Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 15, 2009
US National Transportation Safety Board is investigating an incident in which a Southwest Airlines 737-300 flying Monday from Nashville to Baltimore made an emergency landing in Charleston, W.Va., owing to "a 1 ft. hole. . .discovered in the top of the fuselage" that caused cabin depressurization. There were no injuries reported. SWA said yesterday it had inspected its more than 180 -300s following the incident and found no similar structural problems.
Jul 13, 2009
BAE Systems Asset Management placed one BAe 146-200 (delivered) with Indonesia's PT Nusantara Air Charter and another BAe 146-200 (to be delivered this month) with Indonesia's PT Aviastar Mandiri.
Jul 13, 2009
Volvo Aero Norway signed an agreement with Snecma to supply components for CFM56-7BE engines.
Jul 13, 2009
Air France will review crew training and the quality of its weather information, CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said last week in an interview with French newspaper Le Figaro, adding that not being able to detect a severe storm on radar may have played a role in the May 31 A330-200 accident that killed all 228 passengers and crew.
Jul 10, 2009
Embraer confirmed yesterday that three E-190s originally announced Tuesday as part of a fleet renewal by Algeria's Tassili Airlines never were finalized and that "specific conditions" requested by Tassili were not agreed to by the Brazilian manufacturer. "Embraer was disqualified from the public bid" by Tassili for new aircraft, the manufacturer said (ATWOnline, July 9).
Oct 14, 2015
Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said there is a “huge bubble” in used widebody aircraft worldwide, leading carriers to call Delta about potential sales.
Oct 14, 2015
Embraer predicts 1,540 new aircraft deliveries in the 70- to 130-seat jet segment for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) over the next 20 years.
Oct 14, 2015
Airbus has completed painting Singapore Airlines’ first A350 XWB in Toulouse.
Oct 13, 2015
China Southern Airlines’ subsidiary Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 44 all-economy 184-seat Boeing 737-800s, which will be used on fast-growing domestic leisure routes.
Oct 13, 2015
Eight companies have come forward as potential strategic partners for Air Zimbabwe, paving the way for an Airbus A330 or Boeing 787 order.
Oct 13, 2015
Croatia Airlines converted an existing order of four Airbus A319 order into A320neo, a source close to the contract confirmed to ATW in Zagreb.
Oct 13, 2015
Dublin-based CityJet has signed a preliminary agreement to lease 15 Sukhoi Superjet (SSJs), with options on a further 10 aircraft.
Oct 13, 2015
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was definitively caused by a BUK surface-to-air missile, according to the final report of the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) issued Oct 13.