Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 05, 2014
Airbus logged just one new commercial passenger aircraft order in October—two A320ceo aircraft for Singapore-based BOC Aviation, placed on Oct. 31—which effectively placed BOC among Airbus’ top 10 customers.
Nov 05, 2014
Virgin Atlantic’s is expected to place an order for at least seven aircraft within the next five to nine months to replace its London Gatwick-based Boeing 747s.
Nov 05, 2014
VietJetAir’s first Airbus A320 has completed its first flight in Toulouse, France, entering the final acceptance phase prior to delivery by the end of 2014.
Nov 05, 2014
GE Aviation has opened a new indoor jet engine test facility at its Peebles, Ohio site.
Nov 04, 2014
Rolls-Royce, trying to regain investors’ confidence in the face of its declining revenue performance, has unveiled a cost-reduction plan that will include 2,600 job cuts.
Mar 15, 2019
Garuda Indonesia and LCC Lion Air are reconsidering Boeing 737 MAX orders following the Ethiopian Airlines ET302 crash March 10 that killed 157 people soon after takeoff from Addis Ababa, and the worldwide grounding of the type.
Mar 15, 2019
Global Boeing 737 MAX family aircraft in service, and grounded, as of March 13, 2019
Mar 14, 2019
Embraer delivered 90 commercial aircraft last year, the manufacturer confirmed March 14, in line with what the company advised in January, but its financial results for 2018 and expectations over closing two Boeing mergers left analysts and investors underwhelmed.
Mar 14, 2019
The global grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is causing major operational headaches for many Asia-Pacific airlines, as they scramble to adjust their schedules to replace MAXs.
Mar 14, 2019
Boeing quietly debuted the 777-9, the first member of the 777X family, to employees at an event closed to the media at Everett, Washington, on March 13.
Mar 14, 2019
The official unveiling marks the prelude to an intense series of ground tests in the run-up to first flight.
Mar 13, 2019
The FAA, relying on refined satellite tracking data and new physical evidence that more closely links two crashes of Boeing 737 MAX 8s, grounded Boeing’s newest narrowbody March 13, with immediate effect.
Mar 13, 2019
Lufthansa has decided to retire a significant part of its Airbus A380 fleet as it invests in smaller widebodies.