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IndustryDelta receives the first Boeing 737/700 Next Generation with new carbon brakes certified by FAA
Seattle, USA - The goal is to have greater flexibility to serve more markets with existing aircraft
Boeing announced that it earned certification last week from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration for its new carbon brakes designed for the Next-Generation 737. The brakes, supplied by Messier-Bugatti,... more
IndustryAVIONEWS interviews OMA SUD CEO Valter Proietti (2)
Capua, Italy - SkyCar looks with several prospects in the US market
"SkyCar is born from the idea to create an airplane destined to multitask operations - President said -, actually first terms of employments for which was designed are the patrolling and surveillance of... more
IndustryAVIONEWS interviews OMA SUD CEO Valter Proietti
Capua, Italy - "Time is money"
Half way among CIRA (Italian Aerospace Research Center), Tecnam and Capua Airport, there are the clear facilities of OMA SUD, one of the more important aeronautical industries of Campania Region, the biggest... more
IndustryBoeing Next-Generation 737 becomes 110th Turkish Airlines airplane
Istanbul, Turkey - Delivered two new 737-800 aircraft last week
"The Boeing Company delivered two new 737-800 airplanes to Turkish Airlines last week that take the airline's fleet beyond 110 airplanes for the first time. The Next-Generation 737s are part of a 23-airplane... more
IndustryLockheed Martin: US Government releases USD 1 billion in funding
Fort Worth, Usa - For production of six F-35B Stovl aircraft
"The U.S. Department of Defense has released USD 1 billion of funding to acquire six Lockheed Martin F-35B short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft as part of the second Low Rate Initial Production... more
IndustryAirbus delivers first A-380 airplane to Emirates Airline
Hamburg, Germany - During a ceremony in Hamburg
"Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its first Airbus A-380 aircraft in an historic delivery ceremony with over 500 guests in Hamburg, Germany. The first customer A-380 powered by Engine Alliance engines,... more
IndustryBoeing delivered 747-400 Freighter to Cargolux
Everett, Usa - The carrier is the launch customer for the 747-8
"The Boeing Company recently delivered to Cargolux Airlines International S.A. its 16th and last 747-400 Freighter with a ceremony at Paine Field in Everett, Wash. This year celebrates the 30th anniversary... more
IndustryMD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters to support Aeroflot Cargo Growth Plan
Frankfurt, Germany - The industry has converted more than 100 airplanes
"The Boeing Company is helping Aeroflot Cargo improve its operational efficiency and adapt to growing market demands by providing three leased MD-11 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs). The companies joined... more
IndustryEmbraer signed service contract with Montenegro Airlines
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Company expands its Parts Pool Program in Eastern Europe
"Embraer signed a five-year Parts Pool Program service contract with Montenegro Airlines, based in the Republic of Montenegro, in Eastern Europe. This special materials solution optimizes inventory management... more
IndustryBoeing reports second-quarter financial results
Chicago, Usa - Second-quarter revenues steady at $17.0 billion
"- Second-quarter revenues steady at $17.0 billion - Net income was $0.9 billion with EPS of $1.16 per share, including a previously disclosed charge of $0.22 per share - First-half EPS grew 13... more
IndustryEmbraer and DanaJets close Legacy 600 jet sale
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The Nigerian airline will also operate with Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 jets
"Embraer and Nigeria’s DanaJets, a charter division of Dana Airlines, have signed a contract for one Legacy 600 executive jet. The aircraft, in a 13-seat configuration, is scheduled for delivery in late 2... more
IndustrySNECMA wins contract from Bahrain Air
Paris, France - For the maintenance, repair and overhaul of all CFM56-5A engines
SNECMA Services has announced an exclusive three-year engine maintenance contract with Bahrain Air. The time and material contract covers the maintenance, repair and overhaul of all CFM56-5A engines operated... more
IndustryBritish Airways and Rolls-Royce to study alternative fuels
London, United Kingdom - To reduce the aircraft carbon footprints
Rolls-Royce and British Airways are embarking on a study to identify practical alternatives to jet fuel that would make real reductions to aircraft carbon footprints. The companies will initiative a joint... more
IndustryPiaggio developing Special Mission Avanti version for Italy
Genova, Italy - Ready by 2010
Piaggio Aero Industries is developing a special version of the P-180 Avanti for the Italian Air Force intended for navaid flight inspections. Private firm Norwegian Special Mission will supply its Unifis... more
IndustryEmbraer: order for two Legacy 600 jets from K2 Smartjets
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The industry sells Lineage 1000 jet to the Al Habtoor Group; Embraer and EgyptAir reinforce parts support agreement
"Embraer has signed a new order with K2 SmartJets, of Greece, for two more Legacy 600 aircraft. The value of the deal, at list price, is USD 53.86 million, based on January 2009 economic conditions, and... more
IndustryPratt & Whitney Canada leads groundbreaking biofuels research project
Quebec, Canada - The industry appointed Atlantic Turbines as new designated overhaul facility in Europe for PW-307/308 engines
"Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is leading a groundbreaking aerospace industry-university research effort to investigate the potential use of biofuels for small and medium size engine applications. P&WC... more
IndustryEaton and Alenia announce a Workshare Agreement related to F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter Program
Irvine, Usa - For a series of tubes to instal in the aircraft's wings
"Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation’s aerospace business and Alenia Aeronautica today announced the formal signing of an agreement to cooperate in a workshare program on the F-35 Lightning I... more
IndustryATR launches new website
Toulouse, France - On next Monday 14th July, on the occasion of the "Farnborough Air Show"
"ATR will launch on Monday 14th July a new website, www.whyatr.com, which is related to a new communication campaign starting on the occasion of the 'Farnborough Air Show'. This new campaign –including i... more
IndustryEmbraer signs service contract with Switzerland's airline, Baboo
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Parts Pool Program will support the E-Jets operated by the airline
"Embraer signed a five-year Parts Pool Program service contract with Switzerland’s Geneva-based Baboo airline. This special customer support program provides optimized inventory control and reduces the i... more
IndustryTecnam to buy Spanish Cag and aim for delivery of 600 ultralight a year by the end 2009
Casoria, Italy - This purchase let it to further increase spaces and get to new technologies
Tecnam has bought Composite Aeronautic Group (Cag), already known for Toxo's production. Although it's enlarging his establishments following the company's growth due to a worldwide successfull, Cag's... more
IndustryBoeing projects global shift to new, more efficient airplanes
London, United Kingdom - Market for new airplanes valued at $3.2 trillion over next 20 years
"Boeing forecasts a $3.2 trillion market for new commercial airplanes over the next two decades, driven by an increasing demand for airplanes to replace older, less efficient aircraft. The Boeing Company... more
IndustryNorthrop Grumman Corporation statement regarding DoD tanker decision
Washington, Usa - "The Northrop Grumman KC-45 tanker is needed now and is ready now"
"Northrop Grumman Corporation applauds Defense Secretary Gates and Under Secretary Young for recognizing that the acquisition of replacement refueling tankers for the Air Force should be put on a path... more
IndustrySaab receives supplementary orders for Gripen
Stockholm, Sweden - The order is valued at 324 MSEK and deliveries will be made 2009-2011
Saab has received orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, for electronic warfare systems and supplementary weapons pylons for Gripen to a total value of 574 MSEK (about 60 million... more
IndustryBritish Airways and Rolls-Royce launch alternative fuel trial
London, United Kingdom - It has been announced today
"Rolls-Royce and British Airways today announced the start of a scientific test programme to investigate the viability of alternative fuels for the aviation industry. The in-depth study will seek to... more
IndustryRyanair to order 3 new Boeing 737-800 planes
Dublin, Ireland - They will be delivered within June 2010
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, said yesterday that it has exercised options for 3 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The planes will be delivered within June 2010 under the terms of Ryanair's 2005 agreement... more
IndustryBoeing, deal with SkyHook to produce the JHL-40
Chicago, USA - It is a new Cargo aircraft
The Boeing Company and SkyHook International Inc. last days announced a teaming agreement to develop a new commercial heavy-lift rotorcraft: the JHL-40, an aerostatic balloon designed to address the limitations... more
IndustryAlenia Aermacchi (2): M-346 airplane
Venegono, Italy - It's the only new generation advanced/lead-in fighter trainer currently available in Europe
"The M-346 is the only new generation advanced/lead-in fighter trainer currently available in Europe. The aircraft is designed to train pilots to fly future combat aircraft and is well suited for every... more
IndustrySuperjet 100 deliveries could be postponed?
Moscow, Russia - Sukhoi source reports
A source close to Sukhoi, which is building the new Superjet 100 aircraft joining with Alenia Aeronautica (Finmeccanica group), reports deliveries of the plane (73 stopped orders and 31 options) that's... more
IndustryGE completes acquisition of historical Walter Engines
Evendale, Usa - It is an old aviation engine maker, it has produced over 37,000 engines
GE-Aviation announced that it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of Walter Engines, a Czech Republic-based manufacturer of small turboprop engines and high-precision machined parts for the... more
IndustryEads to supply German military airfields with radar and identification systems
Berlin, Germany - The company received a large order worth approximately 250 million euros
Eads Defence & Security (Ds) is to equip the military airfields in Germany with the most modern airfield control radar in the world and, by doing so, will make an important contribution to increasing flight... more
IndustryVEM delivers B-747 to Air Atlanta Icelandic
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - B-747/230B (TF-ARM) aircraft was delivered to the company
With the delivery of one more B-747 widebody, in this particular event, to Air Atlanta Icelandic, VEM Maintenance and Engineering reaffirms to the market that offering technical competence along with competitive... more
IndustrySafran wins major Learjet 85 equipment contract
Paris, France - Messier-Bugatti will provide all landing and braking systems
Safran Group subsidiaries Messier-Bugatti and Aircelle have been selected by Bombardier Aerospace to supply equipment for the new Learjet 85. The announcement confirms the expanding cooperation between... more
IndustryEmbraer delivers 97 jets and sets record in the first semester
São José dos Campos, Brazil - Firm order backlog increases to USD 20.7 billion
"Embraer delivered 52 aircraft during the second quarter of 2008 (2Q08), closing out the semester with record of 97 jets delivered. This result is a 59% increase over the 61 airplanes delivered during... more
IndustryElbit to supply UAV systems to an undisclosed European country
Haifa, Israel - A contract valued at approximately USD 20 million
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract valued at approximately USD 20 million to supply Hermes 450 UAV Systems to an undisclosed European country. The systems include both air vehicles... more
IndustryIndian Government acquires three Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C jets
São José dos Campos, Brazil - The airplanes will be used for developing that country’s surveillance program
"Embraer and the Indian Government have signed a deal for three EMB-145 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning & Control) jets. The contract includes a comprehensive logistics package comprised of training,... more
IndustryAirbus names A-380 delivery centre in Hamburg after Jürgen Thomas
Milan, Italy - The former head of the Airbus Large Aircraft Division, who was in charge of the development of the program
"Airbus officially opened a new A-380 Delivery Centre last Friday at the manufacturer’s site in Hamburg, Germany. During the ceremony, Tom Enders, Airbus President and CEO, named the building after Jürgen Th... more
IndustryEmbraer confirms the acquisition of ELEB
São José dos Campos, Brazil - For the remaining 40% of its capital
"Embraer confirms the acquisition of the remaining 40% of the capital of ELEB - Embraer Liebherr Equipamentos do Brasil S.A., belonging to Liebherr Aerospace S.A.S., thus concluding the deal announced... more
IndustryNew Airbus A-320 planes into Tam Airlines fleet
Congonhas, Brazil - They will fly in Brazil and South-America
TAM Airlines, the Brazilian national-flag carrier based in Congonhas, has received 2 new Airbus A-320 airplanes in last days, to complete its fleet currently composed of three MD-11 aircraft and 105 Airbus,... more
IndustryBoeing reports second quarter deliveries
Chicago, Usa - In the commercial and defense operations
"The Boeing Company announced today deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the second quarter of 2008. Major program deliveries during the second quarter were as follows: Commercial... more
IndustryBoeing delivered Next-Generation 737 to Sunwing Airlines of Canada
Seattle, Usa - Toronto based airline will lease a second new model in 2009
"The Boeing Company this week delivered a Next-Generation 737-800 to Toronto-based Sunwing Airlines. The third new Next-Generation 737 to be delivered to Sunwing and the first to be operated on lease... more
IndustrySaab offers Gripen to Switzerland (2): possible agreement with Rheinmetall Schweiz and Pilatus Aircraft
Linkoping, Sweden - Agreement is connected to a possible Swiss acquisition of the Gripen fighter aircraft
Saab has signed a Memorandum of Understandings regarding industrial cooperation with Rheinmetall Schweiz AG and Pilatus Aircraft. Both agreements are connected to a possible Swiss acquisition of the Gripen... more
IndustrySaab offers Gripen airplane to Switzerland
Linköping, Sweden - The industry has today submitted a proposal to the Helvetic Country
"Saab has today submitted a Gripen proposal to Switzerland. The proposal was handed over to the Swiss department for procurement of technologically complex systems and defence technology, armasuisse, in... more
IndustryAlenia Aeronautica: Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" structure test a success
Rome, Italy - Took place at Alenia’s Pomigliano plant in Naples
"Alenia Aeronautica, a Finmeccanica company, successfully completed destructive testing on the horizontal stabilizer of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. The test took place at Alenia’s Pomigliano p... more
IndustryBoeing 737 Component Services Program to help Caribbean Airlines cut costs
Seattle, Usa - The carrier has grown to a fleet of seven airplanes
"Boeing has welcomed Caribbean Airlines, Ltd., into the Boeing 737 Component Services Program (CSP), a materials management and supply-chain solution designed to help airlines reduce costs, enhance efficiency... more
IndustryBoeing, Biman Bangladesh announced 737-800 order
Washington, Usa - Bangladesh national carrier adds two Next-Generation Boeing's 737-800s to recent order for four 777-300ERs and four 787-8 Dreamliners
"Boeing and Biman Bangladesh Airlines announced an order for two Boeing Next-Generation 737-800s, with purchase rights for two additional 737s. This signing ceremony, held at the U.S. Department of Commerce,... more
IndustryFLIR announces $23.1 M delivery order from US Coast Guard
Portland, United States - The units will be installed on HH-60 and HH-65 helicopters
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a $23.1 million delivery order from the U.S. Coast Guard for the Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) program. The units delivered under this order,... more
IndustryAirbus transports first aircraft segments to assembly line in China
Milan, Italy - The assembly will start next August
"Airbus has started transporting the first aircraft segments to the new single-aisle assembly line in Tianjin, China. The assembly process of the first aircraft, which is for Sichuan Airlines, will start... more
IndustryRussian Technologies is on the way to become a super-corporation
Moscow, Russia - 480 companies will merge in it and important shares transfers will be performed soon
Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, signed a resolution to definitely transfer, after a decision taken in November 2007, the Russia's only authorized arms exporter, Rosoboronexport, to Russian Technologies... more
IndustryBombardier Aerospace to deliver 4 CRJ700 NextGen aircraft
Montrèal, Canada - The buyer airline has not been disclosed
Bombardier Aerospace, Canadian aeronautic manufacturer based in Montrèal, has informed it's signed a deal for the order of 4 CRJ-700 airplanes with an airline which name has not been disclosed yet. Bombardier... more
IndustrySITA, mobile phones will save air transport industry 600m dollars
Brussels, Belgium - Results of a recent research
Research by SITA (Air transport communications and IT solutions), suggests that the mobile phones will save airlines up to 600 million dollars within next 5 years, by reducing charges and delays. Mobile... more