L3 Technologies announced Thursday that it has signed a joint venture agreement with Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) to collaborate on electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) and special mission systems projects within the Kingdom of Saudi (...)
Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has decided to expand its existing A320neo family order from 35 to as many as 100 neo aircraft including 35 options. The additional firm order takes SAUDIA's order of (...)
Boeing suffered a fresh setback on the opening of the Paris Airshow on Monday as its engine supplier announced a delay for the US planemaker's all-new 777X jet while Airbus launched a rival plane aimed at the middle of the market.
GE Aviation said (...)
After a clinching moment in Paris, where ministers from around the world crafted a pact to fight perilous climate change, now comes the hard part.
Experts are under no illusion that celebrations and high-flown rhetoric are enough when it comes to (...)
French hosts of UN talks submitted to cheers and applause Saturday a proposed 195-nation accord to defeat global warming, which threatens mankind but needs an energy revolution to resolve.
Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, on the brink of tears after (...)
It's clear at this point that even if the international climate accord being negotiated in suburban Paris becomes legally binding, it won't include punitive measures like trade sanctions or embargoes on straggler countries that fail to meet their (...)
Negotiators from 195 nations raced Saturday to complete a four-year mission by delivering a blueprint to secure humanity from the consequences of rampant emissions of climate-altering greenhouse gases.
Despite being riddled with conflicting (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he's encouraged that 150 world leaders â€" an "unprecedented" number â€" told the opening of the climate summit that they were in Paris to deliver an agreement to tackle global warming, according to AP.
The (...)
Negotiators tasked with saving Earth's climate system embarked Tuesday on an 11-day race to overcome decades-long disputes as experts pointed to a towering threat from coal.
A day after world leaders pledged to tame global warming, bureaucrats from (...)
Airbus has secured 421 orders during the
Paris Air Show, the aircraft manufacturer said Thursday, partially
prompted by a last-minute order from Hungarian budget operator Wizz
Air for 110 A321neo jets, dpa reported.
The late deal, which Airbus (...)
Airbus has secured 421 orders during the Paris Air Show, the aircraft manufacturer said Thursday, partially prompted by a last-minute order from Hungarian budget operator Wizz Air for 110 A321neo jets, dpa reported.
The late deal, which Airbus (...)
Boeing landed the biggest order so far of the Paris Air Show with a deal Tuesday for 100 of its 737s single-aisle jets that Boeing's Chief Executive Officer calls "the heart of the market" in the years to come, AP reported.
Boeing and European rival (...)
Airbus says aircraft leasing company IFLC has made a firm order for 50 single-aisle A320neo jets, which represents a robust start for the European plane maker at the Paris Air Show.
Financial details were not disclosed Monday. However, the planes (...)
The Socialist candidate for France's presidency attempted to consolidate his front-runner status on Sunday with a pledge to pull French troops out of Afghanistan and to combat international financial speculators that he blamed for much of the (...)
European jet maker Airbus SAS took in orders and commitments for 142 aircraft worth $15 billion at list prices on the first day of the Paris Air Show, AP quoted the company as saying on Monday.
Of note were firm orders for 90 of its A320neo, a (...)
Victims' families of Air France Flight 447 are welcoming an ambitious, long-delayed international search for the wreckage in the Atlantic depths, AP reported.
John Clemes, whose brother was among the 228 people killed in the June 1 crash of the (...)
Airbus says it has signed a
memorandum of understanding with Central and Eastern
European low-cost carrier Wizz Air for the sale of 50 A320
single aisle jets, according to AP.
The deal is expected to become a firm order shortly,
Airbus' John (...)
Six French charity workers
sentenced to eight years' forced labor in Chad for trying
to kidnap 103 children arrived back in France on Friday,
judicial officials said today, according to AP.
The six arrived at the Le Bourget airport, north of (...)
The Paris Air Show in Le Bourget opened its doors to the general public Friday after four days reserved for trade visitors during which aircraft manufacturers reaped 48.7 billion dollars worth of orders.
This represents three times the amount (...)
The next mission to land a man on the moon will take place in 2015 at the earliest, the new chief of the United States' space program said on Monday, adding the mission could be followed by the construction of a multinational space station (...)
