Anne Paylor

Rolls-Royce has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft.

The CEOs of the Functional Airspace Block Central Europe (FABEC) air navigation service providers have confirmed that the common IP data exchange network between FABEC centers—the FABEC Interconnection of Existing IP Networks (FABIEN)—is ready for operation.

The New Zealand Minister for Transport has approved the partnership between Australia’s Qantas and Dubai-based Emirates Airline.

Airbus parent EADS posted a first-quarter net income of €241 million ($312.7 million), up 91% from €126 million in the year-ago period.

The European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism has given the green light to conclude an agreement giving enhanced cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Eurocontrol.

EasyJet last week flew back a tonne of volcanic ash from Iceland as part of its contribution to an experiment planned in conjunction Airbus and Nicarnica, a spin-off company of the Norwegian Institute for Air Research, to test Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and Detector (AVOID) volcanic ash detection technology this summer.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has agreed to sell 80% of its shares in regional subsidiary Widerøe to a group of Norwegian investors for approximately SEK2 billion ($307 million) as part of its ongoing efforts to cut costs and return to profitability.