Daily Archives: January 25, 2011
Fokker Services introduces Electronic Flight Bag hardware and mounting solution for iPad
Fokker Services, in collaboration with flight operations software and services leader Navtech, today introduced commercial aviation’s first affordable hardware and mounting solution for Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) technology designed for the Apple iPad.Â
Nieuw Vennep, The Netherlands, January 25th,… Continue reading
Thomas Cook Group signs firm order for 12 A321s with sharklets
Fleet harmonisation and renewal with the eco-efficient A320 FamilyBlagnac, 25 January 2011
Thomas Cook Group has signed a firm order for 12 A321, as a first step of its single aisle fleet harmonisation and renewal plan which is based on… Continue reading
Bombardier Delivers Estonian Air’s First CRJ900 NextGen Airliner
Bombardier Aerospace today delivered the first of three CRJ900 NextGen regional jets ordered by Estonian Air in 2010. The transaction included options on two additional CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.
The handover to the Tallinn, Estonia-based airline was celebrated at Bombardier Aerospace’s… Continue reading
100,000 flying hours for Eurofighter Typhoon
The operational fleet of Eurofighter Typhoons in service since the second half of 2003 achieved the impressive milestone of 100,000 flying hours in January 2011.
This total was celebrated today during an event held at Eurofighter headquarters in Munich, Germany.… Continue reading
Boeing, Alaska Airlines Complete Contract for 15 Next-Generation 737s
SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Alaska Airlines today announced an order for 15 Next-Generation 737 airplanes, comprised of 13 737-900ERs (extended range) and two 737-800s. The 737-900ER is a new model for the Alaska Airlines fleet.… Continue reading
Boeing Receives $1.6B Contract for P-8A Poseidon Low-Rate Initial Production
SEATTLE, Jan. 25, 2011 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] on Jan. 21 received a $1.6 billion contract from the U.S. Navy for low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The LRIP 1 contract is for six P-8A aircraft, spares,… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Delivers First Civil L-100 Hercules Replacement Center Wing Box
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has delivered the first replacement Center Wing Box (CWB) assembly for the civil variant of the Hercules, the L-100, to Lynden Air Cargo. This delivery marks the first upgrade of an L-100 with a new CWB… Continue reading
USAF F-15E Strike Eagle flies with new radar system
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AFNS)Â –Â Officials took a step forward in the F-15E Strike Eagle’s continuous technological evolution as the Air Force’s most versatile combat aircraft here Jan. 18.
Officials from the 46th Test Wing launched the fourth generation fighter… Continue reading
Zhejiang Police Orders One AW119Ke and One AW139
The Zhejiang Public Security Bureau in China has placed an order for two helicopters comprising one AW119Ke single engine and one AW139 medium twin engine helicopter. The helicopters will be used for law enforcement and fire fighting duties. These two… Continue reading