line.
Feb 26, 2014
Embraer has posted 2013 net profits of $346 million, down 0.8% from a net income of $348.6 million reported for 2012.