While Grupo Aeromexico SAB (AEROMEX*), Mexico's largest airline, opted to buy Boeing models in 2012, closely held VivaAerobus is joining Interjet and Volaris in adding jets from Airbus. Airbus has “been very aggressive and they've been rewarded for …

In March, Boeing said that, by year's end, it intends to cut about 800 IAM-represented production jobs, mainly because the 787 and 747-8 jet assembly lines need fewer people as they transition into routine production. In April, engineering Vice …

Jetstar's 787 seats. As for the seats on Jetstar's Boeing 787 – don't expect much difference from the low-cost airline's current Airbus A330 aircraft. The compact 21-seat cabin at the front of the plane is business class in name only. With a 9-inch …

Unless you've flown first class, or in a private jet, aircraft loos are windowless, cramped affairs that usually reek of cheap sanitizer. … James Kemper's modern vacuum toilet wasn't patented until the Seventies, with the first one installed by …

Rockwell makes cabin electronics, communication and navigation devices in commercial aircraft for the likes of Boeing and Airbus, as well as business–jet makers, Cessna and Gulfstream. Commercial customers account for 40% of sales. On the defense side, …

Airline officials have been upbeat over the induction of Boeing 787 Dreamliners, which were at least 15 percent more fuel efficient than competing planes of similar size and range. Global airlines' body International Air Transport Association had also …

CFM, a joint venture between General Electric and France's Safran , is developing the LEAP-X engine for the Boeing 737 MAX and Airbus A320neo, as well as a Chinese competitor now under development, the Comac C919. It competes partly with a new engine …

It performs work for major domestic airlines such as United Airlines, but the disassembly work is done exclusively on Lufthansa jets. Boeing 737s are a staple of the U.S. and European markets for short flights, popular in today's hub-to-hub business model.

Palmer said he had to fly to Geneva flat on his back on his private jet because he couldn't get up, and he's been out of commission for a lot of these talks. Some kind of Iran … You can imagine how Boeing would like to get that business come its way …