2011
Military GAT and OAT flight statistics from 2011 available now
Military general air traffic (GAT) flights continue to decrease – not in absolute numbers but as a percentage of the total number of flights (both civil and military). In 2011, 1.87% of state aircraft flying GAT were military flights.
Based… Continue reading
2011 safest civil aviation year ever
Global Accident Rate Reaches New Low – Regional Challenges Remain
Montreal – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 2011 accident rate for Western-built jets was the lowest in aviation history, surpassing the previous mark set in 2010.… Continue reading
Dubai airport passenger traffic up 8 pct in 2011
Passenger traffic at Dubai International Airport grew 8 percent in 2011 boosted by additional flights to the Gulf Arab region’s main transport hub, operator Dubai Airports said on Tuesday.
The world’s fourth busiest airport in terms of international passenger and… Continue reading
Eurocopter boosts its sales by 12 percent in 2011 and increases order intake by more than 100 helicopters
Eurocopter generated a record high annual turnover in 2011 as the company benefitted from long-term strategies of investing in innovation to keep its helicopter product line at the forefront, growing the international footprint, developing services businesses and optimizing internal operations.… Continue reading
Bombardier Aerospace Delivers 245 Aircraft and Receives Orders for 249 Aircraft in 2011
January 23, 2012 — Montréal
Aerospace
- Business aircraft: 163 deliveries; 191 net orders
- Commercial aircraft: 78 deliveries; 54 net orders
- Amphibious aircraft: 4 deliveries; 4 net orders
Bombardier Aerospace announced today its deliveries and orders results for the… Continue reading
Astrium 2011: A good year
- Provisional revenues of €5 billion and an order intake of €3.6 billion despite an increasingly competitive economic climate
- Major contracts in 2011 included 4 for telecommunication satellites and 2 for Earth observation, the launch of the European Data Relay System… Continue reading
Lockheed Martin F-35 Program Exceeds 2011 Flight Test Goals
FORT WORTH, January 12th, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] F-35 System Development and Demonstration 2011 flight test program resulted in the completion of more test flights and test points than in any year.
The 2011 flight test plan… Continue reading
USAF A-10C accident investigation report released
1/12/2012 – LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AFNS) — Dual engine failure during a functional check flight caused the crash of an A-10C Thunderbolt II Sept. 26, 2011, according to the Air Combat Command Accident Investigation Board report released Jan.… Continue reading
Increasingly booming market for Fokker aircraft in 2011
A grand total of 60 Fokker aircraft have been transferred by their owners to new operators worldwide during 2011. ‘The second half of this year has been outstanding with a total of 33 Fokker 50s and Fokker 100s changing hands’… Continue reading
Boeing Reports Fourth-Quarter Deliveries
CHICAGO, Jan. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) announced today deliveries across its commercial and defense operations for the fourth quarter of 2011.
Major program deliveries during the fourth quarter were as follows:
2011 safest year for U.S. Army aviation
An overall 31 percent decrease in aviation fatalities was one of the best news stories of fiscal year 2011 — Army aviation’s safest year since Sept. 11, 2001. The UH-60 community delivered the most notable number of the year —… Continue reading
Passengers make 290 million air trips in China in 2011
BEIJING – Air passengers will have made 290 million trips in China this year, up 8.2 percent from last year, an aviation official said Monday.
Li Jun, deputy chief of Civil Aviation Administration of China, said here at a national… Continue reading