Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 30, 2014
Embraer posted a first-quarter net profit of $110 million, more than tripling net income of $30 million in the year-ago period, on a 13.8% year-over-year rise in revenue to $1.24 billion.
Apr 30, 2014
GECAS has around 1,620 aircraft, worth $46 billion, in its portfolio; that’s a greater value than the GDP of most countries.
Apr 30, 2014
As commercial aircraft lessors’ influence in the global airline market continues to rise, leasing companies are not being shy about telling Airbus and Boeing what they want and when they want it.
Apr 29, 2014
Russia’s UTair Airline will reconfigure its eight Boeing 767s into a 255-seat, two-class layout comprising 10 in business and 245 in economy.
Apr 28, 2014
Aerial searches for wreckage from the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 will be suspended while the undersea search area will be widened as part of a new phase of the hunt for flight MH370.
Sep 06, 2018
US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) administrator David Pekoske defended the effectiveness of TSA’s controversial ‘Quiet Skies’ surveillance program, calling it “critically important to our security” and telling lawmakers that it “does not take into account a traveler’s race or religion.”
Sep 06, 2018
A microburst likely was a major factor in the July 31 accident involving an Aeromexico Embraer E190 that went down as it was departing Durango, Mexico, with investigators reporting they have not found any mechanical anomalies or obvious errors made by the aircraft's pilots.
Sep 06, 2018
A newly emerging issue around increased engine vibrations is severely affecting utilization of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered Airbus A320neo in-service fleet and threatens to slow the airframer’s recovery from delivery delays, several industry sources told Aviation Week.
Sep 06, 2018
Norwegian intends to stick to its strategy to sell up to 140 aircraft, the airline wrote in an investor presentation Sept. 4, confirming plans for large-scale asset disposals.
Sep 05, 2018
The April 28, 1969, issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology carried a special photo report detailing the Boeing 747 assembly process.
Sep 04, 2018
Bombardier has gained a second customer for its 90-seat Q400, as the Canadian manufacturer revealed that China’s Industrial Bank Financial Leasing Co. (CIB Leasing) has converted half of its standing order for 10 CRJ900 jets to five of the recently certified 90-seat version of the Q400 turboprop.
Aug 31, 2018
A new report released by the Australian Transport Safety Board (ATSB) reveals an inflight diversion of an Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER on Oct. 14, 2017 caused by chafing and arcing of incorrectly installed wire bundles led Boeing to subsequently introduce new production-line inspections and issue maintenance recommendations to operators.
Aug 30, 2018
On Aug. 22, 2018 ATW 's Americas editor Mark Nensel flew on Embraer’s E190-E2 demonstration aircraft out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The Brazilian manufacturer secured firm orders and commitments for 46 E190-E2s at the Farnborough Air Show in July, an orderbook Embraer Commercial Aviation VP-Marketing Rodrigo Silva E Souza told ATW will be completely firmed by year-end.