Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 17, 2007
US Airways "hopes" to make its long-awaited long-haul fleet decision "in the next few weeks," Senior VP-Planning Andrew Nocella told ATWOnline at this week's Star Alliance event in Copenhagen, which would allow the carrier to announce its order for around 20 aircraft at next month's Paris Air Show.
May 17, 2007
World Airways will operate three MD-11 freighters on New York JFK-Europe routes for Lufthansa Cargo over an 18-month period from July 1 under terms of an expanded contract between the carriers announced yesterday. World currently operates two MD-11Fs for LHC as part of a contract set to expire in October. The new accord supersedes that pact.
May 17, 2007
Airbus confirmed yesterday that it will ramp up A320 family aircraft production to 40 per month by the end of 2009, as previously reported by this website (ATWOnline, April 30).
May 17, 2007
HNA Group, parent of Hainan Airlines, revealed that it is preparing to launch an aircraft leasing company with AVIC II, with which it reached a strategic partnership agreement (ATWOnline, May 4). HNA noted that leasing is a "promising business" in China as few domestic companies have a foothold in the field.
May 17, 2007
Lufthansa confirmed its order for 15 CRJ900s, valued at $584 million, plus 15 purchase rights. It announced its commitment last month (ATWOnline, April 18). The order increases to 109 the number of firm orders placed by LH and its regional partners for CRJs and brings to 196 the total number of CRJ900s sold, including a firm order placed last week by Tatarstan Airlines for six plus four options.
Mar 07, 2014
Rolls-Royce will expand its aerospace research and technology capabilities in Dahlewitz, Germany, as it builds a new testbed for power gearboxes for next-generation aircraft powerplants.
Mar 06, 2014
Boeing and Hainan Airlines announced a five-year pilot training agreement to support Hainan’s recent introduction of the 787 to its fleet.
Mar 05, 2014
Russia’s UTair has taken delivery of first Airbus A321 equipped with sharklets.
Mar 04, 2014
Rolls-Royce is researching the potential of permanently installing extremely small cameras in its engines and, separately, using a laser probe to perform minor repairs.
Mar 04, 2014
Bombardier has signed a deal for 10 Dash 8 Q400 aircraft with the Kazakhstan government to help set up regional airline Air Kazakhstan, which is scheduled to start services in early 2015.
Mar 04, 2014
Kenya Airways will take delivery of its first Boeing 787 on April 4, marking the first of six of the type to join its fleet in 2014.
Mar 04, 2014
Rolls-Royce laser ablation development trial on a Trent XWB engine.
Feb 28, 2014
China Eastern Airlines has ordered 70 Airbus A320neo aircraft, making the Shanghai-based carrier the first Chinese airline to order the type.