Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Paris crowds in awe as A380 takes a bow

The mammoth A380 made a triumphal arrival on the Paris Air Show’s center stage here yesterday morning.

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

New P&WC fan picked to power C Series airliner

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bomardier C Series line of single-aisle commercial airliners.

Engines

December 15, 2006

Nose-to-nose in the subsidy war

The apparent delay in the launch of the Airbus A350 has raised the intrigue over the escalating subsidy row between Boeing and Airbus.

December 15, 2006

Help Wanted: Bosses for Boeing and Airbus

Both Boeing and Airbus have come to the Paris Air Show without permanent leaders.

December 15, 2006

Videos

CFM takes LEAP into green future

CFM International has launched a new technology development program, LEAP56, that aims to ensure successors to its market-leading CFM56 engines can meet fu

Engines

December 15, 2006

GE Gears Up for GP7200 Support

General Electric Aircraft Engine Services’ facility at Nantgarw in south Wales is preparing to overhaul and repair the Engine Alliance’s GP7200 powerplant

Engines

December 15, 2006

BA Gets Leaner in Wales

British Airways transferred its maintenance base to Wales’ Cardiff International Airport more than a decade ago when costs got too high at its London Heath

December 15, 2006

Big Boeings’ cargo systems by Goodrich

A follow-on contract to supply cargo systems for the Boeing 777, 767 and 747 that could be worth more than $390 million over the next seven years is one of

December 15, 2006

Rolls-Royce goal for 2020: cut engine noise, emissions

Rolls-Royce is now exploring future engine technologies that, although challenging, are key to the ambitious Advisory Council for Aerospace Research in Eur

Engines

December 15, 2006

French To Brief GNSS/Loran C Users

The French ministries of transport and defense have planned a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/Loran C user information day on July 1 in Paris.

ATC

December 15, 2006

Cimber Aviation adds ATR 72s to cargo conversion

Denmark’s Cimber Aviation Group has won a contract with Avions de Transport Regional to perform E Class cargo conversions for the ATR 72.

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Dunlop Gives ATR 72 Extra Brake Life

An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

China supplying Dreamliner parts

Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Honeywell brakes and wheels to go on Air New Zealand’s fleet of 747-400s

Honeywell’s airline support and aftermarket business gained more momentum here Sunday when the Phoenix, Arizona-based company landed a deal to supply Air N

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380

Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here

The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Hungarian, Oman ATC Buy Raytheon Radars

Raytheon Systems has sold two radars to HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation services provider, and four to the Sultanate of Oman.

ATC

December 15, 2006

Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800

Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Collins permits A380 to talk to itself

Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics

Aircraft

December 15, 2006

Teal: Airbus and Boeing are locked in a ‘vicious war’ for market share

Airbus and Boeing are making too many commercial jetliners in a “vicious war” for market share that will continue until the end of the decade, predict anal

December 15, 2006

Air Transport

News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

Latest

Paris crowds in awe as A380 takes a bow

The mammoth A380 made a triumphal arrival on the Paris Air Show’s center stage here yesterday morning.

New P&WC fan picked to power C Series airliner

Pratt & Whitney Canada plans to build a brand-new engine for Bomardier C Series line of single-aisle commercial airliners.

Nose-to-nose in the subsidy war

The apparent delay in the launch of the Airbus A350 has raised the intrigue over the escalating subsidy row between Boeing and Airbus.

Help Wanted: Bosses for Boeing and Airbus

Both Boeing and Airbus have come to the Paris Air Show without permanent leaders.

Videos

More Articles

CFM takes LEAP into green future

CFM International has launched a new technology development program, LEAP56, that aims to ensure successors to its market-leading CFM56 engines can meet fu

GE Gears Up for GP7200 Support

General Electric Aircraft Engine Services’ facility at Nantgarw in south Wales is preparing to overhaul and repair the Engine Alliance’s GP7200 powerplant

BA Gets Leaner in Wales

British Airways transferred its maintenance base to Wales’ Cardiff International Airport more than a decade ago when costs got too high at its London Heath

Big Boeings’ cargo systems by Goodrich

A follow-on contract to supply cargo systems for the Boeing 777, 767 and 747 that could be worth more than $390 million over the next seven years is one of

Rolls-Royce goal for 2020: cut engine noise, emissions

Rolls-Royce is now exploring future engine technologies that, although challenging, are key to the ambitious Advisory Council for Aerospace Research in Eur

French To Brief GNSS/Loran C Users

The French ministries of transport and defense have planned a global navigation satellite system (GNSS)/Loran C user information day on July 1 in Paris.

Cimber Aviation adds ATR 72s to cargo conversion

Denmark’s Cimber Aviation Group has won a contract with Avions de Transport Regional to perform E Class cargo conversions for the ATR 72.

Dunlop Gives ATR 72 Extra Brake Life

An extended brake service life of up to 40 percent is offered to ATR 72 operators as a result of close collaboration between Dunlop Aerospace Braking Syste

China supplying Dreamliner parts

Boeing has signed the first firm contract with Chinese suppliers to build parts for the new 787 Dreamliner.

Honeywell brakes and wheels to go on Air New Zealand’s fleet of 747-400s

Honeywell’s airline support and aftermarket business gained more momentum here Sunday when the Phoenix, Arizona-based company landed a deal to supply Air N

AFI and LHT call truce to work jointly on A380

Air France Industries (AFI) and Lufthansa Technik (LHT) are joining forces in Airbus A380 component support, the two companies announced at Paris Charles d

Embraer 195 makes its world airshow debut here

The largest member of Embraer’s E-Jet line of single-aisle airplanes is making its international airshow debut here in Paris, only a week after the Brazili

Hungarian, Oman ATC Buy Raytheon Radars

Raytheon Systems has sold two radars to HungaroControl, the Hungarian air navigation services provider, and four to the Sultanate of Oman.

Boeing Delivers First GLS-equipped 737-800

Boeing has delivered its first 737-800 equipped with a new type of GPS-based landing system developed by Rockwell Collins.

Collins permits A380 to talk to itself

Rockwell Collins continues to increase its presence aboard the Airbus A380, most recently by securing multimillion-dollar contracts to supply the avionics

Teal: Airbus and Boeing are locked in a ‘vicious war’ for market share

Airbus and Boeing are making too many commercial jetliners in a “vicious war” for market share that will continue until the end of the decade, predict anal

AIN Products

SUBSCRIPTIONS

RESOURCES

ABOUT AIN