Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 04, 2009
Finnair's second A330-200 entered service Friday on a Helsinki-Delhi flight. Aircraft also will operate to New York JFK. Three more A330s are scheduled to arrive this year, including one this month.
May 04, 2009
Navtech signed a five-year extension to its agreement with British Airways for Aerad aeronautical charts.
May 04, 2009
Air Seychelles took delivery of a second 767-200ER. Aircraft is leased from ILFC.
May 04, 2009
International Aero Engines, the consortium led by Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce that builds the V2500 engine for the A320 family, expects to produce nearly as many engines this year as it did in 2008, although CEO Jon Beatty said he would not be surprised if both Airbus and Boeing "have some rate rationalization" in 2010.
May 01, 2009
CFM International, the GE Aviation/Snecma joint venture, is beginning testing on its first demonstration LEAP-X engine core as it aggressively develops a powerplant for a potential next-generation narrowbody entering service by 2018 (ATWOnline, May 15). The LEAP-X does not feature an open rotor design, but GE and Snecma nevertheless are engaged actively in testing the technology first conceived in the 1980s.
Sep 10, 2015
The left GE90 engine on the British Airways Boeing 777 that caught fire on a Las Vegas runway has “multiple breaches of the engine case,” investigators said.
Sep 10, 2015
A hypersonic plane that could carry 100 passengers between Europe and Australia in 90 minutes could be a reality by 2050, according to the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Sep 10, 2015
The CSeries is 85% through certification tests and about to enter “the final flight testing phase,” according to Bombardier.
Sep 10, 2015
Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport will dispose at least 10 aircraft mothballed on the airport’s apron.
Sep 10, 2015
Boeing has again projected the Asia-Pacific region will have the greatest demand for commercial airline pilots and maintenance technicians with 40% of the global need, according to its 2015 Boeing Pilot & Technician Outlook.
Sep 09, 2015
Airbus’ year-to-date order book for commercial aircraft soared to a gross total of 748 as of Aug. 31; Boeing has booked orders for 462.
Sep 09, 2015
Oman Air is to take 11 new aircraft—three Boeing 737-800s, seven 737-8 MAXs and one 787-9—as well as three used Boeing 737s on long-term lease from Air Lease Corp.
Sep 09, 2015
An investigation is underway after a British Airways (BA) Boeing 777-200ER suffered a major engine fire as it was preparing for takeoff at McCarran International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.