Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 29, 2016
Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of the first of 14 Airbus A350 XWBs on June 28, making it Africa’s first operator of the type.
Jun 29, 2016
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 aircraft, opening a new chapter for the East African carrier, which also becomes the first African A350 XWB operator. The airline’s first aircraft, on lease from AerCap, arrived in Addis Ababa on June 29th, 2016.
Jun 28, 2016
Embraer has cut metal for its first E175-E2 prototype at its Evora plant in Portugal, producing a wing stud for the third and smallest member of its second generation E-Jet family.
Jun 28, 2016
French air accident investigation agency BEA has repaired the damaged flight data recorder from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Oct 13, 2020
China Southern Airlines is issuing CNY16 billion ($2.3 billion) in convertible bonds, primarily to purchase 11 Airbus A320neo series aircraft.
Oct 12, 2020
Ask the Editors: New training protocol for 737 MAX pilots have yet to be finalized, but a Sept. 30 demo is a good idea of what’s to come.
Oct 12, 2020
The new variant takes the Airbus A330-900's maximum take-off weight (MTOW) to 251 tonnes, a nine-tonne increase on the previous 242-tonne figure.
Oct 12, 2020
The startup describes the flight from Camarillo to Hayward in California as “the longest flight to date for any commercially relevant aircraft employing electric propulsion.”
Oct 12, 2020
HAPSMobile flies high; Islander automated; multifuel UAV engines; NASA’s X-59 slips; Russia targets quiet supersonics; fresh fruit by autonomous aircraft.
Oct 12, 2020
Fleet upheavals caused by the coronavirus pandemic may have an impact on the feedstock available for conversion.
Oct 09, 2020
Airbus booked no new orders in September and lost three commitments for A220-300s from Macquarie Financial Holdings while delivering 57 aircraft, the…
Oct 09, 2020
Boeing’s Charleston, South Carolina facility, tabbed to be the lone Boeing 787 final assembly site starting in mid-2021, has been splitting…