Aircraft interior manufacturer B/E Aerospace has chosen the Philippines as the site of its new $30-million factory. The facility will produce Airbus kitchen structures for the Airbus A350XWB. "[We ch...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a maintenance and support contract with Airbus for its five Airbus A340-500 aircraft. Airbus will provide full component support, line and base airframe maintenance...
Airphil Express (APX), the low-cost unit of Philippine Airlines (PAL), has announced it will 18 narrow-bodied aircraft in the next few years to expand its domestic and regional routes. APX plans to sp...
A Singapore Airlines aircraft flying from Moscow to Singapore made an emergency landing in the Indian city of Kolkata following a bomb scare. The aircraft landed safely despite being refused permissio...
CAE has sold four of its flight simulators for $65 million to Air China and Korean Air. Korean Air bought CAE 7000 Series full-flight simulators and related training devices for the A380 and 777-300;...
Singapore has been re-elected into the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), at the 37th Session of the ICAO Assembly in Montreal, Canada on October 2, 2010. Minister for T...
Banks working to restructure debt packages of both Kingfisher Airlines and Paramount are reported to have approached Reserve Bank of India to treat aviation debt as standard assets rather than restruc...
Air New Zealand, the national carrier, has been upgraded to an investment grade Baa3 credit rating by Moody's Investors Service due to its implied government support. Moody's said the airline's majori...
South African Airways will cease operating is last 747-400 in October. The carrier had operated a total of 28 747s since its first introduction in 1971. ...
Vietnam Airlines has converted its order for 16 787-8 orders made in 2007 to the 787-9 "due to unexpected performance limitations on the original model." The airline believe the -8s are now “too heavy...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has approved the joint venture between Virgin Blue and Etihad to cooperate on pricing and scheduling. Qantas, whose CEO Alan Joyce stated last...
India has invited companies to participate in its aviation sector, says Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel: "Though India has achieved a lot of progress in this area in a short span of time, still w...
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