Category: Civil Aviation

Bombardier has announced that it will slow production on the CRJ line due to a lack of incoming orders, resulting in the loss of 715 jobs at its facilities in the Montreal area from January 2010. “There are not enough projected CRJ aircraft sales to maintain the current production plans,” stated Guy Hachey, president and

Fokker Services launched a range of new support packages under the FLYFokker brand for current and potential operators of Fokker 50s and 100s at the Dubai Airshow. The FLYFokker package comprises four separate solutions. The Take Off solution is aimed at startup operators, and helps reduce time to operations from six months to six weeks,

US Airways has announced that it is deferring a number of aircraft on order from Airbus, increasing the likelihood that the European manufacturer may be able to offer early delivery slots on a range of aircraft for United Airlines as part of a major fleet renewal. US Airways will delay deliveries of 54 narrowbody and

A Lufthansa spokesman has announced that the airline will not receive its first A380 until the northern summer, a delay of approximately three months for the aircraft. Lufthansa previously said that it planned to take delivery of its first A380 in March, but spokesman Michael Lamberty told Bloomberg that it was now expecting the aircraft