Air France receives its first A380
Airbus’ 20th A380 delivery to date
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Airbus partners with Tianjin Free Trade Zone to establish a Logistics Centre in Tianjin Blagnac – Logistics Centre to support on-going Airbus’ industrial cooperation programmes in China Link to the original site No tags for this post. Boeing Commercial Airplanes faced some familiar scrutiny over the fidelity of its program timelines again this month, when, no more than six weeks after 747-8 program head Mo Yahyavi portrayed the project as a virtual model of efficiency during an interview with AIN, the company announced that it would take a pre-tax charge against [...] It might seem only months since Airbus launched the mighty A380-800, but the double-deck, quad-aisle superjumbo marked the second anniversary of its first commercial flight on October 25 and will soon have entered service with five airlines on many of the world’s most important routes. Indeed, many industry delegates attending November’s Dubai Air Show will [...] Resorting to worn-out business-speak to describe the merits of any new aircraft program has become customary, but Trans States Holdings president Rick Leach’s description of the Mitsubishi MRJ as a “game-changing regional jet” might actually apply this time. After all, Mitsubishi has changed its own game plan rather late in the development process by deciding [...] While no one at Boeing would dare admit to any level of satisfaction with six separate delays to first flight of the 787, silver linings do exist behind the cloud that has hung over the program for the better part of two and a half years. Take, for example, the airplane’s maintenance schedules. Afforded extra [...] Now that Boeing and Airbus have made clear their lack of interest in introducing all-new narrowbody models before 2020, talk of any response by the industry’s two biggest players to demand addressed by platforms such as Comac’s new C919 has begun to center on interim measures. Most notably, the prospect of a re-engining program for [...] MORRIS TOWNSHIP, N.J. – October 30, 2009 – The Board of Directors of Honeywell (NYSE: HON) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.3025 per share on the company’s outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on December 10, 2009 to shareowners of record at the close of business on November 20, 2009. Honeywell International [...] Check out the new issue of FAA Aviation News for a special focus on winter flying safety. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Link to the original site No tags for this post. Lufthansa warned yesterday as it released its nine-month interim report that “revenues remain at rock bottom despite record load factor” and that “all business segments are working hard. . .to adjust their structures to the altered competitive environment.” Link to the original site No tags for this post. Japan Airlines yesterday said it is seeking guidance on a turnaround plan from Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp. of Japan, a move that represents a formal first step toward a likely government-backed restructuring. Link to the original site No tags for this post. IATA reported that September international passenger traffic rose 0.3% year-over-year while cargo traffic fell 5.4%, but warned that the apparent improvement after months of declining passenger traffic and a steep drop in cargo demand is “misleading” because the economic downturn is starting to lap itself. Link to the original site No tags for this post. A “steep fall” in fares and weak domestic demand helped sink Finnair to a €20.7 million ($30.6 million) third-quarter loss, widened 16.3% from a €17.8 million deficit in the year-ago period, and left the carrier admitting it “still has a long way to go before its corporate structures and the operating conditions they create are [...] |
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