Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 11, 2010
Vueling Airlines CEO Alex Cruz confirmed to ATW that the carrier plans to add six aircraft next year and said the company is in talks “with all the major aircraft manufacturers as well as current and some potential [new] lessors.”
Aug 10, 2010
Boeing insiders indicated the company has decided to push back the first flight of the sixth and final 787 flight test aircraft to Sept. 12, while on another front the manufacturer is facing a $1 billion claim from Air India related to 27 delayed Dreamliners the carrier has on order.
Aug 09, 2010
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation reported that Dubai Aerospace Enterprise has cancelled an order with Airbus for 18 A320s and seven A350-900s valued at around $3 billion. ATW reported yesterday that Boeing lost 26 aircraft orders last week including 10 777s and 15 787s believed to have been ordered by DAE(ATW Daily News, Aug. 9). Airbus has had 41 order cancellations so far this year.
Aug 09, 2010
Bombardier said Porter Airlines signed a firm order for four Q400 NextGens plus six options. The Toronto-based airline’s firm order is valued at C$123 million ($120 million) at list prices. The four aircraft will increase Porter’s fleet of Q400s to 24 (ATW Daily News, Oct. 20, 2009). Porter took delivery of its 20th aircraft, and the 300th Q400 aircraft to be delivered, in April.
Aug 09, 2010
US FAA proposed an airworthiness directive to require operators of certain 747-400s to modify thrust reverser control system wiring to prevent inadvertent, automatic retractions of leading edge flaps.
Apr 27, 2016
Boeing posted a first-quarter net profit of $1.22 billion, down 9% from net income of $1.34 billion in the prior-year period, and reaffirmed guidance that full-year 2016 revenue and commercial aircraft deliveries will be slightly down from 2015.
Apr 26, 2016
Halifax-based Chorus Aviation, the parent of Canadian regional carrier Jazz Aviation, has placed a firm order for five Bombardier CRJ900s valued at $229 million at list prices.
Apr 26, 2016
China Southern Airlines’ subsidiary Xiamen Airlines has placed an order for 10 Boeing 737-800s, valued at $960 million at list prices.
Apr 26, 2016
In a story posted on ATWonline.com April 25 about an investigation into the crash of a Swedish West Atlantic CRJ regional jet, the headline mistakenly said it was a WestJet crash. WestJet is a Canadian airline; it does not operate CRJs and has no connection with West Atlantic.
Apr 25, 2016
Airbus has delivered the first aircraft built at its US manufacturing facility, an A321 designated for New York-based JetBlue Airways at a ceremony at its Mobile, Alabama A320 family final assembly plant.
Apr 25, 2016
Airbus has delivered the first aircraft built at its US manufacturing facility, an A321 designated for New York-based JetBlue Airways. The aircraft was produced at Airbus’s Mobile, Alabama A320 family final assembly plant.
Apr 25, 2016
Airbus delivered its first US-manufactured aircraft, an A321, to JetBlue Airways on April 25, 2016.
Apr 25, 2016
FAA is ordering modifications to certain types of GE Aviation GEnx-1B engines powering Boeing 787s, as well as revised guidance to pilots operating 787s, in order to mitigate possible “engine damage due to fan ice shedding.”