Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Feb 14, 2017
Rolls-Royce Holdings reported £915 million ($1.1 billion) in underlying profit before finance charges and tax for the full-year 2016, down 45% year-over-year, on underlying revenues of £13.8 billion, down 2%.
Feb 14, 2017
Boeing plans to roll out the first 787-10, the third and largest variant of the 787, Feb. 17 at its manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Feb 14, 2017
Korean Air reported a consolidated net loss of KRW642 billion ($565 million) in the fourth quarter of 2016, reversed from a profit of KRW132 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Feb 14, 2017
Norwegian regional airline Widerøe will become the first airline to operate the Embraer E190-E2, when it receives its initial aircraft in the first half of 2018.
Feb 13, 2017
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is the Official Airline of the FIS Alpine Ski World Championships 2017 in St. Moritz and normally operates its Bombardier CS100 aircraft on scheduled flights throughout Europe. The aircraft, which is not built to fly in airshows, delivered three stunning flight displays accompanied by the Patrouille Suisse, the Swiss Air Force’s air display team, above the ski mountain resort of St. Moritz. ATW Correspondent Kurt Hofmann was exclusively invited to join an unusual trip for an civil airliner aircraft and its pilots.
Jun 17, 2021
Rolls-Royce says it will make its all of its civil aircraft engines compatible with sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) as part of its roadmap for decarbonizing aerospace.
Jun 17, 2021
Qantas is expanding its agreement with Australia’s Alliance Airlines to increase the amount of regional jet capacity provided by Alliance.
Jun 16, 2021
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has joined forces with the country’s commercial aviation industry to pursue joint research and development of supersonic aircraft technology with the goal of securing a role on a future international program.
Jun 16, 2021
Pratt senior fellow Michael Winter says there is potential for mega-cities to produce sustainable aviation fuels from garbage and waste using Fischer-Tropsch plants.
Jun 15, 2021
GE Aviation and Safran want to widen the field of possibilities as they have to meet the needs of two competing airframers—something CFM has consistently managed to do with one family of engines and customized versions.
Jun 15, 2021
Airbus is making progress toward A321XLR flight tests in 2022 and is confident about the certification process.
Jun 15, 2021
KAI said its next-generation transport aircraft could be developed by 2031 with maritime patrol and civilian airliner derivatives following later in the decade.
Jun 15, 2021
The manufacturer aims to prepare for the next generation of aircraft, planned to be introduced by 2035.