Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 17, 2014
CFM International, the GE Aviation/Snecma joint venture, said it secured orders/commitments and service agreements for 1,062 engines at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 17, 2014
Air Seychelles has taken delivery of two new-build Twin Otters at the Farnborough Airshow, opting to keep its three older models—previously slated for replacement—in service.
Jul 17, 2014
Airbus has teamed up with British Airways, London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and UK air navigation services provider NATS to study and develop operational procedures to reduce the number of people affected by noise at the airport.
Jul 17, 2014
Qatar Airways has finalized an order for 50 Boeing 777-9Xs, valued at $18.9 billion at current list prices.
Jul 17, 2014
The Engine Alliance (EA), a General Electric-Pratt & Whitney joint venture, plans later this year to define a new set of performance upgrade packages to the Airbus A380’s GP7200 engine as Airbus continues to evaluate future propulsion options ranging from incremental improvements to re-engining.
Nov 27, 2018
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has revealed new details of its plans for its initial Airbus A380s, which will replace other aircraft types on existing Honolulu routes in stages from May 2019.
Nov 27, 2018
Distributed drive units should increase performance while enabling simpler, lighter, less costly systems.
Nov 26, 2018
TAP Air Portugal, launch operator of the Airbus A330neo, took delivery of its first aircraft, an A330-900, on Nov. 26. TAP plans to have three aircraft in service by year-end 2018. The new aircraft is scheduled to enter service between Lisbon and Sao Paolo, Brazil, in December.
Nov 26, 2018
Boeing continues to provide airlines more details on the MAX family’s stall-protection systems and carriers are sharing the information with their pilots, reiterating that even if elements of the systems are new, troubleshooting procedures have not changed.
Nov 26, 2018
Airbus delivered the first A330-900 to launch operator TAP Air Portugal Nov. 26, kicking off a major fleet replacement for the airline.
Nov 26, 2018
Airbus will give the market more concrete guidance on the proposed A321XLR in 2019, an aircraft Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury said can “change the industry.”
Nov 26, 2018
Caribbean Airlines is to replace its current fleet of 12 Boeing 737-800s with the same number of 737 MAX 8s.
Nov 26, 2018
Air France plans to reduce its 10-strong Airbus A380 fleet by returning at least two— and potentially all—of the five leased A380s the carrier operates.