Boeing has forecast that over one million aircraft engineers and pilots will be required by the global airline industry over the next 20 years to support the growing fleet of airliners which will be operated over that time. Based on its forecasts for the global airliner fleet in its latest Current Market Outlook, Boeing predicts
Airbus Military has announced that the first A330 MRTT Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) for the Royal Air Force has made its first flight since being converted to tanker configuration. The flight took place from Getafe, near Madrid, on September 16 and lasted for nearly two hours. The crew reported that the aircraft, its systems,
Jetstar will add another 717,000 seats annually to its domestic New Zealand network from early next year as the budget carrier moves into the void which will be left from Pacific Blue’s departure from that market. The new seats will be provided by two additional A320s which will be deployed in New Zealand from early
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has reportedly found that Boeing has received billions in state subsidies which helped to finance the development of new aircraft, once again inflaming the ongoing row between Europe and the US over commercial airliner subsidies. Although the confidential report from the WTO has only just been handed to European and
Virgin Blue has requested a three week extension from the US Department of Transportation to respond to a tentative decision to disallow its proposed joint venture with Delta Air Lines. The Australian reports that the airline has requested that the deadline for a response to the decision be extended to October 13, while it is
ZA001, the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner, has had to have one of its Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines replaced after it experienced a surge during flight testing in Roswell, New Mexico. According to various reports, the surge occurred on September 10 late in the day while the aircraft was taxiing out for brake testing. A loud
