Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 02, 2015
Malaysia’s transport minister told media Sunday that a piece of debris found on Reunion Island last week is from a Boeing 777. The statement raises confidence that this may be the first piece of wreckage to be recovered from flight MH370 which vanished last year.
Aug 02, 2015
A second piece of wreckage, possibly an aircraft door, has been found on Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean, the BBC reported Sunday, Aug. 2. The discovery follows that of a large piece of debris found last week on the island and which is believed to be a wing flap from a large airliner.
Jul 31, 2015
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling, plans to convert up to five Airbus A330-200 and eight A350-900 options into orders for Iberia as well as open new long-haul routes.
Jul 31, 2015
Airbus Group reported first-half net income of €1.52 billion ($1.69 billion), up 34% compared to a net income of €1.14 billion in the year-ago period.
Nov 07, 2019
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has withdrawn three of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft from service after the discovery of cracks located between the aircraft’s fuselage and wing.
Nov 06, 2019
Rolls-Royce will lead development of a hybrid-electric flight demonstrator with funding from the German state of Brandenburg. The distributed-propulsion testbed will be based on the i-5 aircraft designed by APUS, an aviation engineering company based in Strausberg.
Nov 06, 2019
Airbus is expanding its industrial presence in China by adding A350 completion work at its Tianjin plant.
Nov 05, 2019
French aerospace firm Safran’s board has chosen the CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines, Oliver Andries, to be group CEO from January 2021.
Nov 05, 2019
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s testimony last week before a US House panel raised “a litany of new questions” about the development of the 737 MAX, two top committee members said in a letter to House lawmakers.
Nov 05, 2019
Air France-KLM has detailed plans to simplify its fleet and hopes to decide between Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s to replace its A380s in the coming weeks as the company sets out a new long-term strategy to better compete in a tough European operating environment.
Nov 05, 2019
Future UltraFan variants could incorporate starter generators as part of more-electric push.
Nov 04, 2019
Aerostructures supplier Triumph Group is to cooperate with Embraer to demonstrate a thermoplastic primary structure in flight.