US avionics maker Rockwell Collins has won communications, data network and landing system avionics packages for the Airbus A350. The new work adds to the company’s previous win for the wide body’s trimmable horizontal stabilizer actuator and increases by 75% its content on the A330 and A340, aircraft lines the A350 will replace.
Under the contract […]

US Department of Transportation pulls Boston-Maine Airways’ operating certificate

Emirates Airline is projecting its profitability will remain flat during its next financial year amid the continuing rise in oil prices which is forcing it to examine the re-introduction of fuel surcharges on certain routes.
The Dubai-based airline is budgeting a profit of 5 billion dirhams [$1.37 billion] for the year ending on 31 March […]

Emirates is assisting the Dubai government to set up its new low cost carrier but says the airline will be an independent operation once it is up and running next year.
“We’re providing technical assistance to the airline,” says Emirates Airline president Tim Clark. “We’re helping it get started and then it’s on its own.” […]

LCAL selects GEnx for up to 13 787s