- Aero Asset's Q3 Preowned Helicopter Market Trends[Oct. 21, 2019]
International helicopter brokerage, Aero Asset, releases its third quarter 2019 Preowned Helicopter Market Trends this week. Timed just ahead of the NBAA-BACE Convention in Las Vegas, its latest report shows North America as the most active region. A total 37% of pre-owned twin engine helicopter buyers were in this territory Q3, up from 31% in Q2.
- ACJ and ACH Highlight Corporate Jets and Helicopters at NBAA[Oct. 21, 2019]
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) are jointly exhibiting an ACJ319 and ACH145 at the NBAA show[1], giving potential customers the chance to appreciate their benefits at first hand.
- Inflite MRO Services Wins Spairliners Contract for Embraer E-Jet Component Repair Work[Oct. 21, 2019]
Inflite MRO-Services, part of the Inflite Group, has secured a new, long-term contract with Spairliners GmbH, the Lufthansa Technik/Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance JV business, to handle component repair work on the Embraer E-Jet 170 and 190 airliners. The contract was signed during the MRO Europe Show in London this week.
- New Pratt Engine Checks After Swiss A220 Diverts to Paris[Oct. 16, 2019]
Pratt & Whitney recommended checks on engines on Airbus A220 aircraft and some Embraer jets after a Geneva-bound Swiss jet diverted to Paris with an engine problem, prompting the grounding of the rest of the airline's A220 fleet.
- New Swiss A220 Jet Engine Failure Forces Checks[Oct. 15, 2019]
U.S. engine maker Pratt & Whitney faces new checks on engines for small jetliners after an engine failure forced a Geneva-bound Swiss jet to divert to Paris and prompted a brief grounding of the rest of the airline's Airbus A220 fleet.
- Production Date for Boeing's Long-Haul 777-8 up in Air As Qantas Weighs Options[Oct. 16, 2019]
The date of entry into service of Boeing Co's ultra-long-range 777-8 wide-body airliner will depend partly on customer demand, an executive said, with the planemaker hoping to win an order from Qantas Airways Ltd to supply the plane for Sydney-London flights.
- East Meets West: VIP Aircraft Cabin Concept "Nature's Touch" Receives Prestigious Red Dot Award[Sep. 25, 2019]
At the Red Dot Design Awarding Ceremony 2019 in Singapore, Ameco's and Lufthansa Technik's jointly developed narrow-body VIP aircraft cabin 'Nature's Touch' has been honored with a prestigious Red Dot award in the category "Design Concept". 'Nature's Touch' is a business jet cabin interior concept that combines the cultures of East and West by using traditional Chinese elements and smart technology to create a convenient and comfortable travel experience.
- Airlines Sound The Death Knell for In-Flight Seatback Screens[Oct. 13, 2019]
Do you like watching a movie or a favorite TV show during a long flight? Be prepared to watch on your tiny smartphone screen if you don't remember to pack a tablet.
- Air France Takes Delivery of Its First A350 XWB[Sep. 27, 2019]
Air France has taken delivery of its first A350-900, the world's most efficient all new design wide-body aircraft. The first jet out of a total order of 28 was handed over to Anne Rigail, Air France Chief Executive Officer and Benjamin Smith, Air France-KLM Group Chief Executive Officer, by Airbus Chief Commercial Officer Christian Scherer during a ceremony held in Toulouse, France.
- FAA Failed to Properly Review 737 MAX Jet's Anti-Stall System: JATR Findings[Oct. 11, 2019]
A panel of international air safety regulators on Friday harshly criticized the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) review of a safety system on Boeing's 737 MAX airliner later tied to two crashes that killed all 346 people aboard.