Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 16, 2009
Rolls-Royce announced a $1.5 billion order from Gulf Air for Trent 700EP engines that will power 20 A330s. Deliveries are set to start in 2012. Deal includes a TotalCare services agreement and an extension to the TotalCare deal on Trent 700s already in service on 10 A330s. Rolls also signed a five-year extension to the TotalCare services agreement covering Condor Airlines' fleet of 13 RB211-535E4-powered 757s. Initial 10-year deal was set to expire this year; extension is worth some $150 million.
Jun 16, 2009
Boeing said the second of six 787s to be used in the flight test program has moved to the flight line to begin fuel testing. ZA002, which already is painted in ANA livery, will focus on systems performance (ATWOnline, May 18).
Jun 16, 2009
Pratt & Whitney and Korean Air signed a contract worth approximately $300 million for PW4170 Advantage 70 engines for six new A330s, plus two spares. Pratt also announced a 10-year Engine Management Program agreement with Japan Airlines covering 75 PW4000 and V2500 engines and a three-year parts repair agreement valued at more than $75 million covering JT9Ds and PW4000s. It also announced EcoPower engine wash agreements with JetBlue Airways, Hawaiian Airlines and ArkeFly.
Jun 15, 2009
Jetstar A330-200 en route from Osaka Kansai to Gold Coast was forced to divert to Guam last Thursday after smoke was detected, followed by flames flaring from the rearmost cockpit window on the aircraft's right side in the area where the window heater is located. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau launched an investigation. The A330, carrying 203 passengers and crew, left Osaka just before 11 p.m. local time Wednesday. The fire occurred about 3 hr. 50 min. into the flight.
Jun 15, 2009
GE Aviation and NASA plan to begin wind tunnel testing this summer to "evaluate counterrotating fan-blade systems" for open rotor jet designs, GE said (ATWOnline, May 26). Testing will be conducted throughout 2009 and early 2010 at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. For the NASA tests, GE will run two rows of counterrotating fan blades with 12 blades in the front row and 10 in the back row.
Oct 06, 2015
Airbus is studying changes to the arrangement of the A380’s onboard rear staircase in an effort to make room for additional economy seats.
Oct 06, 2015
Kazakhstan flag carrier Air Astana will take three Airbus A321neos and a single A320neo on lease from AerCap.
Oct 06, 2015
Air France is to open talks over its Boeing 787-9 commitments after announcing plans to scale back its long-haul fleet by 14 aircraft on Oct. 5.
Oct 05, 2015
A selection of photos from our most recent headlines.
Oct 05, 2015
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines will postpone operating flights for Eurowings based on a wet-lease agreement, according to several sources close to Austrian management.
Oct 05, 2015
FAA is expecting as many as one million small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to be sold during the US holiday season.
Oct 05, 2015
British Airways (BA) took delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 on Sept. 30 and, on the same day, operated its final 737 flight.
Oct 02, 2015
Okinawa-based Ryukyu Air Commuter Co. has been identified as the launch customer for the Bombardier Q400 combi aircraft.