Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 06, 2016
Mexican low-cost carrier VivaAerobus has taken delivery of the first of 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft, part of an order for 52 A320 family aircraft the airline placed in October 2013.
Oct 06, 2016
Turkish regional Borajet Airlines is to take three Embraer E190-E2s and two E195-E2s on long-term lease from Irish lessor AerCap.
Oct 05, 2016
Taiwan's EVA Air will celebrate its 25th anniversary of flights from Taiwan to Europe in November 2016. Vienna was the Taipai-based carrier's first destination. The Boeing 777-300ER has replaced the Airbus A330-200 on the Vienna-Bangkok-Taipeh route from Oct. 4. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann was invited onboard the 777-300ER in Vienna.
Oct 05, 2016
The Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 has rolled out of the airbus paint shop in Toulouse.
Oct 05, 2016
Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has confirmed it is in talks with launch customer All Nippon Airways (ANA) over a further technical delay, although it insists no decision has been made.
Feb 09, 2021
German researchers are flight-testing a satellite-based landing system for commercial aircraft that uses signals from a space-based augmentation system, potentially reducing the cost of providing precision approach capability at smaller airports.
Feb 09, 2021
British Airways is to invest in a sustainable aviation fuel plant to be built in the U.S. and anticipates receiving 7,500 metric tonnes a year of low-carbon jet fuel from the facility beginning at the end of 2022.
Feb 09, 2021
Two projects have been announced in the Netherlands with the goal of producing carbon-neutral synthetic jet fuel using renewable energy.
Feb 09, 2021
Icelandair will be ready to reintroduce its six Boeing 737 MAX once extensive updates and pilot training are completed.
Feb 09, 2021
NASA is transitioning long-running hypersonic technology studies increasingly toward potential commercial applications and has awarded two new contracts supporting high speed design and propulsion work to Aerion Supersonic and GE Aviation respectively.
Feb 09, 2021
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reached agreements with Airbus and Boeing to defer the delivery of more than 130 aircraft in its order book past the contracted timeframe and some beyond the immediate five years.
Feb 09, 2021
To meet rising demand for converted freighters, the Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has announced it will open a third line for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou, China facility.
Feb 09, 2021
Delivering comfort in what was once thought of as a niche segment, crossover narrowbody jets such as the Airbus A220 family and the first and second…