Boeing Co said it delivered 188 commercial aircraft in the third quarter, down from 199 a year earlier, as deliveries of its 737, 777 and 787 models fell. Shares of the world's biggest planemaker were down 0.5 pct at $133.99 in morning trading. Boeing booked orders for 150 commercial planes in the third quarter, lower than the 182 a year earlier. The company said deliveries of it...
Belavia has withdrawn its last two active Tu-154Ms from scheduled passenger service as of Saturday, October 1. The type's last regular flight was Minsk National-Gomel, Ch-aviation.com reported. In a statement, the Belarus national carrier said the trijet would be used for charter flights ferrying workers to Belarus's north. These services will continue until late December fol...
easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has today put its spring flights on sale for 2017 with a record number of flights and routes available for passengers to book now. Over 138,780 additional flights are set to take flight across easyJet’s network between 26th March and 25th June 2017 – including the Easter and May half term periods – providing seats for more than 23.5mill...
Dassault Aviation delivered its first Falcon 8X, marking the entry into service of the company’s new ultra-long range flagship. Amjet Executive took delivery of the aircraft at Dassault Aviation’s Bordeaux-Merignac facility and is now the first company to operate the Falcon 8X. The 6,450 nm/11,945 km 8X received its EASA and FAA certification in June and is entering service...
Embraer announced the first flight of its first Legacy 450 mid-light business jet assembled in Melbourne. The Legacy 450 performed as expected and all flight test procedures were successfully completed. “We are very satisfied to have successfully completed this important milestone and we are on track to deliver this aircraft in December,” said Marco Tulio Pellegrini, President...
François Hollande, the President of France, today inaugurated Safran Electronics & Defense's new Research & Development center in Eragny-sur-Oise, in the Val d'Oise department north of Paris. This new facility is the leading research center in Europe for inertial navigation and tactical drones. Joining President Hollande at the inauguration ceremony were Ross McInnes, Cha...
France's Dassault and India's Reliance corporations are teaming up in a military aerospace joint venture. The deal emerged as part of negotiations over India's purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets, concluded two weeks ago. On Monday in Paris and Mumbai, the chairman of Dassault Aviation, Eric Trappier, and the chairman of Reliance Group, Anil Ambani, announced their intention to set u...
TAG Aviation’s Part-NCC Compliance Programme which was developed to help ease the transition for business jet owners and operators in the EU ahead of EASA’s Part-NCC regulations, which came into force this August, has already successfully managed the mandate NCC declaration process for 16 clients’ aircraft. TAG’s easily implemented offering helps release privat...
As Gogo Business Aviation, a leader in connected airplanes, continues toward its scheduled launch of its 4G service in the first half of 2017, Constant Aviation will be one of the first Gogo dealers to develop Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) for the new system. Constant, a full-service maintenance, repair and overhaul Gogo dealer, will develop STCs for Embraer 145 Series Shuttle, Legacy 6...
Lufthansa Technik AG and the Iceland-based low-cost airline WOW air have signed a comprehensive three-year component support agreement for the carrier’s new fleet of three Trent 700-powered Airbus A330 aircraft. The contract period commenced on 1 August 2016. The Total Component Support TCS® contract covers the overhaul of line replaceable units (LRU), po...
Emirates airline has released a second advertisement for its Airbus A380 service featuring the Hollywood actress Jennifer Aniston. The ad, published on Wednesday, was preceded by two teaser trailers. It features Aniston finding a child in her first-class cabin, then walking through the rest of the plane to find the boy’s parents in economy class. The spot was directe...
Low-cost carrier Viva Aerobus has taken delivery of its first A320neo, becoming the latest operator of Airbus ultra-efficient single-aisle aircraft in Latin America. Viva Aerobus became an Airbus customer in 2013 when it placed the biggest order for Airbus in Mexican history for 52 A320 Family aircraft, including 40 A320neo. Today, Viva Aerobus operates 20 A320 aircraft and has nearly completed it...
