System Will Tell Controllers If Banned Airplane Plans To Fly
Into EU
The European Union made headlines in March for issuing its "blacklist" of 92 airlines
banned or severely restricted from flying into its member countries
due to safety concerns. On Monday, the EU's airspace
controlling authority, Eurocontrol, announced that if a blacklisted
airline attempts to fly into the EU, a new alerting service will
let controllers know.
Air New Zealand's Order Conversion Makes It A RR Sweep
In addition to making the airline the launch customer for
Boeing's 787-9, Air New Zealand's decision last week to convert its order for four 787-8s to the
larger -9 gave engine maker Rolls-Royce reason to
brag, as well. The decision means Rolls-Royce's Trent 1000 is the
launch engine for all three current variants of the 787
Dreamliner.
Company Will Avoid Criminal Charges, Admit No Wrongdoing
We didn't do anything wrong... and you can't say we did... but
we'll still pay you over half a billion dollars to put the whole
thing behind us. That, essentially, is the agreement Boeing has
reportedly reached with the US Justice Department over past
procurement violations -- and it's a deal that will cost the
aerospace manufacturer some big bucks.
What happens when those who strike... strike against their own?
That is now an issue for the Air Line Pilots Association after the
union's clerical and support employees walked out Friday, closing
ALPA offices around the country.
Executives at Biman Bangladesh Airlines say they still don't
know why their flight from Dhaka to JFK was turned away before
entering US airspace Saturday.
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