Category: Civil Aviation

Randy Tinseth, Boeing’s vice president of sales and marketing, has hit back at claims that the company has been forced to redesign part of its fix for the side of body issue which has delayed the first flight of the 787. Tinseth was responding to claims made by Flightblogger that sources within the 787 program

Irish low cost carrier Ryanair says that it is working on an order for 200 aircraft from Boeing or Airbus which it hopes to have wrapped up by the end of the year, with deliveries to follow after 2012. “If for some reason we can’t conclude an agreement with Boeing and Airbus, certainly by the

Embraer’s vice president airline market Mauro Kern says that the company is considering establishing a second E-Jet final assembly line in China. Kern told Aviation Daily at the European Regions Airline Association’s annual meeting at Interlaken that the manufacturer was expected to have a firm view on whether to assemble E-Jets in China in the

Airbus, Boeing and Embraer have announced their deliveries for the third quarter of the year. Airbus sold 59 aircraft for the three months ending September 30, comprising 50 A320s, two A330-200Fs and seven A330-300s. Over the same period, the European airframer delivered 104 aircraft, comprising of 82 A320 Family aircraft, 15 A330s, four A340-600s and