...777, entered service this month. The airline will install the flat-bed seats on all its Boeing 777 , 757-200 and 767-400 aircraft, and on its Boeing 787 fleet as those aircraft are delivered to Continental. Continental Airlines is the...

In this article: Continental Airlines, Boeing 777, 757-200, Boeing 787, Star Alliance, Continental Connection, and NYSE

...Martin [ NYSE : LMT ] and U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officials marked the delivery of the first CBP set of new production P-3 Orion wings from the company s Marietta, Ga., production facility today. The new production wings are the...

In this article: Lockheed Martin, U.S. Customs & Border Protection, P-3 Orion, Martin, U.S. Navy, and NYSE

...order for one Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) worth US$75 million. An MoU was also signed with Nepal Airlines for one A320 and one A330-200 worth US$258 million. Boeing also confirmed an order for four B737s by the Algerian domestic carrier...

In this article: Airbus, Boeing, Air Austral, A330-200, Ethiopian Airlines, Nepal Airlines, and Tassili Airlines

...to down the target. Boeing has been developing a range of directed-energy weapons for the military, including the Airborne Laser (a Boeing 747 reconfigured as a ballistic-missile shooter), the Advanced Tactical Laser (a laser gunship),...

In this article: Boeing, Kinetic energy, Wired.com, Boeing 747, and California

...here for graph], while certain widebodies have fared much better through this recession. In fact, lease rates for Boeing 767-300ER and Airbus A330 are showing exceptional over-performance. " Advertisement Tailored specifically in...

In this article: Risk management, Recession, and Airbus A330

...a cascade of secondary particles. Some of the secondary particles, in particular neutrons , can affect aircraft avionics systems." The Airbus A330 -303 was flying at 37,000 feet with 303 people on board when it plunged 650 feet before...

In this article: Qantas, Airbus A330, Airbus, Neutron, and Perth, Western Australia

Nepal s national carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation ( NAC ) is modernising its international fleet with one A330-200 wide-body and one Airbus A320 single aisle aircraft. The new Airbus aircraft will be deployed on international services to Japan...

In this article: A330-200, Nepal, Customer, Europe, Competitive advantage, Airbus A320, and Airbus

Airbus <EAD.PA> and Nepal Airlines have signed an agreement for two aircraft, one A330-200 wide-body plane and one A320 single aisle jet, according to a statement on Tuesday. Nepal Airlines said the aircraft would be deployed on routes to...

In this article: Nepal Airlines, A330-200, Airbus, Europe, and Japan

...over Western Australia , during which 95 passengers were injured when the plane twice plunged hundreds of feet without warning. The Airbus A330 , with 303 people on board, was en route from Singapore to Perth last October when the plane, which...

In this article: Oxygen, Qantas, Western Australia, Airbus A330, Perth, Western Australia, Melbourne, Singapore, and Hong Kong

...to 12 Airbus A350 aircraft being bought by Ethiopian Airlines. Separately, it announced an order from Air China for engines for 20 Airbus A330 aircraft, bringing the total sale to $2bn (GBP1.2bn) - at list price. It did not say how much...

In this article: Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Air Arabia, Recession, Airbus A330, Airbus A350, Emirates, Air China, and Ethiopian Airlines

Last updated at 4:27 PM on 15th November 2009 The Government is to order 20 troop-carrying Chinooks after the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan told Gordon Brown they blamed their deaths on helicopter shortages. The news came...

In this article: Chinook, Afghanistan, British Army, Richard Dannatt, Boeing, and Rupert Thorneloe

...system tests with the engines running. Then the pilots will do a series of taxi tests leading up to first flight. With the 787 Dreamliner now expected to fly before Christmas , Boeing is looking to the 747-8 first flight for an...

In this article: Boeing, Boeing 747, Everett, Paine Field, 787 Dreamliner, Cargolux, and Luxembourg

WASHINGTON -- A Congressional delegation from Virginia is asking the Air Force for a briefing on the future basing for the F-22 Raptor fleet. Sens. Jim Webb and Mark Warner joined Reps. Glenn Nye , Bobby Scott and Rob Wittman in a letter to...

In this article: F-22 Raptor, Virginia, F-22, Rob Wittman, Mark Warner, Jim Webb, Langley Air Force Base, and Washington

...to relieve the shortage of helicopters in Afghanistan by making an emergency purchase of up to 30 new Chinooks , it has been disclosed. A Chinook helicopter Photo: JULIAN SIMMONDS It has taken the Ministry of Defence almost four years...

In this article: Chinook, Afghanistan, Boeing, Royal Navy, Bob Ainsworth, Pentagon, and Gordon Brown

Wing Commander Jack Rose , who has died aged 92, flew Hurricane fighters during the brief but hectic days of the Battle of France and returned to be shot down during the Battle of Britain. After the war he had a distinguished career with the...

In this article: RAF, Battle of Britain, Messerschmitt Bf 109, London, Tax, Battle of France, Heinkel 111, Hurricane fighters, and Messerschmitt Bf 110

Chinooks are able to carry out various roles for the armed forces Plans to fast-track a large order of Chinook transport helicopters for Afghanistan are being examined by the government, the BBC understands. A decision could be made...

In this article: Chinook, UK, Afghanistan, British troops, Bob Ainsworth, David Cameron, Boeing, and Gordon Brown

...startled by a couple of loud military helicopters swooping around high-rise buildings, don't worry. Los Angeles police said the Black Hawk helicopters will be part of a flight training mission taking place after 5 p.m. Sunday and Monday in...

In this article: Black Hawk helicopters, Manhattan, The White House, New York City, Los Angeles, and New Jersey

...turmoil in the global cargo market. The EADS <EAD.PA> unit said on Wednesday it would fly the first cargo version of its mid-sized A330-200 passenger plane at its Toulouse headquarters on Thursday, barring poor weather. Air freight...

In this article: Airbus, Etihad Airways, Boeing 777, Boeing, A330-200, Flyington Freighters, Air France, and EADS