Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 07, 2018
Aeromexico’s fleet transformation hit two major milestones in late February with the delivery of its first Boeing 737 MAX and the retirement of its last 777, leaving the carrier with three basic fleet types.
Mar 06, 2018
Lufthansa is considering a follow-up order for more Airbus A350s now that the airline has seen the initial results of flying Airbus’ latest widebody.
Mar 06, 2018
Hawaiian Airlines announced March 6 it intends to purchase 10 Boeing 787-9s with options for 10 additional aircraft, a deal valued at $5.4 billion at current list prices if all purchase rights are exercised.
Mar 06, 2018
International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh has said price proposals that Airbus has put forward for follow-on Airbus A380 orders are “not worth wasting two seconds on.”
Mar 06, 2018
Investigators probing the Feb. 13 inflight shutdown of the No. 2 Pratt & Whitney PW4077 engine on United Airlines Boeing 777-200 heading to Honolulu have traced the issue to a fan-blade separation, a preliminary NTSB report revealed.
Jun 24, 2022
The OEM produced the T-7A in only three years, but challenges remain before the process can green-light its next all-new airliner.
Jun 24, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 23, 2022
Airbus and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde are broadening their cooperation agreement to study the logistics aspects of hydrogen use in aviation.
Jun 23, 2022
MTU Aero Engines says it has identified a Flying Fuel Cell (FFC) and Water Enhanced Turbofan (WET) as “favored” concepts for revolutionary reductions in emissions from aircraft propulsion systems.
Jun 22, 2022
Two initiatives have been unveiled in Europe and the UK to help advance the use of hydrogen to decarbonize aviation.
Jun 22, 2022
A Netherlands’ aerospace cluster plans to develop a hydrogen-electric propulsion system for retrofit to 40-80-seat regional turboprops as a path to securing a position on future Airbus and Embraer sustainable aircraft programs.
Jun 22, 2022
The development of the Sino-Russian CR929 widebody airliner may face further delays after the Russian participant in the program United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) was slapped with new Western sanctions in response to Moscow’s invasion to Ukraine.
Jun 22, 2022
Airbus is struggling with implementing big production increases, as is Boeing, which also faces uncertainty over 737 certifications.