Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 23, 2013
British Airways’ Airbus A380 will operate its first commercial long-haul service on Tuesday, debuting on the London Heathrow-Los Angeles route.
Sep 23, 2013
Exclusive AerData information on August aircraft deliveries by type and engines complete with registration and MSN number, with lessor information.
Sep 20, 2013
Boeing plans to expand its manufacturing site in Helena, Mont. by nearly 50%—a $35 million expansion of over 55,000 sq ft, boosting the Boeing Helena facility to a total of 167,099 sq ft.
Sep 19, 2013
Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce, former partners in the International Aero Engines (IAE) joint venture (JV), have pulled out of plans to form a new JV that would have developed engines for future narrowbody aircraft.
Sep 19, 2013
Lufthansa has announced a highly anticipated order for 34 Boeing 777-9Xs and 25 Airbus A350-900s, plus 30 options, to renew its future long-haul fleet.
Feb 18, 2018
An Aseman Airlines ATR 72 crashed in Iran in the early hours of Feb 18; there are no reports of survivors among the 66 people on board, but the wreckage is in difficult-to-access mountainous terrain.
Feb 17, 2018
UK company European Aviation (EA) has agreed to a deal with Etihad Airways to buy 10 of the Abu Dhabi airline’s recently retired Airbus A340s.
Feb 17, 2018
Airbus hopes to generate more sales for its A350-1000 among Asia-Pacific airlines as it continues a 12-country tour through the Middle East and Asia-Pacific with one of the test aircraft, partly to showcase the aircraft in potential markets. After taking the aircraft to the Singapore Air Show, Airbus took the -1000 to Auckland, Tokyo and Manila in mid-February.
Feb 17, 2018
Boeing’s price-dumping charges against Bombardier failed because the US International Trade Commission (ITC) could find no evidence that the US manufacture had lost orders or revenue in the two sales campaigns investigated, at Delta Air Lines and United Airlines.
Feb 17, 2018
Airbus is in the middle of advanced studies to raise single-aisle production to 70 aircraft per month, and is also looking at increasing output of the A350.
Feb 17, 2018
Rolls-Royce North America president and CEO Marion Blakey will leave her positions at the end of June, the company announced Feb. 15.
Feb 17, 2018
Hong Kong Express is expecting significant delays to the delivery of its remaining Airbus A320neo orders because of further problems with Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
Feb 17, 2018
Emirates has firmed the MOU agreed with Airbus in mid-January for 20 more A380s plus 16 further options.