- Record Year for the World's Largest, Most Powerful Jet Engine[Jan. 19, 2012]
The GE90 engine experienced its most successful year in 2011, accumulating airline and freighter operator commitments for 400 engines with a list price of more than US$11 billion. This surpasses the previous record of 250 engine commitments in 2007.
- SIA Says Wing Cracks Found in Six Airbus A380 Planes[Jan. 31, 2012]
Following the inspections on six of its Airbus A380 aircraft, as mandated by the European Aviation Safety Agency, Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed that cracks in the wing brackets have been discovered in all six of the inspected airplanes.
- Norwegian Orders 100 LEAP-1B-Powered 737 MAX Airplanes[Jan. 25, 2012]
Norwegian became the first European customer for the advanced LEAP-1B-powered Boeing 737 MAX with an order for 100 airplanes on January 25. In addition, the airline ordered 22 additional CFM56-7BE-powered Next-Generation 737-800s. The total engine order is valued at approximately US$2.9 billion at list price.
- Honda Out to Shake Up Market with First Jet Next Year[Jan. 30, 2012]
Honda Motor Co expects to grab at least a quarter of the world market for small business jets soon after delivering its first aircraft next year, achieving the company's long-standing goal of taking to the skies, an executive said.
- Airbus A330 Revamp to Challenge Boeing, Tribune Says[Jan. 30, 2012]
European aircraft maker Airbus plans to increase the range of its A330 airliner to challenge Boeing's 777 and 787 jets, La Tribune reported on Monday.
- How U.S. Airlines Got a Whole Lot Safer[Jan. 26, 2012]
Since the Jet Age began in the 1950s, air travel in the U.S. has never been safer. It's been a decade since passengers have died in the crash of an airliner carrying more than 100 people, and there hasn't been a deadly crash of a plane with more than 10 seats since a Colgan Air flight bound for Buffalo went down in February 2009. It's a dramatic turnaround. From July 1994 to January 1997, an airliner crashed at least once every three months, killing a total of 805 people. "It was overwhelming," says Frank Tullo, a former vice-president for flight operations at Continental Airlines. "They were falling out of the sky."
- American Airlines Ditches More Jet Leases[Jan. 27, 2012]
AMR Corp received court permission on Friday to walk away from nine aircraft leases, raising to 33 the total number of planes rejected by the bankrupt parent of American Airlines.
- Airbus Finds "Quick Fix" for Superjumbo Wing Cracks[Jan. 27, 2012]
News of a solution to the latest problem to beset the world's largest passenger aircraft lifted the shares of parent company EADS 16.5 cents to EUR25.61 (21.50 pounds).
- Eurocopter Malaysia Records RM426 Million Turnover for 2011[Jan. 26, 2012]
Eurocopter Malaysia (EM), the helicopter manufacturer with a comprehensive network of maintenance, repair and overhaul service centres, registered a record-breaking turnover of RM426 million last year.
- Factory, Design Flaws Caused A380 Cracks[Jan. 26, 2012]
Airbus blamed a combination of manufacturing and design flaws for wing cracks on its A380 superjumbo but said it had found a simple solution to the problem, easing concerns among analysts who had feared the issue could dog the European plane-maker.