• Boeing Awarded $2.1B for Third KC-46A Tanker Production Lot

    The U.S. Air Force today awarded Boeing [NYSE: BA] $2.1 billion for 15 KC-46A tanker aircraft, spare engines and wing air refueling pod kits. This order is the third low-rate initial production lot for Boeing. The first two came in August 2016 and included seven and 12 planes, respectively, as well as spare parts. Boeing…

  • Boeing Engineers Create STEM Activities to Challenge and Inspire Students

    Looking for fun classroom activities with a STEM focus? Boeing [NYSE:BA], Iridescent’s Curiosity Machine, PBS Learning Media and the Teaching Channel have produced a collection of educational materials and tutorials that children can use to engineer an airfoil, find alternative energy sources and design their own satellite, among dozens of other activities. The activities are…

  • Flynas orders 60 Airbus A320neo Family aircraft

    Flynas, Saudi Arabia’s leading low-cost carrier, has signed an agreement with Airbus for 60 A320neo Family aircraft. In addition to the 60 aircraft, Flynas has converted 20 A320ceo from a previous order to A320neo bringing the airline’s total firm order to 80 A320neo. The deliveries are scheduled to take place during 2018-2026. The agreement was…

  • Gulfstream continue to provide enhanced customer support worldwide

    Ten Forums, Two Advisory Board Meetings And One Virtual Operators Conference Scheduled Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. reaffirms its commitment to worldwide customer support with an extensive schedule of 2017 events that began with a pilots forum Jan. 18 in Zurich. The 2017 schedule also includes nine traditional operator forums in the U.S., Europe, Asia and South…

  • Rolls-Royce wins SelectCare™ order from Lufthansa for Trent engines

    Image Courtesy: Lufthansa Rolls-Royce has won an order from Lufthansa, one of the largest aviation groups in the world, for SelectCare services covering Trent 500 engines on its Airbus A340 aircraft operated by the airline. SelectCare is a fixed price overhaul service agreement that includes a suite of supplementary services that allow customers to benefit…

  • Gulfstream G280 earns significant overwater record

    Best-In-Class Aircraft Easily Links Carlsbad, California, With Kalaoa, Hawaii Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. today announced that its Gulfstream G280 aircraft recently set a speed record between Carlsbad, California, and Kalaoa, Hawaii, completing the overwater flight in just 4 hours and 47 minutes. The super mid-sized business jet covered the 2,257 nautical miles/4,180 kilometers from McClellan-Palomar Airport…

  • Airbus Helicopters achieves delivery targets and maintains market leadership in 2016

        Deliveries up five percent to 418 units   388 gross orders Key military campaigns secured     Marignane, Airbus Helicopters delivered 418 rotorcraft in 2016, a five percent increase compared with 2015, against a challenging market backdrop. The company strengthened its lead on the civil and parapublic helicopter market while maintaining its position…

  • Austrian Airlines Expands Offering to Iran: Flights to Shiraz as of the Summer of 2017

    Four weekly flights to Shiraz in an Airbus jet starting on July 2, 2017 • Flight to Shiraz operated with a stopover in Isfahan • In the upcoming Summer season, Austrian will offer to 18 weekly flights from Vienna to Teheran, Isfahan and Shiraz Starting on July 2, 2017, Austrian Airlines will take off four…

  • airberlin to improve flight programme to Italy

    airberlin will optimise its flight times to Italy this summer and increase the frequency and capacity for important city connections as part of its new network strategy. The changes aim to improve connections of airberlin’s flights at its two hubs of Berlin-Tegel and Dusseldorf. The strategically important connections from Berlin-Tegel and Dusseldorf to Rome and…

  • S7 Airlines has increased the passenger flow by 23.7%

    The S7 Group airlines1 have drawn up a balance of their operating activities for 2016. Last year the airlines carried 13,146,469 passengers, which is by 23.7 % more than in 2015. The growth on the domestic routes amounts to 27.5 %. S7 Airlines has carried 9,652,556 passengers on flights within Russia. The international flights of…