Industry News

  • 2/21/2012
    BOEING plans February 28 to deliver the first 747-8 Intercontinental to a VIP customer.
  • 2/20/2012
    PAKISTAN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES finalized order for five 777-300ERs, and took purchase rights for another five.
  • 2/18/2012
    AIRBUS made first flight of ROLLS-ROYCE Trent XWB engine (for A350 XWB) on its A380 flying test bed.
  • 2/17/2012
    PRATT & WHITNEY has signed two seven-year agreements worth an estimated $450 million with JAPAN AIRLINES to provide maintenance services for its PW4090 engines, as well as part repair services for its fleet of PW4074, PW4077 and JT9D engines.
  • 2/15/2012
    BOEING COMMERCIAL AVIATION SERVICES launched Boeing Edge brand at Singapore Airshow to better position the diversity and value of its commercial services and support portfolio
  • 2/15/2012
    EADS EFW and ST AEROSPACE announced partnership at the Singapore Airshow to convert A330s to freighters from 2016; deal includes the Authorisation to Offer, and majority of modifications will be done in Dresden.
  • 2/14/2012
    BOC AVIATION signed agreement at the Singapore Airshow to order 20 C919s as 11th launch customer for aircraft.
  • 2/12/2012
    BOEING forecasts delivery in Asia Pacific of 11,450 new aircraft worth $1,500b over next 20 years to meet 6.7% annual traffic growth.
  • 2/10/2012
    BOMBARDIER booked orders from two unidentified airlines for five Q400s and six CRJ1000NGs, plus 18 options.
  • 2/10/2012
    JETSTAR JAPAN, Qantas Group's new low-cost subsidiary, has pushed up the launch of its domestic services to July 3, several months ahead of schedule, beating competitor ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS into service by one month.