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Precision Turbines Receives JT15D-4B STC
Boca Raton, Florida-based Precision Turbines has achieved its first supplemental type certificate for Citation II operators, which allows the company to replace Pratt & Whitney Canada JT15D-4 engines with JT15D-4B engines without time limits...Read More
Bankruptcy Court Approves AMR Plan For Vote By Creditors
AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, received permission from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York City to send its restructuring plan to creditors for a vote. Judge Sean Lane approved the plan to merge with US Airways...Read More
PurePower Engine For Airbus A320neo Brings Flight Test Program
The Pratt & Whitney PurePower PW1100G-JM engine successfully completed its first flight May 15, launching the engine family's flight test program. The PW1100G-JM engine for the Airbus A320neo aircraft flew on Pratt & Whitney's Boeing 747SP flying test bed at the company's Mirabel Aerospace Centre, in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada....Read More
Air Force Establishes F-35 Initial Operational Capability Target
The U.S. Air Force says it expects to declare F-35A Lightning II initial operation capability in December 2016. The announcement was included in a joint report detailing service-specific IOC requirements and dates for each of the F-35 variants that was delivered to Congress last week...Read More
Boeing's New Surveillance Aircraft Completes First Flight
The EMARSS, a Beechcraft King Air with Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) modifications, completed a four hour flight at the Beechcraft facility in Wichita, Kan. Flight testing of the aircraft evaluated all of the aircraft systems, autopilot functions and aerodynamic handling qualities...Read More
American-US Airways To Unveil Leadership In June
American and US Airways plan to unveil the company's post-merger management structure by mid-June, Bloomberg News reports. Parker and Horton say the merger is still on track to close in the third quarter of this year. They add that they do not expect any issues to arise during the antitrust review by the U.S. Department of Justice...Read More
July 12 Set For Shareholders Vote On AA-US Airways Merger
AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines, is scheduled for a bankruptcy judge to hear its disclosure statement on Tuesday, and shareholders are scheduled to vote on the merger on July 12. Questions about the merged carrier remain. "[W]hat will the airplanes look like a year from now? Who will be on Parker's team?" asks columnist Terry Maxon...Read More
Delta Reports 0.5% Rise For Per-Seat Revenue In May
Delta Air Lines announced its per-seat revenue rose 0.5% in May as traffic increased 1.4% for the month. Separately, Delta CEO Richard Anderson was named as chairman of the International Air Transport Association for a one-year appointment...Read More
FedEx To Retire 86 Aircraft
FedEx plans to retire 86 older aircraft earlier than planned to cut costs. "With the planned acquisition of new aircraft and projected slower economic growth than previously forecast, FedEx Express is lowering maintenance costs by aggressively parking and retiring aircraft," said David Bronczek, CEO of FedEx Express...Read More
Airlines Consider Orders For Wide-Body Aircraft
Airlines across the world are looking into purchases of wide-body aircraft from Boeing or Airbus as profits increase for carriers. Deutsche Lufthansa, Japan Airlines and South African Airways are considering orders. "I genuinely believe we're an industry that for the first time will start exceeding our cost of capital," said Willie Walsh, CEO of British Airways owner IAG...Read More
First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Begins Final Assembly
Final assembly of the first 787-9 Dreamliner is underway, according to a Boeing news release. The newest member of the 787 family began taking shape on schedule May 30 in Everett, WA, when Boeing started joining large sections of the jet...Read More
Gulfstream Support Network Grows In Europe
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. continues to add resources to its product support network worldwide, including in Europe, home to more than 180 Gulfstream operators. Since moving into a new, larger hangar at London Luton Airport in September 2011, the Gulfstream Luton service center has grown to approximately 190...Read More
Air Force To Consolidate F-22 Depot Maintenance at Hill AFB
The Air Force will consolidate its F-22 depot maintenance activities at the Ogden Air Logistics Complex at Hill AFB, Utah, announced service officials on Wednesday. The consolidation will occur over a 31-month period and is expected to save the Air Force at least $16 million annually....Read More
Navy, Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS Enters Production Phase
The Department of the Navy said recently that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. With MS C approval, the RQ-21A program, managed by the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) at NAS Patuxent River...Read More
IATA Raises 2013 Airline Profit Forecast by $2 Billion
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) raised its global airline profit outlook for 2013, forecasting the world's airlines will see a net income of $12.7 billion this year.The group said it raised its global outlook because airline's capacity reductions are expected to result in record passenger loads for 2013...Read More
Lufthansa Considers Early 747-8 Replacement
Lufthansa is considering eventually replacing its Boeing 747-8 fleet with the proposed 777-9X some time in the next decade, Lufthansa CEO Christoph Franz indicated on the sidelines of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Cape Town...Read More
Advanced Aircraft Identification Systems Headed To U.S., Allied Forces
The nation's fighting forces need secure and reliable line-of-sight identification to distinguish friend from foe during missions, and BAE Systems is answering the call. The company has been awarded a $34 million contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with its Mode 5 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) system, used to identify and track military aircraft....Read More
Rolls-Royce C-130 Engine Upgrade Update
Testing and evaluation of Rolls-Royce's modifications to the legacy T56 turboprop engines on C-130H transports are finished and the company expects to see the completion of military and FAA certifications later this year. "It's just down to paperwork at this point," said Tom Hartmann, Rolls-Royce senior vice president for defense, during a briefing with reporters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday...Read More
NetJets Unveils First of 670 New Planes
NetJets unveiled its first Phenom 300 from Embraer on Thursday at the NetJets headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. The plane is the first of some 670 aircraft the company plans to purchase over the next 10 years, at a total cost of around $17.6 billion. The purchase is part of an effort to replace the entire fleet of fractionally-owned aircraft. NetJets CEO Jordan Hansell said...Read More
Southwest Airlines To Pay Quarterly Dividend
Southwest Airlines plans to pay a quarterly dividend of 4 cents to shareholders on June 26. The dividend equals around 0.28% of the recent stock price of $14.27 per share...Read More
Boeing Utilizes Technology To Paint 777 Wings
Boeing is using two robots to paint the wings of its 777 aircraft at its plant in Everett, Wash. The robots can complete the first coat of paint in 24 minutes, compared with 4.5 hours for manual labor. Jason Clark, the director of 777 manufacturing, said that "no layoffs occurred because of the implementation of this technology."...Read More
Boeing Tackles 787 APU Heating Issue
As Boeing 787s re-enter service on routes around the world following the aircraft's prolonged grounding for battery problems, the company is already busy resolving other issues that were emerging before they ceased flying in mid-January...Read More
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