Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 19, 2009
Flybe will wet-lease four Q400s to the re-launched Olympic Airlines from August 2009 until September 2010. Aircraft will be operated by Flybe staff and fly under its AOC. Chairman and CEO Jim French said, "Over the past 18 months or so, Flybe has been offered literally dozens of opportunities to start up or support startups globally, all of which, until this one, we have declined.
Jun 19, 2009
China Eastern Airlines this week firmed an order for 20 A320s, according to a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Jun 19, 2009
Aviation Capital Group and Egyptian Civil Aviation Finance Holding formally established Civil Aviation Finance and Operating Leases (CIAF-Leasing) at this week's Paris Air Show. The new lessor will concentrate primarily on new and younger narrowbody aircraft to be operated by customers in North Africa and the Middle East, CIAF Holding Chairman and CEO Medhat Hassanein confirmed to ATWOnline. He said he is targeting a portfolio of about 50 narrowbodies within five years, with some of the aircraft placed with EgyptAir. Operations are expected to begin in the 2009 fourth quarter.
Jun 18, 2009
Aerolineas Argentinas took delivery of one purchased 737-700, with a second scheduled to arrive before the end of the month. It will lease nine further -700s/-800s "in the following months" as it replaces its 737-200s and MD-80s.
Jun 18, 2009
Lao Airlines will take delivery of the first of two 70-seat ATR 72-500s in the "coming weeks" and the second "later this year," ATR said. Lao currently operates two ATR 72-200s. Lao CEO Somphone Douangdara called the aircraft "the right choice to respond to the demand of regional transportation in Laos and in Southeast Asia." The state-owned carrier flies to 10 Laotian cities as well as Cambodia, China, Thailand and Vietnam.
Oct 06, 2015
Finnair took delivery of its first of 19 Airbus A350 XWBs Oct. 7, becoming the third airline to receive an A350 and the first European operator. Here is a look at the cabin interior.
Oct 06, 2015
Aircraft & Engine Briefs-Oct. 6, 2015
Oct 06, 2015
The British Airways Boeing 777 GE90 uncontained engine failure on a Las Vegas runway Sept. 8 occurred in the high-pressure compressor (HPC), investigators reported.
Oct 06, 2015
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Oct 06, 2015
Finnair will take delivery Oct. 7 of the first of 19 Airbus A350 XWBs it has on order, becoming the third airline to receive an A350 and the first European operator.
Oct 06, 2015
FAA has proposed a $1.9 million civil penalty against Chicago-based SkyPan International for allegedly conducting “65 unauthorized commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flights over various locations in New York City and Chicago between March 21, 2012 and Dec. 15, 2014.
Oct 06, 2015
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Oct 06, 2015
Australia’s air navigation service provider Airservices has signed an agreement with global, space-based air traffic surveillance system provider Aireon to create a platform for tracking aircraft using space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) by 2018.