Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 20, 2016
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has opened its subsidiary aircraft seating manufacturing facility in Titusville, Florida.
Sep 20, 2016
Portuguese carrier Azores Airlines will lease six new Airbus A321neos—including four A321LR long-range versions—from US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
Sep 20, 2016
Air France will begin operations with new Boeing 787-9s on Jan. 9, 2017, with a service from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the airline announced Sept. 20.
Sep 20, 2016
Morocco’s national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) inaugurated 3X-weekly nonstop Boeing 787 between Washington Dulles International Airport and Casablanca on Sept. 8, signaling growing commercial ties between the US and Morocco. Until now, passengers traveling between Washington and Morocco had to fly through New York—RAM’s first US destination, or catch a different connecting flight abroad.
Sep 19, 2016
Pratt & Whitney is taking twice as long to build geared turbofan (GTF) engine fan blades as would be ideal, which is the primary cause of GTF delivery delays, the CEO of Pratt’s parent company said.
Jan 27, 2021
Gone are the corporate venture capital investments, let alone the company yacht and the all-you-can drink press junkets.
Jan 27, 2021
Boeing has pushed back first deliveries of the 777X by an additional year to the end of 2023 after disclosing the need for a late flight control system-related modification driven by stiffer certification requirements in the wake of the 737 MAX experience.
Jan 27, 2021
Boeing’s stepped-up post-production quality inspections and related re-work will keep 787 deliveries from re-starting until at least February.
Jan 27, 2021
EASA has become the latest regulator to lift the flight ban of the Boeing 737 MAX, issuing a corresponding airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 27.
Jan 26, 2021
Terrafugia said Jan. 26 that it has obtained an airworthiness certificate from the FAA for its “Transition” roadable aircraft.
Jan 26, 2021
General Electric (GE) and Raytheon Technologies are bracing for a challenging first half of 2021 in their normally lucrative and increasingly important commercial aftermarket businesses.
Jan 26, 2021
Rolls-Royce has cut its forecast for widebody engine flying hours in 2021 by 21% after the widespread tightening of international travel restrictions worldwide to curb the spread of new coronavirus variants.
Jan 26, 2021
Flydubai is expanding its operations in Europe, adding Malta and Salzburg to its network, as well as resuming flights to the Italian cities of Catania and Naples.