Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 22, 2019
In the most visible personnel move yet during the 737 MAX crisis, Boeing named longtime executive Stan Deal to take over its Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA) unit, removing Kevin McAllister and turning the reins of the company’s largest business over to a seasoned leader with significant supply-chain and customer-support experience.
Oct 22, 2019
FAA administrator Stephen Dickson said mistakes made during the development of the Boeing 737 MAX highlight the need for a “more integrated approach to human factors” during the aircraft design process.
Oct 22, 2019
Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) has completed the transition of its widebody fleet from Airbus A340s to Boeing 787-9s, and the carrier anticipates significant operational benefits from the switch.
Oct 22, 2019
Electric aircraft developer Ampaire is studying the feasibility of modifying the de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter to hybrid-electric propulsion under a NASA contract.
Oct 22, 2019
The UK is looking to form a mobile national counter-drone capability to respond to “challenging drone security incidents” such as the shutdown of London’s Gatwick Airport around the 2018 Christmas holiday.
Aug 29, 2023
Teams led by Boeing, GE, Northrop Grumman and RTX are among those to receive funding to develop tools to mitigate contrail-related climate forcing.
Aug 29, 2023
Safran and local institutional partners have laid the first stone for their new compressor blade manufacturing facility in Marchin, Belgium.
Aug 28, 2023
Folding wingtips will finally enter commercial service in 2025 with the long-anticipated debut of the 777-9.
Aug 28, 2023
AviLease will acquire a portfolio of 100 narrowbody aircraft and become a servicer for another 22 aircraft, increasing the size of its overall fleet to 167.
Aug 28, 2023
Chinese operators had almost 100 737 MAXs in their fleets when the variant was grounded in March 2019 following two fatal accidents.
Aug 28, 2023
The organization’s new study offers a detailed comparison between alternative sustainable power configurations for an Airbus A380-like airliner.
Aug 25, 2023
The exact number and breakdown of affected engines in the global fleet has not been previously reported.
Aug 25, 2023
As Russia pulls out of the CR929 and Airbus and Boeing sit on their hands, JetZero is showing that its radical new concept just might be for real.