Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 16, 2009
AerSale is the name of a new company that will focus on "the mid-life current technology airliner aftermarket." It was founded by Nick Finazzo and Bob Nichols, co-founders and sole shareholders of Miami-based AeroTurbine, a provider of aftermarket aircraft engines and parts that they sold to Amsterdam-based operating lessor AerCap in April 2006. AerSale will acquire aircraft 12-25 years old that are on lease or can be remarketed "with the intent to eventually disassemble such aircraft" for parts and engines.
Mar 16, 2009
Royal Air Maroc CEO Driss Benhima told a business conference in Casablanca last week that the carrier soon will place an order for six new aircraft. "We will sign the order deal by the end of this month," he was quoted as saying by Reuters, but declined to specify the aircraft type.
Mar 13, 2009
CIT Aerospace announced the delivery of a Trent 772B-powered A330-200 to Etihad Airways.
Mar 13, 2009
The US National Transportation Safety Board late Wednesday issued an "urgent safety recommendation" calling for Rolls-Royce to "redesign" the Trent 800's fuel/oil heat exchanger to prevent the fuel feed system icing that is believed to have caused both the uncommanded loss of thrust on a Delta Air Lines 777-200ER last November and the dual rollback that led to the January 2008 British Airways -200ER crash landing at London Heathrow.
Mar 13, 2009
American Airlines yesterday said that "early speculation" regarding Wednesday's MD-80 JT8D-200 engine failure that led to debris falling on a New York City neighborhood and an emergency landing at New York JFK is that an object was sucked into the engine and damaged fan blades, according to the Associated Press (ATWOnline, March 12).
Aug 10, 2015
One of the world’s savviest investors is placing the biggest bet of his career on the future of the commercial aircraft industry.
Aug 10, 2015
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)—which announced plans in December 2014 to “reboot” its Blue1 subsidiary by replacing its nine Boeing 717s with 737-600s from its mainline fleet—is now rethinking the plan.
Aug 07, 2015
Boeing has booked 423 commercial aircraft orders as of July 31, while Airbus has booked 405 orders.
Aug 06, 2015
UK crew specialist CTC Aviation Group has announced a new five-year Boeing 737-800W full-flight, modular simulator usage agreement with Norwegian Air Shuttle to support the airline’s expanding training requirements up to 2020.
Aug 06, 2015
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is calling for urgent safeguards against drones that pose “a significant threat to European airspace” and need “better regulation and control.”
Aug 06, 2015
International Airlines Group (IAG)—parent of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling—has converted options for 20 Airbus 320neos into firm orders.
Aug 05, 2015
Australia has admitted that a drift model initially used to determine the best areas to search for wreckage from missing MH370, a Boeing 777-200, was wrong.