Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 04, 2014
Avianca said it has “taken the preventive decision to temporarily ground” its fleet of four Fokker 50 turboprops.
Feb 04, 2014
Middle East lessor Palma Holding has firmed up an order for four Bombardier Q400s and four options, finalizing a letter of intent that was inked at the Dubai Air Show in November.
Feb 04, 2014
Boeing this week will begin assembling the first 737NG to be built at the increased production rate of 42 aircraft per month.
Feb 04, 2014
Singapore Airlines regional affiliate SilkAir has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-800, marking the start of the carrier’s transition to an all-Boeing fleet.
Jun 19, 2018
Ethiopian Airlines may announce a Bombardier CSeries or Embraer E2 order at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show, as well as a follow-on deal for Boeing 787s, according to Ethiopian CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
Jun 19, 2018
Korean Air is on track to increase its Bombardier CSeries fleet to 10 aircraft this year, and is preparing to debut the type on short-haul international routes.
Jun 18, 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Group is considering options to replace three Saab A340B turboprops at its Hokkaido Air System regional subsidiary.
Jun 18, 2018
Faced with size constraints at its production facilities, Airbus rethinks the way it manufacturers aircraft.
Jun 15, 2018
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has grounded the C919 flight-test aircraft for modifications, costing about three months in the flight-testing schedule.
Jun 15, 2018
Airbus has inaugurated the fourth Hamburg A320 Family production line. Making use of digital technologies and a more flexible industrial set-up, the state-of-the-art line is a key enabler for ramping up the single-aisle program to 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann was on-site at the Airbus factory in Hamburg Finkenwerder
Jun 15, 2018
Swiss regional SkyWork Airlines plans to add a sixth Saab 2000 turboprop to its fleet, which will be used on the carrier’s regional network from its Berne home base.
Jun 15, 2018
UK LCC easyJet plans to take delivery of the first of the Airbus A321neos it has on order at the Farnborough Air Show in July, easyJet France director Francois Bacchetta said at a June 14 media briefing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.