Aviation

Dubai / Emirates Business For the 9th time, dnata has been named Ground Support Services Provider of the Year at the Aviation Business Awards. The award was accepted by Jaffar Dawood, Senior Vice President of dnata’s UAE airport operations, at a gala dinner in Dubai. “We are honoured to receive this prestigious award as a testament of our uncompromising focus ...

Bloomberg Airbus SE could build a longer-range version of its newest narrow-body jet by 2023, according to prospective buyer Air Transat, beating a competing Boeing Co. model to the market. The Canadian carrier’s president, Jean-Francois Lemay, has been briefed by Airbus on its thinking regarding service entry for the proposed aircraft, as well as by leasing firm AerCap Holdings NV, ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co.’s construction of the largest rocket in NASA’s history is projected to cost $8.9 billion—double the initial budget. While taxpayer-funded cost overruns are de rigueur when talking about the US military industrial complex, the massive aerospace company is also two years behind schedule, a gap that could widen further, according to an audit by NASA’s inspector general. The ...

Bloomberg American Airlines isn’t pleased with the US Copyright Office’s conclusion that its logo lacks creativity. So the airline is upholding a distinctly American tradition — it’s taking the agency to court. The logo, introduced in 2013 amid a major rebranding by the company, depicts an abstract white eagle’s head poking through a diagonal band with blue on top and ...

Bloomberg The UK’s competition watchdog is setting out what it wants to look like in a post-Brexit world — and the first step is filling the regulatory gap. The Competition and Markets Authority plans to probe control of the take-off and landing slots at London’s Heathrow Airport as part of an investigation into a British Airways alliance on tran- satlantic ...

Bloomberg Aerospace and innovation have gone hand-in-hand since the days of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Airplanes were once simple metal tubes powered by propellers. Long-haul flying meant four engines and at least three pilots on the flight deck at all times. Today, aircraft only require two pilots and are built mostly of carbon composites. Even on the longest routes—more than ...

Bloomberg American Airlines Group Inc. tumbled to the lowest in more than two years amid doubts over whether recent fare gains will be enough to cover the upward trek of oil prices. The carrier’s average cost of jet fuel rose to as much as $2.33 a gallon in the third quarter, up from an earlier forecast of $2.27 or less, ...

Bloomberg Boeing Co delivered 61 of its highly profitable 737 jetliners in September, up from 48 a month earlier, taking a step towards recovery from supply shortages that disrupted production at a Seattle-area factory. The increase shows progress in Boeing’s effort to smooth manufacturing problems. The planemaker brought in 600 mechanics to help tackle out-of-sequence work that left dozens of ...

Bloomberg TUI AG, the world’s biggest holiday company, plans to renew its jetliner fleet as rising oil prices begin to push weaker rivals to the wall. TUI is likely to turn options for close to 50 Boeing Co. 737 Max aircraft into firm purchases, giving it a total of 120 orders for the upgraded model, and is switching to more ...

Dubai / Emirates Business­­­­­ Airbus will conclude its “Critical App Challenge for the Middle East” during the GITEX exhibition 2018 in Dubai from October 14 to 18 and honour the best developers for public safety apps in the region. Since August start-up companies from the region have registered for the Airbus competition to create inventive digital solutions to facilitate public ...