Aviation News Releases - Tuesday, May 18, 2010
- Saudi Arabian Airlines receives first Airbus A330
Saudi Arabian Airlines, Saudi Arabia’s national airline, has become the newest operator of the Airbus A330, after taking delivery of its first long range Airbus aircraft in almost 30 years. The aircraft was delivered at a ceremony in Toulouse...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - 1st Boeing GPS IIF Spacecraft Ready for Launch from Cape Canaveral
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., May 18, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that the first of 12 Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF navigation spacecraft that the company is building for the U.S. Air Force has successfully completed...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Supports Inaugural Project for Danish Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre
HERNING, Denmark, May 18, 2010 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] is providing financial and technical support for the first project delivered through the Danish Advanced Manufacturing and Research Centre (DAMRC). Project 1 -- which started May 17 -- will help...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing 737 Production Rate to Increase to Meet Customer Demand
SEATTLE, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) today announced that it will increase production rates on the Next-Generation 737 program to 34 airplanes per month in early 2012. The planned rate increase is aimed at satisfying...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Model 40 Meets the 787 Dreamliner
First production airplane meets the future of flight in the skies over Puget SoundEVERETT, Wash., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As if finding a ghost among the cumulus, The Boeing Company's (NYSE: BA) latest addition to its...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - EMBRAER DELIVERS FIRST PHENOM 300 LIGHT JET IN BRAZIL
Forty entry level Phenom 100 jets already operate in the countrySão José dos Campos, May 18, 2010 – Embraer delivered the first Phenom 300 lightexecutive jet, last Friday, May 14, to a Brazilian customer. The ceremony took place at theCompany’s...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - U.S. Industry Hit By LCA Clearance Problem
By Staff NEW DELHI — India is turning to Europe for support of the naval version of its Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) after its initial choice of the U.S. was stymied by an inability to gain the...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing to Boost 737 Production Rate
By Guy Norris Boeing says it is planning to ramp up production rates on the 737 from 31.5 aircraft per month to 34 to satisfy what it describes as “strong demand.” The rate increase decision, expected...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Israel Sees Increased Hezbollah Capability
By Alon Ben-DavidTel Aviv Israel is growing increasingly concerned about the deployment of Syrian-made M-600 missiles in Lebanon that are capable of accurately striking any point in Israel. The 600-mm....
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Premium Traffic Up in March, Says IATA
By Adrian Schofield adrian_schofield@aviationweek.com Traffic on international routes is continuing to climb rapidly this year, particularly in premium cabins, according to the International Air Transport...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - ATA Files Complaint Against NMB Rule
By Jennifer Michels jennifer_michels@aviationweek.comWASHINGTON The Air Transport Association (ATA) filed a formal complaint today asking the court to declare as invalid the National Mediation Board’s recent...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - New Stealth Concept Could Affect JSF Cost
By Amy Butler FORT WORTH — As the debate rages about Joint Strike Fighter life-cycle cost, Lockheed Martin officials are raising a previously unheard point to bolster their low-price claims — a new ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Non-Citizen Owner Trusts for Aircraft Clarified
By Benet Wilson benet_wilson@aviationweek.comWASHINGTON FAA has issued a clarification saying it has not imposed a moratorium on around 10,000 non-citizen owner trusts used by foreign companies to obtain N-tail...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Cessna's Pelton On New DOT Committee
By Benet Wilson benet_wilson@aviationweek.com Cessna Aircraft Chairman, President and CEO Jack Pelton is the sole business aviation representative on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s new Future of Aviation...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - NASA, Congress Inch Toward Compromise
By Frank Morring, Jr.Washington U.S. space policy remains the object of heated debate as the federal funding cycle grinds on, but powerful members of Congress are softening their outright opposition to the plan...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Arianespace To Launch Intelsat 17
By Michael A. Taverna mike_taverna@aviationweek.comPARIS Arianespace has replaced Sea Launch as the launch provider for Intelsat 17. It was the fourth telecom satellite contract of the year for Arianespace....
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - UPS Sees Strong Asia Growth, To Add Aircraft
United Parcel Service, the world's largest package delivery service, said on Tuesday it expected strong growth in the second quarter in its Asia business amid an improving regional economy (photo: Pawel Kierzkowski) ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - BA Union To Appeal Court Strike Ban
Unite, the union representing British Airways cabin crew, said it would go to court on Tuesday to seek to overturn a judge's last-minute ruling that blocked a planned strike ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - IATA Blasts European Handling Of Volcanic Ash
European aviation authorities urgently need to revise their airspace rules to minimise disruption from ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano, the airline industry body IATA said on Tuesday ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing To Bid For Tanker, Despite Concerns
Boeing on Monday said it intends to bid in a multi-billion dollar US Air Force aerial tanker competition although it remains concerned that rival bidder EADS could have an advantage in the competition because it receives government subsidies ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - UK, Ireland Set New Flying Zone, Cut Ash Disruption
Britain's air traffic control body said on Monday it had agreed the creation of a new flying zone with Irish officials and aircraft manufacturers to limit the disruption caused by ash emitted by an Icelandic volcano ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - US Airlines Sue To Block Union Vote Rule Change
US airlines sued federal regulators on Monday to stop enforcement of a landmark change in law that could make it easier for unions to organize at air carriers ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing To Boost 737 Production
Boeing said it would boost production of its narrow-body 737 model to 34 aircraft per month, citing strong demand from airlines as they rebound from a steep downturn in 2008 and 2009 ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - British Airways Wins Court Bid To Block Strike
British Airways on Monday won a legal bid to block a threatened five-day strike by cabin crew members, though unions said they would immediately appeal the decision ...
May-18 - 2010 | More -> - Boeing Reports on Its Environmental Performance
CHICAGO, May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boeing (NYSE: BA) has reduced carbon dioxide emissions at major U.S. facilities by 31 percent, on a revenue-adjusted basis, since 2002. During the same period, normalized for revenues, the company has...
May-17 - 2010 | More ->
- Boeing Completes On-orbit Handover of DIRECTV 12 S...
- Haneda Intercontinental Flights Date Set
- EADS Profit Down; Eurocopter, A400M Trouble
- U.S. Military MRO Market Exudes Angst, Hope
- TAM Technic Plans Growth, Awaits Spinoff Decision
- SIA Engineering Reverses Field
- NASA Announces Telephone Media Briefing With NEEMO...
- Australian Regulator Sues JAL, Air NZ
- Volcanic Ash Grounds 1,000 European Flights
- Malaysia Airlines Turns To Q1 Profit
- Turkish Air Eyes Carriers In Poland, Serbia
- BA Sees Talks Unlikely To Halt Strike
- Airline Premium Traffic Jumps In March - IATA
- Afghan Plane With 43 On Board Crashes
- Britain Eases No-Fly Ban At Heathrow And Gatwick
- New Ash Cloud Disrupts UK, Ireland Air Travel
- Emirates Offered USD$55 Mln For SriLankan Air Stak...
- British Airways, Unite Near Cost Cuts Deal
- Eight Feared Dead In Suriname Air Crash
- UK, Ireland Shut Some Airspace Due To Ash Cloud
- Cathay Plane Escorted To Vancouver After 'Bomb Hoa...
- Turkish Airlines Q1 Net Falls 23 Percent
- Jazz Air's Profit Falls 69 Percent
- Air France Cargo To Post EUR€499 Mln Loss
- Jazz Air Pilots To Vote On Strike Mandate
- Stelios Resigns From easyJet Board Over Strategy
- Atlantis Lifts Off With Russian Module
- Romanian Fighter Debate Rages On
- Star Close To Adding Two More Carriers
- BA Pilots: Please Stop Our Strike
- Jack Pelton On New DOT Committee
- Shuttle Atlantis Carrying Microbe Study
- Boeing Shanghai Gets Jeju Air 737 C Checks
- Strong Dollar Lifts Airbus A380 Break Even Hopes
- Airports Of Thailand Q2 Net Profit Down
- Thai Airways Q1 Net Profit Jumps
- Iberia Q1 Loss Narrows As Costs Drop
- First Ever English-language China Aviation Directo...
- NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis Lifts Off to Put Fin...
- Boeing Provides New Antenna, Batteries for Shuttle...
- ANA Pilots First Customer Crew to Fly Boeing 787 D...
- Flexjet And Korean Air Form Marketing Alliance
- Airlines to Congress: No PFC Hike
- Hackers Are Internet Shock Troops
- Sofia Observatory Poised For First Missions
- NMB Chair Dissents Against Final Rule
- Proposal To Punish Tanker WTO Violators
- Preparations On Track For Shuttle Liftoff
- Delta TechOps Grows in Asia With China Easter
- ATS Eyes Japanese Heavy Maintenance, Mods
- Boeing Allies Aim To Boost EADS' Tanker Bid Price
- US Airlines Expect Stronger Summer Travel Season
- BA, Virgin Oppose UK Govt Air Tax Reforms
- British Airways Pilots Endorse Pension Changes
- Investigators In Libya Comb Site Of Airbus Crash
- US To Take 'Necessary' Time On UAL/CAL Merger
- Royal Aeronautical Society prepares for Shuttle Mi...
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