31 January 2012
Honda to unveil first business jet in 2013
Japanese car maker Honda Motor is planning to unveil its first seven-seater small business jet in 2013 and is anticipating to get at least a quarter of the market share.
-
30 January 2012
AviancaTaca finalises 51 A320 aircraft order
Colombian airline AviancaTaca Holding (AV) and its Ecuadorian subsidiary, AeroGal, have confirmed their order for 51 Airbus narrow-body A320 jets with Airbus in a deal worth $4.8bn.
-
30 January 2012
Russian cargo ship Progress M-14M docks with ISS
A Russian cargo spacecraft carrying 2.6t of cargo of fuel, water and food supplies, as well as scientific equipment has docked at the International Space Station.
-
27 January 2012
NEC starts system design for second Hayabusa asteroid explorer
NEC has begun the system design of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) second Hayabusa Asteroid Explorer under the Hayabusa 2 project.
-
27 January 2012
Thales Alenia Space completes integration of ATV4 module
Thales Alenia Space has completed integration of the fourth Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), which is the service module for the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) being built for the European Space...
-
26 January 2012
Norwegian orders 222 aircraft from Boeing and Airbus for $21.5bn
Norwegian Air Shuttle (Norwegian) has signed deals worth $21.5bn to buy 222 planes from Boeing and Airbus including models equipped with fuel-efficient engines.
-
26 January 2012
Airbus delivers first A320 aircraft to Hong Kong Airlines
Airbus has delivered a long-range, single-aisle A320 aircraft to Hong Kong Airlines, the first of 30 aircraft ordered by the airline.
-
25 January 2012
Saudi Arabian Airlines orders eight Boeing 777-300ERs
Saudi Arabian Airlines has ordered eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in a deal worth $2.4bn.
-
25 January 2012
Hawaiian Airlines extends maintenance agreement with Goodrich
Goodrich and Hawaiian Airlines have extended their current Prime Solutions nacelle maintenance agreement in order to include three Boeing 717-200 aircraft inducted into the airline's fleet in October 2011.
-
24 January 2012
EASA orders checks on one third of A380 fleet
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued an Airworthiness Directive (AD) relating to one third of the current Airbus 380 fleet following reported cracks inside the wings of the...