GE Capital Aviation Services Places Order for Two Additional ATR 72-600s
Tuesday 03 January 2012 GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, and ATR are pleased to announce…
Civilian aviation news
First A350 XWB parts arrive at final assembly line in Toulouse
Airbus has delivered the first major airframe section to the A350 XWB Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France. The 21-metre-long front fuselage section, delivered from…
Plane lands on its belly in Poland
Boeing 767’s landing gear fails to open as it reaches Warsaw airport carrying 231 people from Newark in the US A Boeing airliner carrying 231…
Qantas to cut fares to win back passengers.
Australia’s Qantas Airways plans to cut fares and launch an advertising blitz to win back passengers, a newspaper said, after its showdown with unions caused…
Wind Tunnel Tests Further Validate Aerodynamic Design and Support Fuel Efficiency Projections of the CSeries Aircraft
Today, Bombardier Aerospace confirmed that final results of a three-phase wind tunnel test program provided further validation of the CSeries aircraft’s aerodynamic design. They also…
Boeing Delivers Cathay Pacifics First 747-8 Freighter
-Cathay Pacific is first operator of newest Boeing freighter in Asia Pacific EVERETT, Wash., Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) has delivered a…
Qatar Airways to ply domestic routes in sanctions-hit Iran
Sanctions-hit Iran is taking the unprecedented step of allowing a foreign airline, Qatar Airways, to ply its domestic routes, an Iranian official told the ISNA…
No airport havoc this Haj: Saudia
Saudi Arabian Airlines is expecting to operate at least 3,000 flights during the Haj season. According to Saudia spokesperson Abdullah Al-Ajhar, the airline has rented…
Divergent Trends – September Passenger Traffic Rises but Freight Declines
Geneva — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced traffic results for September showing diverging trends for cargo and passenger traffic. Passenger traffic was 5.6%…
Qantas ordered to resume flights
QANTAS planes are set to fly again after Fair Work Australia ordered an end to union strikes and the airline’s grounding of its fleet. Tens…
Qantas ordered to halt dispute after fleet grounded
(Reuters) – An Australian labor tribunal ordered Qantas Airways and its unions to immediately terminate all industrial action and return to the negotiating table to…
Qantas responds to industrial action, entire fleet grounded
This step is being taken under the provisions of the Fair Work Act in response to industrial action taken by these unions. The financial impact…
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