Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 04, 2014
Chile-based LAN Airlines, a member of LATAM Airlines Group, received its first of 48 Airbus A321 aircraft, which it will operate on routes in Chile.
Dec 03, 2014
US lessor CIT Group has firmed up its order for 15 Airbus A330-900neos and five A321ceos.
Dec 03, 2014
Finnair has firmed up eight additional Rolls-Royce powered Airbus A350-900s, increasing its commitment for the new twinjet to a total of 19 aircraft.
Dec 03, 2014
Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator 787 has completed its first flight using a blend of 15% green diesel and 85% petroleum jet fuel in the left engine.
Dec 02, 2014
The fire aboard a parked Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787-8 in January 2013 occurred because of “shortcomings” in designing and certifying the lithium ion batteries installed on the aircraft, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined.
Apr 09, 2019
The European Union (EU) plans to retaliate against the US—in the long-standing dispute over state support of aircraft development—in front of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Apr 09, 2019
Boeing is confident that its move to cut 737 production nearly 20% later this month will have minimal effect on delivery schedules for the non-MAX aircraft still being made, including the remaining 737NGs headed for airlines.
Apr 08, 2019
Boeing said pilot feedback on the proposed software changes to the 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law is positive.
Apr 08, 2019
American Airlines is extending the flight cancellations caused by the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet through June 5.
Apr 08, 2019
Airbus secured a second firm order for Airbus A330-800s after Uganda Airlines firmed up an earlier MOU for two of the type.
Apr 05, 2019
Boeing announced late April 5 it will slow 737 MAX production from 52 to 42 aircraft a month by mid-April, indicating that the type’s grounding and delivery halt will last longer than initially expected.
Apr 05, 2019
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)—which had planned to take delivery of three Boeing 737 MAX 8s beginning in mid-April—will adjust its summer schedule as deliveries of the type are postponed until the US manufacturer’s flight-control software upgrade is certified and the grounding is lifted.