Undisclosed Russian customers have selected Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) to convert six Boeing 737-400s in 2011. AEI has stated it is in negotiations with another Russian carrier to convert five 737-4...
CAE has sold five CAE 7000 Series Level D full-flight simulators (FFS). Qantas airways has ordered an Airbus A380 FFS that will be delivered in 2012, while Shanghai Eastern Flight Training Centre (SEF...
Spirit AeroSystems has developed and agreed a new framework with Boeing over the development and production of the 787-8. "Working closely with our largest customer, we have developed a fair and equit...
Boeing has developed a system that uses RFID technology to cut the time it takes to check oxygen generators from 13 hours to just eight and a half minutes. Boeing is working with Fujitsu to offer the ...
US Airways Group plans to cut 176 jobs in 11 cities. Pittsburgh is to be hardest hit, with 91 positions to go. Buffalo will lose 24 jobs. All eligible workers will be shifted to other markets, the gro...
A French man caught smoking in a Delta Air Lines toilet yelled 'I'm French, f*** you!' to airline staff when they confronted him. The man, 34-year old Franck Lebrun, has been charged with assault. The...
After severe snow storms which caused Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International to cancel hundreds of flights, the airport is now beginning to increase service. Delta Air Lines is down to just 280 canc...
European certification of Boeing 787 is expected to be approved between the middle of this year and the end, according Patrick Goudou, executive director of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Gou...
Shares of American Airlines parent AMR Corp fell over 3% on the news that UBS downgraded the carrier to "neutral" from "buy" rating. The investment bank says the company’s battle to cut distribution c...
As the snow falls in Newark, Continental Airlines has announced the cancellation of 485 flights scheduled for today, most of them in or out of its Newark hub. In all, the snow storm has led Continenta...
Air Transport Services Group has announced the election of Cynthia Treadwell-McConnell as president of Air Transport International, ATSG’s cargo airline subsidiary. McConnell is currently vice preside...
President of UPS Airlines, Robert Lekites, is retiring from the airline after 36 years. Mitch Nichols, vice president of UPS Air Group operations, will replace him as president. On Lekites' watch, UPS...
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