Boom CEO sees market for 1,000 supersonic passenger jets by 2035
Denver-based Boom Technology founder and CEO Blake Scholl believes the company"™s first supersonic passenger aircraft can enter commercial service as soon as 2023 and there is a market for as many as 1,000 supersonic airliners to be delivered by 2035. Speaking at the IATA Wings of Change conference in Miami, Scholl said $33 million in […]
A4A airlines will no longer remove boarded passengers from aircraft
All Airlines for America (A4A) member airlines are now committed to not removing a boarded passenger from an aircraft in a bumping situation and all are committed to ensuring crew being transported are booked in advance, A4A president and CEO Nicholas Calio said. Speaking at the IATA Wings of Change conference in Miami, Calio said […]
TRU Simulation + Training Qualifies Second Boeing 737 MAX Full Flight Simulator
TRU Simulation + Training, a Textron Inc. (NYSE:TXT) company, announced today that it has completed ICAO 9625 Edition 4 Interim Type VII qualification of the Boeing 737 MAX Full Flight Simulator (FFS) by the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) at the Boeing Training Campus in Singapore. The device received qualification on March 30, 2017. […]
MRO sector to top $75b in 2017, as worker crunch looms
The MRO industry may struggle with a shortage of qualified technicians as soon as 2022 – the fallout from a period of record aircraft orders and reluctance by airlines to retire older types, according to aviation industry consultants. The shortage will come, however, as the global MRO industry continues a period of continued projected growth. […]
USA Welcomes Back LATAM Airlines"™ Airbus A350XWB Service
LATAM Airlines announced today that two of its non-stop flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil will be operated in the Airbus A350XWB. The departures will begin from New York"™s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on September 30, 2017, and from Orlando"™s International Airport (MCO), on November 15, 2017. These routes, which serve 4,000 and 5,000 miles […]
BelugaXL hits the road
The first large sections of Airbu"™ next generation new transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft Final Assembly facility (L34) in Toulouse. Following a five night long road convoy from Aernnova"™s factory in Berantevilla, north eastern Spain, the panels (two laterals, one central) are required to complete the rear section of the BelugaXL. […]
Third Lufthansa A350-900 has landed in Munich
Lufthansa’s A350-900 fleet in Munich is growing once again "“ the third A350-900 landed on April 2nd at its new home base. Captains Andreas Jasper and Pol Uffer transferred the aircraft from Airbus in Toulouse to Munich. With the addition of this third member to the fleet, Lufthansa will also be adding Mumbai to the […]
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance Joins Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association
ALTA (the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association) today announced that Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) has become the association"™s newest affiliate member. ALTA"™s affiliate members are airline-related organizations that work collaboratively with the association on aviation industry initiatives throughout the Latin America and Caribbean region. "We are pleased […]
Spirit "˜pledges"™ 2017 deliveries to bank market
Spirit Airlines has "pledged" all of its 2017 deliveries to the commercial bank market for financing, says chief financial officer Ted Christie. "For 2017, we have pledged all of our aircraft already to the private bank market," he said at the JP Morgan aviation, transportation and industrials conference on 15 March. Christie adds that both […]
Etihad comfortably surpasses industry target with a 2.5 per cent fuel efficiency improvement in 2016
Etihad Airways claims to have improved fuel efficiency across all operations by 2.5% in 2016, which represented savings of nearly 190,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions, the equivalent of 1,200 flights between Abu Dhabi and London. The UAE"™s national airline says it is working on several key initiatives to optimise efficiency, both with the aircraft fleet […]
