Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 10, 2015
Icelandair Group has purchased three used Bombardier Q400s, which will be operated by its Air Iceland regional subsidiary and used to upgrade its fleet of five Fokker 50s.
Jul 09, 2015
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 aborted takeoff from Chicago Midway Airport late Wednesday after one of its engines appeared to spew fiery sparks as the aircraft was progressing down the runway.
Jul 09, 2015
Airberlin is continuing strict fleet capacity management as it undergoes long-term restructuring.
Jul 09, 2015
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has unveiled the new cabin layout and route network plans of its new Boeing 777-300ERs, which will begin arriving in January 2016 through 2018.
Oct 11, 2019
Raytheon and United Technologies shareowners “overwhelmingly” approved all proposals necessary to complete the merger of UTC’s aerospace businesses—Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney—with Raytheon, the companies announced Oct. 11.
Oct 11, 2019
A task force of global civil aviation regulators found gaps in the FAA’s certification process that contributed to insufficient reviews of the Boeing 737 MAX flight control system, and made recommendations aimed at ensuring the aircraft’s airworthiness and improving the agency’s product-approval requirements.
Oct 11, 2019
Narrowbody aircraft capable of long-haul flying will open substantial new market opportunities to LCCs, industry executives said at the CAPA Low-Cost Long-Haul Global Summit in Hamburg.
Oct 10, 2019
Air Astana is targeting international expansion when it receives all seven of its Airbus A321neoLRs, which are expected to take the Kazakhstan-based carrier to a new level, president and CEO Peter Foster told ATW.
Oct 10, 2019
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. hopes to sign up new customers for its SpaceJet aircraft family program by the end of the year, as it pushes ahead with type certification testing for the aircraft.
Oct 10, 2019
Britten-Norman’s Islander, widely used for short flights in remote areas, is set to get an electric-propulsion makeover.
Oct 09, 2019
Planned tariffs on aircraft imports to the US from Europe would apply to about 15% of the Airbus backlog, Aviation Week Fleet Data Services show.
Oct 09, 2019
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer expects the E175-E2 to take its first flight later this year with an entry into service for the latest member of its new generation E-Jets family expected at the end of 2021.