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  • GE Aviation buys Czech turboprop engine maker 3 Jul 2008 20:36 GMT
    ... the fast-growing market for small twin-engine turboprop aircraft. GE Aviation said it purchased Walter Engines, ... said. Skyrocketing fuel prices are hurting the airline industry, but ''that's not stopping airlines from ... but ''that's not stopping airlines from ordering planes,'' Nisbet said. Business jets, regional jets and ...

  • The-Jet by Cirrus Makes Inaugural Flight 3 Jul 2008 19:35 GMT
    ... Jet From The World's Leading General Aviation Aircraft Manufacturer Took to the Air Today For ... important, it does so without conflicting with airline operations. The-Jet cruises below airline flight levels ... aircraft. The industry-leading SR20 and SR22 composite airplanes incorporate innovative advanced technologies into their design ...

  • Vice Admiral Hekman & Former Congressman Kuykendall Join Maytag Aircraft Corporation's Board of Dire 3 Jul 2008 18:55 GMT
    ... Hekman & Former Congressman Kuykendall Join Maytag Aircraft Corporation's Board of Directors Vice Admiral Hekman ... Ohio, and as Vice President of SYNTEK Technologies, Inc. Admiral Hekman is a member and ... President and National Accounts Officer specializing in airlines and aerospace companies for a large multinational ...

  • Vice Admiral Hekman & Former Congressman Kuykendall Join Maytag Aircraft Corporation's Board of Directors 3 Jul 2008 18:34 GMT
    ... Hekman & Former Congressman Kuykendall Join Maytag Aircraft Corporation's Board of Directors Last update: 2:28 ... Ohio, and as Vice President of SYNTEK Technologies, Inc. Admiral Hekman is a member and ... President and National Accounts Officer specializing in airlines and aerospace companies for a large multinational ...

  • Geared Turbofan(TM) Engine: First Flight Coming Soon... 3 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... level, when installed on a next generation aircraft the savings is an average of 413,000 ... for First Flight May 5, 2008 World's Airlines Meet to Review Pratt & Whitney Geared ... propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified ...

  • Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan(TM) Engine Cleared for First Flight 3 Jul 2008 18:31 GMT
    ... level, when installed on a next generation aircraft the savings is an average of 413,000 ... for First Flight May 5, 2008 World's Airlines Meet to Review Pratt & Whitney Geared ... propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines. United Technologies, based in Hartford, Conn., is a diversified ...

  • Skywest secures Rio Tinto contract 3 Jul 2008 15:28 GMT
    ... PERTH-BASED Skywest Airlines has beaten off seven other airlines to ... industry observer, who added the BAe 146 aircraft used by NJS needed replacement. In January, ... the BAe 146 is an early 80s analog-technology aircraft and some of the NJS aircraft ...

  • KLM opts for IBS' Crew Management Solution 3 Jul 2008 14:36 GMT
    ... crew management solution to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, the national airline of the Netherlands and ... and tour operators world-wide. IBS services include technology consulting, testing, usability engineering, business intelligence & ... core activities: passenger transport, cargo transport and aircraft maintenance. ...

  • Boeing to Highlight Pioneering Technologies for a Sustainable Future at Farnborough 2008 3 Jul 2008 14:35 GMT
    ... conference at 0930 hosted by Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Scott Carson. On the ... discuss technological advances in manned and unmanned aircraft, hypersonic vehicles, space, simulation and advanced logistics ... company also provides numerous military and commercial airline support services. Boeing has customers in more ...

  • EU ministers back unilateral emissions deal 3 Jul 2008 12:53 GMT
    ... trading on international aviation could force foreign airlines to shore up Europe's efforts to develop its green aircraft of the future. ministers have formally backed ... and development funding into more efficient aircraft technologies - to be distributed by the relevant ...

  • The Canadian Press Business News Budget for Wednesday, July 2, 2008 3 Jul 2008 12:33 GMT
    ... as a surge in demand for commercial aircraft was not enough to offset weakness in ... Felebrbaum. BC-Circuit-City, Bgt. Moved. DALLAS _ American Airlines says it could cut 900 flight attendant ... affecting 140 employees, while investing in new technology the company says will preserve 160 jobs ...

  • JetBlue Airways and VERSUS Give Cycling Fans Nonstop Access to the 2008 Tour de France 3 Jul 2008 12:32 GMT
    ... year in a row, the New York-based airline and VERSUS, the U.S. television home of ... in-flight e-mail and instant messaging services on aircraft "BetaBlue," a first among U.S. domestic airlines. ... market; our reliance on automated systems and technology; our being subject to potential unionization; our ...

  • Asia-Pacific Airlines Meet to Review Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan(TM) Engine 3 Jul 2008 11:53 GMT
    ... /PRNewswire/ -- More than 180 representatives from airlines, leasing companies and aviation authorities from throughout ... at the company's first Asia-Pacific Next Generation Technology Symposiums in Singapore and Beijing, China. During ... the conferences, which were co-hosted by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation and Bombardier Aerospace, airlines were also ...

  • Firm's scan-do attitude to cutting flight queues 3 Jul 2008 10:30 GMT
    ... TECHNOLOGY developed by a Glasgow firm is set ... software which replaces the need for an airline ticket. Its system can turn a passenger's ... passenger everything he/she needs to board an aircraft via security with additional information displayed as ...

  • Business Highlights: GM shares fall below $10 for first time since '54 3 Jul 2008 07:50 GMT
    ... 900 flight attendant jobs DALLAS -- American Airlines says it could cut 900 flight attendant ... of the company's MD-80 and Embraer RJ-135 aircraft fleets. UnitedHealth cuts 4,000 jobs and '08 ... 23.39, or 1.82 percent, to 1,261.52. The technology-laden Nasdaq composite index fell 53.51, or 2.32 ...

  • Yahoo shares up on new talk of deal 3 Jul 2008 06:52 GMT
    ... the final building completed in 2006. American Airlines says it could cut 900 flight attendant ... 12 percent later this year, retire some planes and cut an unspecified number of jobs. ... they're stuck with the older, slower connection technology because they can't get broadband in their ...

  • Chinese aviation cos set up firm to service Airbus aircraft 3 Jul 2008 06:50 GMT
    ... cos set up firm to service Airbus aircraft CHENGDU, Jul 3, 2008 (Asia In Focus ... in Chengdu. The four companies are SICHUAN AIRLINES, HONG KONG AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING CO., LTD (SEHK:0044), ... China's first professional maintenance base for AIRBUS planes. * TAECO (Sichuan) Aircraft Engineering Service Co., ...

  • The Fed Fiddles... 3 Jul 2008 04:30 GMT
    ... levels they were a year ago. The airline industry's balance sheets are crashing; a flight ... recent military exercise involving more than 100 aircraft--an undertaking with only one target: Iran--underscores a ... given China's frenetic efforts to develop the technology to destroy such satellites. During the Cold ...

  • Singapore`s ST Engineering unit vying for $1 billion Lion Air deal 3 Jul 2008 02:55 GMT
    ... to service a new fleet of Boeing planes for Indonesia's Lion Air, the Straits Times ... has on order 178 new Boeing 737-900 aircraft and others vying for the contract that ... currently does some maintenance work for the airline's existing fleet, is "in talks with Lion ...

  • Singapore's ST Engineering unit vying for $1 billion Lion Air deal - report 3 Jul 2008 02:55 GMT
    ... to service a new fleet of Boeing planes for Indonesia's Lion Air, the Straits Times ... has on order 178 new Boeing 737-900 aircraft and others vying for the contract that ... currently does some maintenance work for the airline's existing fleet, is "in talks with Lion ...

  • New Landings Save Airplane Fuel 2 Jul 2008 22:57 GMT
    ... New aircraft maneuvers rarely make news, but UPS's testing ... counts. Eight years ago, passenger and cargo airlines in the United States had a fuel ... In a traditional landing, pilots glide the plane through a series of predetermined elevations in ...

  • --> Radiant Energy Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2008 Result 2 Jul 2008 22:54 GMT
    ... alternative approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration for the pre-flight ground deicing of aircraft. Aircraft deicing with Radiant's technology offers savings to airports and airlines over the use of conventional glycol-based deicing systems, reducing aircraft treatment costs and significantly ...

  • Greenspan points to improved technology for aviation industry 2 Jul 2008 20:30 GMT
    ... Highly improved technology is needed in the aviation industry to ... of jet fuel, which is negatively impacting airlines, says Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the ... oil. Most of the airlines have old aircraft which are highly fuel inefficient," Greenspan said. ...

  • Manhattan Scientifics Acquires Metallicum, Inc. 2 Jul 2008 19:24 GMT
    ... as well as in auto, truck, & aircraft manufacturing industries," said Marvin Maslow, founder & ... New Mexico." Dr. Lowe added, "A big airplane like a B747 has about 100,000 pounds ... dated June 6, 2008, "To Save Fuel, Airlines Find no Speck Too Small," Tim McGraw, ...

  • Manhattan Scientifics Acquires Metallicum, Inc. 2 Jul 2008 18:51 GMT
    ... as well as in auto, truck, & aircraft manufacturing industries," said Marvin Maslow, founder & ... New Mexico." Dr. Lowe added, "A big airplane like a B747 has about 100,000 pounds ... dated June 6, 2008, "To Save Fuel, Airlines Find no Speck Too Small," Tim McGraw, ...


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