Tag: aircraft news

Aviator provides ramp and passenger handling services for the first Flyr flight

Earlier this year Aviator Airport Alliance, a full-range provider of aviation services, signed a partnership agreement with a new Norwegian airline Flyr for ground handling services. Now the airline has had its first flight and Aviator was there to provide them with top quality ground handling se...

Finnair defers three A350 deliveries as a part of its rebuild program

Finnair has concluded an agreement with Airbus that the deliveries of the remaining three committed A350-900 aircraft will be postponed, as anticipated in connection with the announcement of the Q3 results. The agreement is a part of Finnair’s comprehensive measures to ensure that the company can ...

Boom Supersonic and Rolls-Royce Agree on New Collaboration

Boom Supersonic, an aerospace company building the world's fastest civil aircraft, and leading industrial technology company, Rolls-Royce, today announced an engagement agreement to explore the pairing of a Rolls-Royce propulsion system with Boom's flagship supersonic passenger aircraft, Overture. ...

Gediminas Ziemelis: The Air in a Plane Is Filtered And 99.97% Sterile

According to the studies of the European Aviation Safety Agency  the air in the aircraft is changed every 2-3 minutes and the filters it goes through are able to eliminate even coronavirus. Gediminas Ziemelis The main question nowadays, at the time of global coronavirus outbreak, is whether...

Icelandair Group hf.: address Covid-19 effects

Icelandair Group hf.: address Covid-19 effects

The expansion of the COVID-19 virus is increasingly affecting demand for international travel. Icelandair Group  is monitoring the situation closely and continues to analyze possible scenarios and mitigating actions as the situation evolves. Due to further decline in demand and bookings in rec...

Boeing Statement on Employee Diagnosed with COVID-19

Boeing issued the following statement after a employee was diagnosed with the Coronavirus. "Boeing is providing its full support to an employee at our Everett facility who has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is now in quarantine receiving the care and treatment necessary for their rec...

Aircraft Cabin Lighting Market Worth $2.0 Billion by 2022

The aircraft cabin lighting market is projected to grow from an estimated USD 1.46 billion in 2017 to USD 2.00 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 6.48% during the forecast period. This growth can be attributed to factors, such as increased demand for interior light systems, as most of the airlines are ...

Boeing sold zero new aircraft orders in January

Boeings troubles have given the U.S. plane maker a bad start to 2020 as they booked no new orders for airplanes last month, the first time this has happened in January since 1962. This has resulted in billions of dollars in losses both for Boeing and its suppliers, who have had to recently lay o...

New Boeing 777X Completes Successful First Flight

The new Boeing 777X jetliner took to the skies Sunday 26th, entering the next phase of its rigorous test program. Based on the popular 777 and with proven technologies from the 787 Dreamliner, the 777X took off in front of thousands at Paine Field in Everett, Washington, at 10:09 a.m. local time ...

Icelandair does not expect the Boeing MAX in summer 2020

Icelandair does not expect the Boeing MAX in summer 2020

In the light of recent news from Boeing on the ongoing process in cooperation with international aviation authorities of returning the Boeing 737-MAX aircraft safely back to service, Icelandair does not expect the MAX in operation within its route network during the high season of next summer. This...

Boeing releases ‘scathing’ employee correspondence about 737 Max

Boeing releases ‘scathing’ employee correspondence about 737 Max

Boeing has issued a statement regarding more than a hundred pages of documents they have released to the US Congress, consisting of internal text messages and emails, as part of the ongoing course of legal reviews of the 737 MAX. Boeing expressed regret at the embarrassing communications it sent...

Airbus announces increased investment of aircraft manufacturing in the U.S.

Airbus have announced that, as part of its plan to produce 63 A320 Family aircraft per month in 2021, the company will expand its industrial footprint in the U.S. by increasing the production rate of A320 family aircraft at its Airbus U.S. Manufacturing Facility in Mobile to seven per month by the ...

Boeing 737 MAX 10 Makes its Debut

Boeing 737 MAX 10 Makes its Debut

Boeing marked a key milestone as thousands of employees gathered for the debut of the first 737 MAX 10 at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. During a ceremony, Boeing leaders highlighted the team’s accomplishments and recognized their efforts in completing production of the newest member...

EMBRAER S.A.: CIAF Leasing Signs Order with Embraer for Three E190 Jets

EMBRAER S.A.: CIAF Leasing Signs Order with Embraer for Three E190 Jets

Embraer and Cairo-based CIAF Leasing have signed a firm order for three E190 aircraft. The deal has a value of USD 161.4 million at current list prices and will be added to Embraer's fourth quarter backlog. The three new aircraft will join CIAF's existing fleet of three E170s, two of which are o...

First New A321lr To Enter SAS Fleet

First New A321lr To Enter SAS Fleet

The first of three new A321LRs, a narrow-bodied aircraft suited for longer distances, will enter service in the SAS fleet on September 18, 2020. The new aircraft is equipped with a service concept with three travel classes, like the rest of SAS’ long-haul fleet, and will increase SAS’ flexibili...

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