Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 10, 2008
Engine Alliance GP7200 had a "flawless" entry into service on Emirates' first A380, according to EA President Jim Moravecek. EK was the launch customer for the new powerplant developed jointly by GE and Pratt & Whitney and derived from the GE90 and PW4000 engine families (ATWOnline, July 17). "Since entering revenue service on the first Emirates A380 on Aug. 1, we've experienced no engine related issues that could have caused a disruption for Emirates," EA Product Support Director Ed Bendernagel said.
Oct 10, 2008
Boeing and the International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers will resume negotiations and are "working out the details of the return to the table" with a US federal mediator, the union said. The IAM strike that began Sept. 6 now has cost Boeing an estimated $3.36 billion in sales and profit, the union claimed (ATWOnline, Sept. 22).
Oct 10, 2008
S7 Airlines took delivery of its first of three 767-300ERs and its fourth 737-800. The 767 was leased from AWAS and will begin flying this month from Moscow Domodedovo to Novosibirsk and Yerevan, the carrier said. Subsequent 767s will replace A310s on flights to Bangkok and Vladivostok. Aircraft will seat 222 in economy and 18 in business class. The 737 was leased from ILFC.
Oct 10, 2008
The ARJ21 is in final preparations for its inaugural test flight, which is expected to take place by the end of next month at the latest, according to Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China Chairman Zhang Qingwei. The 90-seat ARJ21-700 rolled out last December, but owing to "key suppliers' failure to specify conditions for system tests," its maiden flight, originally scheduled for March, was delayed (ATWOnline, April 1).
Oct 09, 2008
Airbus booked 31 new orders in September and delivered 34 aircraft. Its 2008 gross order total now stands at 785. The manufacturer said deliveries during the month were mostly A320 family aircraft that went to Afriqiyah Airways, Air China, AirAsia, Avianca, British Airways, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, CIT Leasing (for Juneyao Airlines and Qatar Airways), CSA Czech Airlines, easyJet, GECAS (for Aeroflot, East Star Airlines and Juneyao), GoAir, ILFC (for Shenzhen Airlines), IndiGo, JetBlue Airways, LAN Airlines, TAM, Turkish Airlines and US Airways.
May 28, 2015
Delta Air Lines has received its first Airbus 242-tonne maximum take-off weight (MTOW) variant of the A330-300.
May 28, 2015
Nonetheless, Brégier points out that he has “no reason to believe it will be a poor air show” for Airbus in terms of orders.
May 28, 2015
Ever careful with its stewardship of the cash-generating 777 program, Boeing is planning a series of upgrades to ensure the aircraft remains competitive in the long-range market well after the 777X derivative enters service.
May 22, 2015
Lufthansa Group’s passenger airlines operated more efficiently in 2014, using an average of 3.84 liters of kerosene in 2014, to carry a passenger 100 km, a 1.6% improvement over the previous year (2013: 3.91 l/100pkm).
May 22, 2015
Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) is urging all Korean aircraft operators to replace or mothball all aircraft that are more than two decades old.
May 22, 2015
Airbus has launched a long-term partnership programme designed to help airlines reduce their environmental footprint.
May 21, 2015
Azul Brazilian Airlines has finalized an order with Embraer for 30 firm orders for the E-195 E2 jet, previously announced at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow where Azul was announced as the launch customer for the type.