This January "Redtails," the latest based-on-fact movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, premieres. To herald this event, LiveairshowTv looks at not just the units history but the contemporary efforts of a non-profit group to share the airmen's story and inspire a new generation of young men and women....More
Join ATW at this year's Dubai Airshow, held November 13 - 17. Join us as we take a stroll down the tarmac, sit in the cockpit of the 787, and speak with industry leaders, including aircraft manufacturers and MRO companies....More
Airbus secured a total of 211 orders and commitments worth $20.5 billion at the 12th annual Dubai Airshow, reinforcing the strength of its decision to re-engine the A320....More
Spirit Airlines and Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the Dubai Airshow for 75 A320 aircraft, comprising 45 A320neos and 30 A320s. The new aircraft will be used on Spirit’s growth markets in the US, Caribbean and Latin America. Airbus said the engine selection will be announced later. According to Airbus, firm orders and commitments for the A320neo, launched less than a year ago in December 2010, exceed 1,300 from 23 customers....More
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) signed a firm order for 30 A320neos at the Dubai Airshow, which brings the lessor’s total A320 order book to 98 aircraft....More
International Aero Engines was selected by Thai Airlines to power the V2500 engine for the Airbus A320s used by its subsidiary LCC Thai Smile, in a deal valued at $230 million. First deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2012. The deal includes a comprehensive fleet hour maintenance agreement and support program. Thai operates nine V2500-powered A320s....More
Oman Air (WY) has ordered six 787-8s at the Dubai Airshow, taking over six of 14 aircraft previously ordered by Kuwait-based leasing company ALAFCO....More
The busiest major air show in years saw Airbus score big with the re-engined A320neo, Bombardier’s CSeries break through in Asia, Boeing give more hints on a 737 replacement and biofuel take center stage....More
Singapore Airshow 2012 has 90% of its exhibition space filled, organizer Experia Events said. It recently secured pavilion reservations from Italy and Mexico, bringing to 21 the number of country pavilions scheduled to date. The event will take place Feb. 14-19 at the Changi Exhibition Centre....More
Singapore Airshow MD Jimmy Lau shares a few details on what we can expect to see from the next Singapore Airshow, taking place February 14-19, 2012....More
A massive order Thursday from Malaysia’s fast-growing, low-cost carrier AirAsia for 200 A320neos capped a record Paris Air Show for Airbus, bringing its total orders and commitments for the week to 730 aircraft from 16 customers....More
Airbus continued its steady stream of aircraft order announcements at the Paris Air Show Wednesday, taking commitments and orders in the first three days of the show to more than 600 aircraft—most of them A320s....More
Boeing announced a host of new orders Tuesday at one of the most active Paris Air Shows, in terms of commercial aircraft commitments, in recent memory....More
Boeing opened the Paris Air Show with some bold statements, such as a claim that its 747-8 Intercontinental had superior trip and seat-mile economics to the Airbus A380, and backed up its declarations by announcing a slew of new orders....More
Up to 600 firm aircraft orders are expected at the 49th Paris Air Show opening Monday with Airbus likely to account for around 70% of the total, New York-based Buckingham Research Group predicted....More
Korean Air on Tuesday took delivery of its first Airbus A380 in a Toulouse ceremony. It will become the first Asian carrier to operate a GP7200-powered A380....More
Organizers of the 49th Paris Air Show, taking place June 20-26, said exhibition space for the biannual event has been sold out for five months and predicted this year's edition will have a modern feel with free high-speed Wi-Fi available and an area dedicated to alternative fuels....More
The US should look to what’s happening at airports worldwide and think bigger and more strategically about how its airports can best raise the investments necessary to keep them competitive on a global scale, the head of the Airports Council International said Monday....More
Governments must put more political will into sorting out air traffic management mega-projects and also addressing the political issue of finding a global agreement for emission market-based-measures (MBMs), the head of IATA said Monday....More
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada....More
US regional airlines are increasingly concerned about a potential pilot shortage that could curtail their growth or even force carriers to decrease capacity....More
Preliminary results of a pilot fatigue study conducted by Washington State University (WSU) show there is a “small difference” between the fatigue level of pilots conducting multi-segment operations and those flying a longer single segment....More
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