Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 29, 2014
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9, becoming the first airline to operate both the 787-8 and 787-9 variants of the Dreamliner family when the airline launches 787-9 services on domestic Japanese routes in August.
Jul 29, 2014
Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC)—which has 32 Bombardier CS300s, plus 10 options, on order—has agreed to postpone delivery from November 2015 to April 2016.
Jul 29, 2014
The Airbus A350-900 developmental aircraft MSN005 visited Lufthansa’s Frankfurt hub on July 25-26, as part of a three-week global route proving tour.
Jul 24, 2014
Turkish Airlines is in the final stages of evaluating an order for either the Airbus A380-800 or Boeing 747-8I, the carrier has confirmed, saying an order is likely to come before the end of the year.
Jul 24, 2014
Guy Hachey, who led Bombardier’s aircraft businesses for the past six years and was a guiding force behind the new CSeries passenger jet, is leaving the company as part of a corporate overhaul.
Dec 11, 2018
Russia’s Superjet 100 is no longer part of the Sukhoi product line as parent company United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) rearranges its structure to separate its commercial and military aircraft manufacturing assets.
Dec 11, 2018
Safran becomes more confident about Leap production ramp-up, cost-cutting plan.
Dec 10, 2018
A Brazilian appeals court has reversed a lower court’s provisional decision that would have prevented Embraer and Boeing from finalizing terms of their proposed joint venture (JV).
Dec 10, 2018
Bombardier expects its commercial aircraft unit to become profitable in 2020 relying solely on CRJ production after the sale of the Q400 program next year.
Dec 10, 2018
AirAsia X is still considering whether to switch a tentative order for 34 Airbus A330neos to the longer-range (LR) version of the A321neo.
Dec 07, 2018
Embraer and Brazil’s government plan to challenge a Brazilian court order that prevents the company and Boeing from finalizing their proposed commercial-aircraft joint venture (JV) before the country’s new administration is in power.
Dec 07, 2018
Investing in regional aviation is the key to building sustainable airlines.
Dec 07, 2018
Aegean Airlines has selected the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine for up to 62 Airbus A320neo family aircraft.