Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 14, 2015
Braathens Aviation has firmed-up four ATR 72-600 options from an order originally placed at the June 2015 Paris Air Show.
Dec 11, 2015
Icelandic ACMI specialist Air Atlanta has acquired two Boeing 747-400s from Air France, which is in the final stages of retiring the type after four decades of service.
Dec 11, 2015
Low-cost carrier Norwegian has retired its final Boeing 737-300. Its single-aisle fleet is now comprised entirely of the newer -800 model.
Dec 11, 2015
Ethiopian Airlines—which is one of the first Boeing 787-8 operators—has ordered two Boeing 787-9s for delivery in 2017, CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told ATW.
Mar 17, 2020
Aviation regulators and governments must exempt cargo airline flight deck personnel from increasingly tight travel restrictions if vital supplies are not to dry up in the global health crisis, IATA and the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) contend.
Mar 17, 2020
Industry insiders and analysts are increasingly forecasting a 20% or greater falloff in commercial aftermarket revenue this year for manufacturers and other aerospace and defense companies with stakes in the business due to the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis and the collapse in Western air travel.
Mar 17, 2020
As a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Airbus has decided to “temporarily pause production” at its French and Spanish sites for four days, starting Mar. 17.
Mar 17, 2020
Boeing said late March 16 that Heidi Capozzi, senior vice president of human resources, is leaving in early April “to pursue another opportunity.”
Mar 17, 2020
NASA looks to industry power train demonstrators to advance electrified aircraft propulsion.
Mar 17, 2020
American Airlines, ACSS and the FAA are collecting data on the operational value of flights using ADS-B In.
Mar 16, 2020
Safran powers VoltAero; scaling quantum computers; automating dogfighting; eVTOL in Norway; safer batteries; drone delivery bases.
Mar 13, 2020
NASA is formulating a new, “multi-tech” strategy to pave the way towards a possible next-generation, subsonic, electrified X-plane