Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 06, 2008
Japan Airlines took delivery of its first E-170 Friday. JAL signed a deal with Embraer in June 2007 for 10 firm orders plus five options (ATWOnline, Feb. 23, 2007). The 76-seat, single-class aircraft will be operated by regional subsidiary J-Air.
Oct 03, 2008
Southwest Airlines Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly said this week that the carrier will take delivery of 10 737NGs next year, down from the 14 previously planned, with four deliveries deferred until 2016. He added that SWA continues to consider flat capacity growth next year an option and could treat the new 737s as replacements by "returning five [737 Classics] to the leasing company" and selling "five or more" that it owns.
Oct 03, 2008
The ongoing Boeing machinists strike has forced Australia's Virgin Blue to postpone the launch of its V Australia transpacific service between Sydney and Los Angeles planned for Dec 15.
Oct 03, 2008
Rockwell Collins will provide Norwegian with avionics for 42 737NGs with an option for 42 additional aircraft. Technology includes RC's WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System. Deliveries are slated to begin next year.
Oct 03, 2008
Porter Airlines reached agreement with Bombardier to convert two existing options on 70-seat Q400s into firm orders. Aircraft will be the 17th and 18th in the Toronto-based regional's fleet. Value of the new contract is $52 million at list prices.
May 19, 2015
China’s HNA Group subsidiary China’s Tianjin Airlines has signed a final agreement with Embraer for 22 aircraft, comprising 20 E-195s and two E-190 E2s.
May 19, 2015
Guernsey-based lessor DP Aircraft I has confirmed plans to acquire a pair of Boeing 787-8s that are currently owned by AerCap and leased to Thai Airways.
May 18, 2015
African low-cost carrier Fastjet will to add “a number” of aircraft to its fleet this year, starting with an initial Airbus A319 on lease from ICBC International Leasing Co.
May 18, 2015
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating a computer security expert who claimed he has hacked into inflight entertainment (IFE) systems during domestic flights aboard US airlines.
May 18, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat said its Global Xpress (GX) satellite Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3)—which was scheduled to deploy at the end of the second quarter—will be delayed, following the failure of the preceding Proton Breeze M launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on May 16.
May 15, 2015
Air Serbia will retire its existing fleet of ATR turboprops, and will decide on a replacement within the next two to three years, CEO Dane Kondić said.
May 15, 2015
Philippine Airlines (PAL) is considering either Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 aircraft to replace its aging A340 fleet.
May 15, 2015
With respect to the tragic end of the R-101 there seems little that can be added to what has already appeared in print. An air crash that results in complete loss by fire usually remains somewhat of a mystery as regards the cause or causes of the crash.