NewsGerman labor courts deny Lufthansa request to end week-long strikeLufthansa has canceled 933 out of 3,000 flights on Thursday, Nov. 12, due to a week-long cabin crew strike, after two labor courts denied a request to end the action. According to Lufthansa, 107,000 passengers have been affected.
Read moreAirbus confident for A320neo on-time first deliveryAirbus is on schedule to deliver the first A320neo by end of 2015 as planned, an Airbus executive confirmed Friday.
Qatar Airways is due to receive its first A320neo, a more efficient re-engined version, in December. Akbar Al Baker said last week on the sidelines of the Dubai Air Show that he was “optimistic” the aircraft would arrive before the end of the year, but he had a concern relating to the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine.
Read MoreEVA takes delivery of first 77W with new liveryWhile being the 22nd 777-300ER in EVA’s fleet, the new aircraft debuts EVA’s new livery design and corporate identity. The aircraft’s simplified tail design features a compass as its focal point, borrowed from EVA’s corporate parent Evergreen Group; the aircraft’s underbelly is now a dark-green with a curved orange borderline.
Read MoreGOL widens losses in 3Q; defers adding new 737sSão Paulo-based low-cost-carrier GOL reported a 2015 third-quarter net loss of BRL2.1 billion ($512 million), widened from a net loss of BRL245.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
In a statement to shareholders, GOL CEO Paulo Sérgio Kakinoff said he attributed the loss to due to the depreciation of the real and the resulting exchange rate variation of liabilities in US dollars.
Read MoreEmirates signs US$16bn OnPoint deal with GE AviationEmirates has signed a US$16 billion OnPoint solution agreement with GE Aviation for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of the GE9X engines that will power the airline’s fleet of 150 Boeing 777X aircraft over a period of 12 years.
Read moreAirbus confident for A320neo on-time first deliveryAirbus is on schedule to deliver the first A320neo by end of 2015 as planned, an Airbus executive confirmed Friday. Qatar Airways is due to receive its first A320neo, a more efficient re-engined version, in December.
Read moreGOL widens losses in 3Q; defers adding new 737sSao Paulo-based low-cost-carrier GOL reported a 2015 third-quarter net loss of BRL2.1 billion ($512 million), widened from a net loss of BRL245.1 million in the year-ago quarter.
Read moreTransport chief warns Indonesian airlines on safety & competitionIndonesia’s airlines must up their game on safety and expect more international competition if they are not ready to serve new routes, the country’s head of transport warned Friday.
Read moreHow AW&ST found out what had happened to the remains of a shot-down F-117In August 2001, nobody was quite sure what had happened to the wreckage of a Lockheed Martin F-117A stealth fighter that had been shot down over Serbia in March 1999.
Read moreUS government approves French C-130J dealFrance has been cleared by the US state department to proceed with its expected acquisition of four C-130Js from Lockheed Martin, including two tactical transports and two KC-130J in-flight refuelling aircraft.
Read moreHypersonic missile developments raise regulatory concernsThe development of hypersonic missile-delivery systems by China, Russia and the USA has raised concerns as to what warhead the high-speed, long-range delivery system would use, plus how regulations surrounding their use would manifest.
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