Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 24, 2014
Colorado-based Frontier Airlines has placed its first Airbus A321 order, inking a deal for nine of the type to join its all-Airbus fleet.
Nov 24, 2014
Louis Chenevert, the architect of the biggest aerospace and defense (A&D) acquisition ever and a driving force behind Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan (GTF) engine, has stepped down as chairman and CEO of United Technologies Corp. (UTC).
Nov 24, 2014
Avianca Holdings plans to order more than 160 narrowbody aircraft by the end of the year, chairman Germán Efromovich told ATW in Abu Dhabi.
Nov 24, 2014
ATR has obtained European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for approach avionics developed for its ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600 aircraft.
Nov 24, 2014
Boeing has started final assembly of the 787-9 Dreamliner at its South Carolina facility.
Mar 28, 2019
Training provider CAE has signed a new five-year agreement with long-haul LCC AirAsia X to train pilots on the Airbus A330.
Mar 28, 2019
New Caledonia-based Aircalin plans to begin operating the Airbus A330neo in July, with two of the type set to join its fleet this year.
Mar 28, 2019
From the world’s largest airborne generator to personal air vehicles, Rolls-Royce outlines its vision and goals for electrical power and propulsion.
Mar 27, 2019
FAA retained oversight of the Boeing MAX’s new maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) early on in the aircraft's certification process, but later delegated it to Boeing once the agency was confident the company had the expertise to manage it, FAA acting administrator Dan Elwell told a Senate hearing March 27.
Mar 27, 2019
Key changes to the Boeing 737 MAX’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) will incorporate more redundancy into the aircraft’s much-scrutinized flight-control law and give pilots ultimate elevator authority by limiting the degree of nose-down stabilizer command the automated system can trigger.
Mar 27, 2019
Pilots of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 reported an emergency and returned to Orlando International Airport soon after takeoff March 26, the airline and FAA confirmed.
Mar 27, 2019
Despite a record-breaking year in terms of passenger numbers, Montenegro Airlines foresees another challenging year, president Nikola Vukićević said March 27.
Mar 27, 2019
Identification of in-service issues with the Boeing 737 MAX maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight control law follows a common pattern for newly certified products, and does not signal errors made during the system’s design and risk analysis, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell told a Senate panel March 27.