Category: Civil Aviation

Airbus executive vice president of engineering Charles Champion will deliver the 54th Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Lecture in Sydney as part of the annual black tie dinner of the NSW branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The lecture, held on September 20, will focus on changes on the horizon for global aviation. Champion will highlight

Boeing and El Al Airlines have finalised an order for two 737-900ERs. The deal, valued at US$179.2 million at list prices, comes in addition to four -900ERs ordered in March 2011. This content is available exclusively to Australian Aviation members. Login Become a Member To continue reading the rest of this article, please login. Username

Embraer has announced an agreement with Venezuala’s Conviasa Airlines for the sale of six E-190 jetliners with an additional 14 purchase options. The deal was valued at US$271 million at list prices, not including the options. Conviasa said the aircraft would be configured in a 104-seat single-class layout and would be used across its network

Airbus parent EADS has announced stronger than expected profits but further delays to its A350 program. EADS said net profits for the second quarter reached 461 million euros ($545m), up from 121 million euros in the same period last year. Sales were up 12 per cent to 13.5 billion euros, with the company’s order book