In a rare spot of good news for the Boeing 787, it has been revealed lessor GE Commercial Aviation Services is considering a firm order for as many as 30 aircraft. “We expect some delivery slots will open to accommodate an order of that size,” GECAS executive vice president for product evaluation and strategy Bill
New Zealand based CTC Aviation Training has ranked 23rd in Deloitte’s list of New Zealand’s 50 Fastest Growing Companies. The company, whose operations are based in Hamilton, was also awarded the ‘Fastest Growing Business Services Business’ award for the Central North Island. “The last two years were particularly good for us and saw us grow
Hot on the heels of the USAF re-releasing a draft RFP for its KC-X tanker replacement program, Northrop Grumman has opened the possibility of boycotting the competition due to what it says are faulty draft bidding rules and because it claims Boeing received an unfair advantage when it was given costing information on Northrop’s previous
CASA CEO John McCormick has called for an end to “mean-spirited, self-serving and frequently false accusations” against staff at the Authority, but has called on the industry to be more constructive with its criticism and feedback on the organisation. McCormick made the calls in the latest issue of CASA’s Briefing newsletter. Quoting his testimony at
“We’re on track to repeat the 2008 delivery record of 483 planes in 2009,” said Tom Williams, Airbus’s vice president of programs at a briefing in Wales on October 28. He added that the A380 program was “not running as smoothly as we would like,” appearing to confirm earlier comments from CEO Louis Gallois that
Virgin Blue CEO Brett Godfrey will give a speech entitled “Managing through the toughest aviation period since the declaration of WW2” on November 19 for the Queensland Media Club. The speech will be hosted at the Presidential Ballroom in The Sebel and Citigate King George Square in Brisbane from 12pm-2:30pm.
