The A330neo begins "Route Proving"

Toulouse - The A330neo has embarked on a world tour to prove that it is ready to enter into service. Route Proving constitutes the final stage of the certification process of the aircraft. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Probe opens into incident on A319 carrying Saudi team

Russian investigators are to probe an incident involving a Rossiya Airbus A319 which experienced an engine event while transporting the Saudi Arabian national football team to Rostov-on-Don. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Delta Orders 20 Additional Bombardier CRJ900s With New Interior Design in $961 Million Deal

Delta is flying into uncharted territory on a deal with Bombardier Inc. for 20 of its new CRJ900 jets, becoming the first major carrier to buy into the Montreal-based planemaker's new ATMOSPHÈRE cabin design. Delta expects delivery of the planes beginning in late 2018, with the last coming in 2020. Bombardier valued Delta's order at about $961 million based on the list price. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Multiple Airlines Refuse To Transport Separated Immigrant Children; What Can DHS Do?

Multiple major airlines have put out statements refusing to transport immigrant children — who were separated from their families at the border following Trump’s “zero tolerance policy” on immigration which he amended by signing an executive order on Wednesday — across the country, a move that could become an issue for the government when it comes to getting thousands of kids to detention facilities in different states. (www.ibtimes.com) 更多...

Norwegian to Launch Canadian Flights in October

Norwegian will enter the Canadian market later this year with flights to the French Caribbean, and in March 2019 will add a new daily service between Hamilton and Irish capital Dublin. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Airbus Not Expecting Further MTOW Hike On A330neo

Airbus does not foresee a need for a further hike to the maximum take-off weight of the A330neo, following its decision to lift the threshold to 251t. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

No Root Cause Found in 2015 GE90 Failure in Las Vegas

GE Aviation was unable to identify the cause of a disk web crack that caused a GE90-powered British Airways 777-200 to fail during a takeoff roll on a Las Vegas airport runway nearly three years ago, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...

Emirates Testing A380 at Boston’s Logan International Airport

This Saturday will see Emirates test its largest aircraft, the Airbus A380-800, at Boston’s Logan International Airport, according to One Mile at a Time. Currently, the Gulf carrier serves Boston with its largest Boeing long-haul aircraft, the Boeing 777-300ER, with daily service to its hub in Dubai. Although still speculation, the flight may lead to Emirates bumping up its current service to its flagship aircraft. (airlinegeeks.com) 更多...

Emirates' boss Tim Clark wants airliners without cabin windows

Dubai - Emirates is seriously thinking of operating airliners without cabin windows. Planes without portholes are coming soon, said President Tim Clark in an interview with the BBC. (airlinerwatch.com) 更多...

Airlines to Trump: "We won’t help you separate migrant kids from parents"

American, United, and Frontier airlines have told the Trump administration they won’t fly immigrant children who have been separated from their parents at the border. (www.vox.com) 更多...

Labace 2018 celebrates 100% of the area for exhibition of marketed aircraft

The largest aviation event in Latin America will take place from August 14 to 16 in São Paulo and will once again bring to Congonhas Airport the most important executive aircraft manufacturers in the world. The expectation for this year is to reach 13 thousand visitors, which represents 20% growth over the previous year, and to increase the segment of conferences on the business aviation market... (cmsherbert.blogspot.com) 更多...

P&W Targets Mid-2019 to Complete Fixes to In-Service GTFs

Pratt & Whitney expects to have rectified issues with the knife edge seals on the in-service fleet of PW1100G geared turbofan engines by the middle of 2019. (www.flightglobal.com) 更多...