Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Jul 11, 2016
Farnborough Airshow Briefs-July 11, 2016
Jul 11, 2016
Boeing has decided to add two more rows, or 12 seats, to the Boeing 737 MAX 7 compared with the 737-700, based on feedback from US-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Southwest Airlines and LCC Calgary-based Westjet.
Jul 11, 2016
Ivory Coast national carrier, Air Côte D’Ivoire, has signed a firm order for an additional Airbus A320neo to complete its fleet.
Jul 11, 2016
TAP Portugal has chosen the CFM International LEAP-1A engine to power its fleet of A320neo family aircraft.
Jul 11, 2016
Seoul-based Asiana Airlines has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power 25 Airbus A321neo aircraft.
Nov 05, 2020
Listen as Aviation Week editors Joseph Anselmo, Sean Broderick, and Jens Flottau discuss Aviation Week's analysis of proprietary aircraft operational data showing the precipitous fall in utilization for many aircraft workhorses.
Nov 05, 2020
Thai Airways has put a total of 34 aircraft up for sale, including all of its Boeing 747-400, 777-200 and 777-300, as the flag-carrier turns to more fuel-efficient aircraft for the handful of international flights it now operates.
Nov 05, 2020
The likely return of the 737 MAX is adding to what many fear will be overcapacity as airline recovery stalls.
Nov 04, 2020
With work reduced to documentation, it is not clear how the group is preserving corporate knowledge for a possible restart.
Nov 03, 2020
Portuguese wet-lease specialist Hi Fly has announced it is phasing out it’s single Airbus A380 at the end of the lease term later this year.
Nov 03, 2020
Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) will shift aerospace workers to other divisions for the duration of the downturn in demand for commercial airliners.
Nov 03, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) wants to move some employees from its suspended SpaceJet program to defense activities, as part of a wider intention to apply skills from the civil aeronautics business to the rest of the group.
Nov 02, 2020
Ask the Editors: Deciding whether to diversify away from the Boeing 737, Southwest must weigh the pros and cons of a dual fleet.