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
Embraer will offer synthetic vision technology (SVT) and a number of cabin enhancements as options on its Phenom 100 and 300 aircraft. SVT will be integrated into the aircraft’s Prodigy flightdeck, and will allow the pilot to view a three-dimensional depiction of terrain, obstacles and traffic on the primary flight display. In the cabin, the
Lockheed Martin has appointed Christopher E Kubasik to the position of president and COO. The appointment was announced by company CEO and chairman Bob Stevens who said Kubasik will “take operational excellence to an even higher level as we support our customers in their global security missions.” The appointment is effective January 1 2010.
The RAAF’s second A330 based KC-30A tanker flew for the first time following its conversion to tanker configuration by Qantas Defence Services (QDS) at Brisbane last Thursday. The aircraft, the first of four to be modified to tanker standard by QDS, made the flight after performing a rejected takeoff and check at Brisbane. It was
Air New Zealand recorded a rise in load factor across all its major markets during September as it made a number of capacity cuts to match lower demand. Compared to September 2008, the carrier saw a 1.2 per cent fall in passengers carried, resulting in a 6.8 per cent fall in RPKs. However, with capacity
The General Aviation Manufacturers’ Association (GAMA) and the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) published a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive on October 15 which shows that some portrayals of business aviation are inconsistent with the realities experienced in the US. The survey found that the typical company using private aviation is a small or
