Aircraft

09.02.2010 2:00

Search teams retrieve recorder from crashed Ethiopian 737

One of the flight recorders from the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 which crashed off the Lebanese coast last month has been recovered. [more]

09.02.2010 2:00

Business briefs

International Lease Finance has suspended lease rentals for non-revenue Haiti relief flights from. [more]

09.02.2010 2:00

Boeing declares 747-8F ready for maiden flight

Boeing has declared its new 747-8 freighter as ready for its maiden flight, following the completion of high-speed taxiing tests. The aircraft is scheduled. [more]

09.02.2010 2:00

Boeing outlines further slip to P-8 programme

Boeing expects to fly its first P-8 multi-mission maritime aircraft to a US Navy test site in the third quarter of this year, following a fresh schedule. [more]

08.02.2010 2:00

Turkish to offer in-flight Internet, mobile service on 20 widebodies

Turkish Airlines has become the second publically-announced customer for Panasonic Avionics' global communications suite in a sweeping deal that will see the carrier bring Ku-band satellite-based in-flight high-speed Internet, mobile phone service and live television to a large portion of its long-haul fleet. The Star Alliance member will offer Panasonic's so-called eXConnect, eXPhone and Airborne Television Network solutions on 12 new Boeing 777-300ERS and 10 new Airbus A330-300s beginning in the fourth quarter of this year. The eXPhone solution is offered in partnership with Telenor subsidiary AeroMobile, which is in the process of equipping Emirates' entire fleet with mobile phone connectivity. [more]

07.02.2010 0:00

PICTURE: ATR 72-600 makes low-key show debut in Morocco

ATR's new -600 series turboprop made its air show debut at the AeroExpo in Marrakech, Morocco, on 27 January. The test airframe, an ATR 72-600 registered. [more]

06.02.2010 0:00

SINGAPORE 2010: IAE studies new engine as pressure builds for strategy on re-engining offering

With pressure growing on International Aero Engines to nail down its strategy to provide a powerplant for re-engined single-aisles from Airbus and Boeing,. [more]

06.02.2010 0:00

SINGAPORE 2010: Boeing examines extending 737 nosegear to accommodate new engine

Amid increasing industry speculation about the imminent launch of re-engined narrowbodies, Flightglobal has learned how Boeing could engineer the tricky. [more]