Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 02, 2008
Rockwell Collins was selected by Air Arabia to provide a package of communication, navigation and surveillance avionics for 59 forthcoming A320s. Package includes RC's WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System. Deliveries are scheduled from 2009 through 2013.
Oct 02, 2008
Pratt & Whitney Canada announced integration of its customer service and support center groups into one organization. Move aims to streamline point of contact through Web tools, advance parts availability and improve TATs.
Oct 02, 2008
More than 1,000 aircraft will leave the global airline fleet by the end of this year through either retirements or carrier failures, according to Ascend Director Eddy Pieniazek, who spoke yesterday in a webcast presented by the UK-based aviation consultancy and information services firm.
Oct 01, 2008
Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy said the manufacturer has agreed to sell 280 additional aircraft to Chinese airlines. He was in Tianjin earlier this week to mark the opening of the newest A320 Family Final Assembly Line (ATWOnline, Sept. 30). According to multiple news service reports, Leahy said as many as 160 of the new aircraft orders could be approved by Beijing and officially announced by year end. They will help Airbus tally about 850 total orders for 2008, he added.
Oct 01, 2008
CSA Czech Airlines received a new A319 yesterday, the last of the aircraft ordered by the airline in 2004.
May 15, 2015
Since we last published the box score a year ago, the record of the rigid airship has continued to improve. It is still true that there have been no disasters to ships of that type on the North Atlantic route. Eleven wholly successful crossings have been made. The flight on which the Graf Zeppelin had to turn back still constitutes the only departure from a perfect record.
May 14, 2015
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) will delay the maiden flight of 150-seat trunk liner C919 to 2016, an industry insider, who asked not to be identified, confirmed to ATW.
May 14, 2015
TUI Group has placed a firm order for a single Boeing 787-9, plus one option, and has switched two of its smaller 787-8s already on order for the larger variant.
May 14, 2015
UK charter broker Air Partner has acquired aircraft remarketing specialist Cabot Aviation for up to £1.2 million ($1.9 million).
May 14, 2015
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of the first of 52 Airbus A320 family aircraft.
May 13, 2015
Iran-based Mahan Air has added nine additional Airbus aircraft to its fleet as part of modernization plans, the carrier said in a statement.
May 13, 2015
Hainan Airlines and Air Lease Corp. (ALC) have inked a long-term lease agreement covering a pair of Boeing 787-9s.
May 13, 2015
The first Airbus A350-900 for Brazil’s TAM Airlines is in the Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Toulouse, France.