Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 21, 2018
CFM International has named Sébastien Imbourg as EVP, replacing François Bastin who has been appointed EVP-commercial engine programs for Safran Aircraft Engines (SAE).
Feb 21, 2018
Long-haul LCC AirAsia X is targeting further fleet and network growth this year, supported by healthy improvement in the carrier’s financial performance.
Feb 20, 2018
Air France-KLM has started looking at how it could expand formerly loss-making Transavia France’s fleet beyond the 40 aircraft it is limited to by an agreement with labor unions. It hopes the subsidiary could help it stave off intensifying competition from other LCCs in the French market.
Feb 20, 2018
Airbus has delivered the first production A350-1000 to launch customer Qatar Airways on Feb. 20.
Feb 18, 2018
An Aseman Airlines ATR 72 crashed in Iran in the early hours of Feb 18; there are no reports of survivors among the 66 people on board, but the wreckage is in difficult-to-access mountainous terrain.
Jun 13, 2022
Airbus and Japan’s Kansai Airports have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at exploring the use of hydrogen fuel at Kansai International Airport, Osaka International Airport and Kobe Airport.
Jun 13, 2022
A trend that was already underway before the pandemic has been given a boost by COVID-19.
Jun 10, 2022
Global aviation can reach near-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it will require early, aggressive and sustained government intervention that triggers widespread investment in zero-carbon aircraft and fuels, concludes a report by the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
Jun 10, 2022
Spirit AeroSystems is delivering more Airbus A320 content than the manufacturer is currently using, helping build a buffer that will support steadily rising production rates.
Jun 10, 2022
Building on its involvement in a UK project that set a speed record for electric aircraft, energy storage specialist Electroflight has introduced a battery system designed to be available off the shelf for use in the early development of electric aircraft.
Jun 10, 2022
A prominent aircraft lessor explains why his company’s order book has swung so far in Airbus’ favor.
Jun 10, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Jun 09, 2022
“Several airframers in commercial aviation are ready to go ahead with single-pilot operations,” says a Toulouse-based professor in an aerospace engineering course. “And they are waiting for one another to go first.”