Category: Aviation news

TECHNOLOGY SHAPING THE AIRPORTS OF THE FUTURE
11 December, 2018 No Responses

TECHNOLOGY SHAPING THE AIRPORTS OF THE FUTURE

The ongoing boom in travel demand within Asia Pacific, together with challenges posed by climate change and growing global instability, as well as the pace of technological change in the lives we all lead, will shape airports that might –...
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FAA requires airlines to replace GEnx-2B fuel manifolds
10 December, 2018 No Responses

FAA requires airlines to replace GEnx-2B fuel manifolds

The Federal Aviation Administration is ordering airlines to replace fuel manifolds on some GE Aviation GEnx-2B67 engines, which power Boeing 747-8s, due to the risk of an engine fire. Collected and summarized from the source below by Quynh Hoa https://www.flig...
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Lessors Still Wary Of PMAs, Eager For Digitized Records
10 December, 2018 No Responses

Lessors Still Wary Of PMAs, Eager For Digitized Records

Lessors own about half of the commercial aviation aircraft fleet. Lessors have been playing an increasing role in commercial aircraft financing and operations, with operating leases now accounting for nearly half of the world’s fleet and well over half of...
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Airline Stocks Slide as Oil Prices Rise Again
10 December, 2018 No Responses

Airline Stocks Slide as Oil Prices Rise Again

The turbulence in airline stocks is yet to ease as news of fresh production cuts and calming trade concerns sent oil prices surging. U.S. airline shares have traded closely with fluctuations in oil prices over the past few months. Fuel...
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Why India’s Airlines Struggle to Turn Growth Into Profit
10 December, 2018 No Responses

Why India’s Airlines Struggle to Turn Growth Into Profit

Intense rivalry is forcing a price war on airfares in India. Even the well-managed, airline market leader IndiGo recently declared a quarterly loss. But some of the weaker players may be culled in the next couple of years. Collected and...
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Boeing Delivers its 2,000th Airplane to China’s Commercial Aviation Sector
10 December, 2018 No Responses

Boeing Delivers its 2,000th Airplane to China’s Commercial Aviation Sector

The Boeing Company completed delivery of a new yet historically important airplane to Xiamen Airlines. The particular addition to China’s civil aviation fleet had a unique message painted on its hull, 2000th BOEING AIRCRAFT for CHINA, in celebration of ...
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ATSB Attributes Inflight Shutdown to Chemical Residue
10 December, 2018 No Responses

ATSB Attributes Inflight Shutdown to Chemical Residue

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) recently released an investigative report involving an engine occurrence that led to a European Aviation Safety Agency airworthiness directive mandating the replacement of corrosion-inducing cleaning processes for ...
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Permagard Debuts New Product to Combat Bed Bugs on Aircraft
7 December, 2018 No Responses

Permagard Debuts New Product to Combat Bed Bugs on Aircraft

Protective coating specialist Permagard has debuted a new product to combat the increasingly worrisome issue of bed bugs on aircraft. The company’s Bed Bug Killer product provides an alternative to costly and time-consuming traditional treatments that requi...
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Asia Pacific Airlines Traffic Results – October 2018
7 December, 2018 No Responses

Asia Pacific Airlines Traffic Results – October 2018

Preliminary traffic figures for the month of October released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed international air passenger markets continued to expand at an encouraging pace, whilst international air cargo volumes also remained f...
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Collins Aerospace Creates New Playing Field for OEMS
7 December, 2018 No Responses

Collins Aerospace Creates New Playing Field for OEMS

United Technologies Corp. (UTC) completed its $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins, laying out a plan to emerge as an aerospace-focused company that comprises the newly formed Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney. The company, meanwhile, will spin ...
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