Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 22, 2015
Finnair will take delivery of its first A350-900 on Oct. 7.
Sep 21, 2015
Lufthansa will offer high-speed Internet access on its short- and medium-haul European flights from early summer 2016.
Sep 21, 2015
Ireland’s FLY Leasing is selling 12 older aircraft from its portfolio for $240 million as the company continues its fleet renewal strategy.
Sep 21, 2015
SAS Scandinavian Airlines has become the first European carrier to deploy the 242-tonne maximum weight Airbus A330-300 Enhanced.
Sep 18, 2015
UK regional Flybe introduced its first ATR 72-600 series aircraft into its fleet, on lease from Avation PLC.
Dec 12, 2019
GENEVA—New forecasts from IATA show air cargo volumes staging a modest recovery in 2020 after slumping in 2019, boosted by predictions of a truce in…
Dec 11, 2019
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for 10 additional Airbus A350-900s, which will replace the A380s scheduled to leave the fleet by 2022.
Dec 11, 2019
British jet engine maker Rolls-Royce said Bradley Singer, the chief operating officer of activist investor ValueAct Capital and Rolls-Royce’s largest shareholder, left the board of directors Dec. 9.
Dec 11, 2019
Vietnam startup Bamboo Airways has received its first Boeing 787-9 at the US manufacturer’s South Carolina delivery center Dec. 9.
Dec 10, 2019
Boeing says formation flight tests conducted with FedEx Express using two 777F freighters confirm the potential for reducing fuel consumption by up to 10% by flying in the wingtip vortex of the lead aircraft.
Dec 10, 2019
Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Technologies (ATI) and GE Aviation have reached agreement on several new long-term contracts worth a total of around $2.5 billion to ATI for the supply of iso-thermal and hot-die forgings used in the manufacture of commercial jet engines, the companies announced Dec. 10.
Dec 10, 2019
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has transferred the fifth prototype in the C919 narrowbody flight-test program to Nanchang, China, six weeks after the aircraft’s first flight.
Dec 10, 2019
Congo Airways signed a firm order with Embraer for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for a further two. The deal has a total value of $94.4 million at current list prices with all purchase rights exercised.