Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 21, 2015
Mexican low-cost carrier (LCC) Volaris has received its first two Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be its first A321s to operate in Mexico.
May 20, 2015
Ruili Airlines has ordered 60 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in conjunction with AVIC International Leasing Co. and Minsheng Financial Leasing Co., as part of its domestic expansion plans.
May 20, 2015
Airbus has begun final assembly of the first A350-900 for Singapore Airlines at its facilities in Toulouse, France.
May 19, 2015
The CFM International (CFMI) LEAP-1A-powered Airbus A320neo achieved first flight in France.
Aug 15, 2019
FAA has granted a waiver to a team headed by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) to fly small drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) of an operator using an onboard detect-and-avoid system.
Aug 15, 2019
Production of the Dornier’s 328 turboprop regional airliner looks set to restart back in Germany.
Aug 15, 2019
An Airbus A321 operated by Russia’s Ural Airlines was forced to land in a cornfield Aug. 15 after its CFM-56 engines ingested a flock of sea gulls shortly after takeoff from Moscow’s Zhukovsky International Airport.
Aug 15, 2019
Boeing has confirmed it is sliding the 777-8 development program back after hitting major delays to the 777-9 flight test and certification campaign.
Aug 14, 2019
Embraer posted 2019 second-quarter net profit of $7.2 million, reversed from a $131.4 million loss in the 2018 2Q.
Aug 14, 2019
The entity that will be the rest of Embraer is on course to become a separate operational unit once Boeing takes over the Brazilian OEM’s commercial aircraft business by the end of the year, company leaders said Aug. 14.
Aug 14, 2019
Taiwan’s Far Eastern Air Transport (FAT) is considering its future narrowbody fleet as it phases out all its aging MD-82s over the next three years.
Aug 14, 2019
The Commercial Drone Alliance (CDA) is calling on the FAA and White House to speed the development of regulations allowing the commercial use of large unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs).