Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 28, 2015
Lufthansa Group will take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo towards the end of 2015 and not in early 2016 as previously anticipated, an airline spokesperson in Frankfurt has confirmed to ATW.
Aug 27, 2015
Russia`s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) will invest RUB19 billion ($282 million) into development of a relaunched version of the Ilyushin Il-114 regional airliner.
Aug 27, 2015
Plans to begin flying testbed flights of the Russian engine option for the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody jetliner have been pushed back a month or two, although no reason was given for the delay.
Aug 27, 2015
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines has signed an agreement to wet lease a Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to Sky Angkor Airlines of Cambodia.
Aug 27, 2015
Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia X is deferring or cutting deliveries of Airbus A330ceo widebodies as it looks to curb growth and strengthen its financial performance.
Nov 22, 2019
Investigators were not able to pinpoint the cause of four Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engine inlet cowling panel failures, but regulators and the manufacturer are confident that changes, including a new design and reduced in-service inspection intervals, have sufficiently mitigated risks.
Nov 22, 2019
International Airlines Group (IAG) carrier British Airways (BA) has confirmed it will receive its first Boeing 787-10 in January 2020, which will initially operate to Atlanta, Georgia in the US.
Nov 22, 2019
Emirates and Air Arabia have ordered more Airbus and Boeing airliners; Etihad is reducing its Boeing 787 buy.
Nov 22, 2019
New engines on existing aircraft is a tried-and-tested formula and could buy time for radical concepts to come as propulsion providers look for applications.
Nov 22, 2019
Certification could come in 2019, but service return will not be until well into next year.
Nov 21, 2019
AirAsia took delivery of its first A321neo from Airbus in Hamburg on Nov. 20.
Nov 21, 2019
As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.
Nov 21, 2019
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) and Honeywell are integrating analytics from the supplier’s components into the aftermarket specialist’s independent digital health management platform, giving LHT’s offering even more heft as a single-source aircraft predictive maintenance system.