Bombardier Aerospace has lowered its forecast for the commercial aircraft market, but is expecting that the business aircraft market will return to growth from 2013. The Canadian airframer said in releasing its latest 20 year market forecast that in both the business and commercial (20-140 seat airliners) segments that while there were mixed indicators, trends
Luxon to take over from Fyfe at Air NZ
Air New Zealand has announced that its group general manager international airline Christopher Luxon will take over as CEO of the airline at the end of December when Rob Fyfe steps down. Mr Luxon joined the airline in May 2011 in his current role, and was previously CEO and president of Unilever Canada. “Christopher has
A400M takes on helos
Airbus Military says that it has successfully tested loading two helicopters into one of its A400M Grizzly development aircraft, a key part of its testing program. Using development aircraft Grizzly 4, an NH Industries NH90 and Eurocopter EC725 were successfully loaded in separate tests at Holzdorf air base in Germany and in Toulouse, France. The
An Air Canada Airbus A319 has performed the first ‘perfect flight’ in North America, which Airbus says has the potential to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 40 per cent. The flight, AC991 from Toronto to Mexico City, was powered by a 50 per cent blend of biofuel, and also employed advanced air traffic
New CEO for AirAsia Malaysia
Aireen Omar will take over as CEO of AirAsia Malaysia as founding CEO Tony Fernandes is moving into a group role to be based in Jakarta. Ms Omar was formerly AirAsia’s regional head of corporate finance and treasury, and will commence in the new CEO’s role from July 1. Mr Fernandes and co-founder of AirAsia
Air NZ pilot in 777 marathon effort
An Air New Zealand Boeing 737 captain is taking on a grueling challenge to run seven marathons in seven continents in seven days in July to raise money for charity. With his ‘777′ project, Captain Mike Allsop is aiming to become the first New Zealander to complete the challenge, which will see him run marathons
