Pratt & Whitney has filed a countersuit against Rolls-Royce, claiming the that it misled the US Patent Office to obtain a patent which has formed the basis of a lawsuit which Rolls-Royce has brought against Pratt & Whitney. Rolls-Royce launched court action in the US against Pratt & Whitney on August 26 claiming that fan
Air China has announced an order for four additional Boeing 777-300ERs. The purchase is valued at US$1.1bn (A$1.14bn) at list prices. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source on Google. Click here to add Australian Aviation as a preferred news source.
Trinidad and Tobago based Caribbean Airlines has ordered nine ATR 72-600s which will be delivered from late 2011. The aircraft, which will be the first to feature the Armonia cabins, will replace five Bombardier Dash 8-300s in its fleet. Want to see more stories from trusted news sources? Make Australian Aviation a preferred news source
Airbus and CAE have signed a contract to design and build the first A350 full-flight simulators (FFSs) and procedural trainers which will be used to train initial pilots for the forthcoming widebody aircraft. Under the terms of the contract, CAE will to design and manufacture two CAE 7000 Series FFSs for the Airbus A350 and
The Lufthansa Group’s board has approved the acquisition of 40 Airbus aircraft worth US$4.3bn (A$4.5bn), with the aircraft to be flown by its Lufthansa, Swiss and Germanwings operations. The order, which has yet to be firmed, is for 32 A320 Family aircraft (including eight A319s for Germanwings) and eight A330-300s. Five of the A330s will
Cathay Pacific has signed an agreement with Boeing to exercise six options for 777-300ERs which will be delivered between 2013 and 2014. The six new aircraft have an estimated value of US$1.6bn (A$1.7bn) at list prices, and will take Cathay Pacific’s future 777-300ER fleet from 30 to 36. This content is available exclusively to Australian