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Danish engines and aircraft maintenance company DAO Aviation has bought avionics company Dansk Fly Elektronik for an undisclosed sum. DFE staff will remain with the company. ...

Private equity firm 3i Group has announced it plans to buy Stork Materials Technology, the materials testing business from Dutch company Stork for £130 million ($205 million). Stork Materials Technolo...

French aerospace supplier Zodiac wants to cooperate with Safran now its local rival is no longer seeking to take over the company. Olivier Zarrouati, chief executive of Zodiac, said Safran had identif...

Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways, says the airline will not be threatened by easyJet’s focus on attracting business travellers. Walsh said that the low cost carrier should focus more o...

British Airways has announced a new route to San Diego from London Heathrow in June 2011. The direct flight to Californian city will be serviced with a three-class Boeing 777 aircraft. This route, the...

Iceland Express is planning to launch flights between Edinburgh and Iceland in a bid to attract transatlantic passengers to fly via Reykjavik. The route, which will operate between June and August, wi...

When drug dealers start buying up aircraft en mass then you know that something has happened to the aircraft remarketing sector. Prices of older aircraft being remarketed have fallen through the floor...

Air China has ordered Rolls-Royce engines worth $1.8 billion to power its order for 10 Airbus A330s and 10 Airbus A350s. The UK engine manufacturer will provide Trent XWB engines to 10 Airbus A350 XWB...

Air China confirmed it has ordered 10 Airbus A350s and 10 A330s. China Airlines stated that it had received “a large discount from Airbus” on the order but Aviation News understands that this is due t...

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is expected to conclude its examinations of the Qantas A380 Rolls-Royce Trent 972 engine by tomorrow. Sources have confirmed that the disintegration of the engin...

Orient Thai Airlines has acquired 12 new aircraft to replace its aging MD-80 and MD-90 fleet. The airline is in the final stages of negotiations with Sukhoi Civil Aircraft (SCAC) to acquire 12 SSJ100s...

Singapore Airlines has begun direct flights between Istanbul and Singapore this week. The carrier will operate the route four times a week. Previously SIA flew via Dubai to Istanbul. "Direct flights w...