• Third quarter impacted by measures to build the future: Far-reaching restructuring programme launched

    In a challenging market environment, airberlin recorded a 5 per cent decline in revenue to 1.23 billion euros in the third quarter of 2016 (Q3 2015: 1.30 billion euros). Earnings in the third quarter of 2016 were also influenced by ongoing weak demand in the tourism industry. Responding to the continuing decrease in tourist traffic…

  • Pictures of the day: Boeing

    The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, and satellites worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aircraft manufacturers, is the second-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2013 revenue, and is the largest exporter in the United…

  • Boeing Names Pat Goggin President of Defense and Space Development Organization

    Boeing [NYSE:BA] is promoting Pat Goggin to be president of its Defense, Space & Security Development organization, succeeding Jim O’Neill who will retire next year. Goggin currently is vice president of Airplane Programs Engineering for the company’s Commercial Airplanes unit, overseeing the engineering teams that support all the current 7-series passenger planes. Before that, he…

  • Launch of Galileo satellites 15–18

    Two flagship European space programmes will combine on 17 November, as Galileo navigation satellites are carried into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket for the first time. Using this customised vehicle allows four Galileos to be launched together. The total number of satellites in orbit will rise from 14 to 18 – the single biggest increase of…

  • Ethiopian Launches Renovated ShebaMiles Web Page

    Ethiopian Airlines, the largest and fastest growing African airline,  proudly announces that it has launched a newly redesigned ShebaMiles Frequent Flyer Program web page toimprove customers’ online experience in terms of ease of use, data quality and better control on account management through enhanced self-service options. The new ShebaMiles web page, among other features, incorporates…

  • Pictures of the day: Embraer

    On August 19, 1969, Embraer – Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. was founded. With the support of the Brazilian Government, a company was born that was to turn locally-produced science and technology into one of the major players in the global aeronautical industry. Our first mission was to produce and market the Bandeirante, a turboprop…

  • American Airlines Supports Those Who Serve

    This Veterans Day American Airlines and its employees will continue a long standing tradition of supporting and honoring our nation’s heroes — active military, veterans, first responders and their families through a variety of initiatives and programs including the eighth annual Salute to the Troops. “American Airlines and its more than 100,000 employees have a deep…

  • CFM to offer LEAP-1C maintenance training at AEMTC

    First customer trainees expected in 2018 CFM International plans to begin offering LEAP-1C line maintenance training at the Aero Engine Maintenance and Training Center (AEMTC) in Guanghan City. The LEAP-1C training engine, which was used as part of the engine certification test program, will be delivered to the facility in 2017. “The new training program…

  • NASA Awards Contract for Flight Operations Support

    NASA has awarded contracts to nine companies to provide specialized engineering, aeronautics, and manufacturing support for Flight Operations Directorate work, facilities, and aircraft at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The selected companies are: American Systems Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia ATA Engineering, Inc., of San Diego, California Bastion Technologies, Inc., of Houston Engineering and…

  • Pictures of the day 2: Ryanair

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