Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 24, 2013
Boeing remains “highly confident” in the 787 in the aftermath of the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner fire at London Heathrow Airport, according to the company’s CEO.
Jul 24, 2013
Bombardier has delayed CSeries first flight again, acknowledging it won’t occur by the end of July as stated last month.
Jul 24, 2013
KLM Cityhopper has struck a deal to take six Embraer E-190s on operating lease from BOC Aviation to replace its aging Fokker 70s.
Jul 24, 2013
Boeing reported a second-quarter net profit of $1.09 billion, up 12.5% over net income of $967 million in the June 2012 quarter, boosted by a 15% year-over-year revenue improvement in its Commercial Airplanes unit.
Jul 23, 2013
Boeing has completed firm configuration of the 737 MAX 8, marking completion of studies that define the capabilities of the 737 MAX family.
Jan 12, 2018
The FAA’s national drone registry has surpassed 1 million recreational and commercial small unmanned aircraft users, US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said.
Jan 11, 2018
China’s Hainan Airline Holding Co. and CFM International have signed an MOU for the purchase of LEAP-1A engines to power 55 Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Jan 11, 2018
AirAsia achieved its goal of adding 22 more aircraft to its fleet by Dec. 31, 2017 as the multinational LCC group ramps up its growth.
Jan 10, 2018
Boeing HorizonX, which the manufacturer set up to pursue potentially disruptive ideas inside as well as outside the company, has flown a prototype electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) unmanned cargo aircraft.
Jan 10, 2018
Airbus plans to ramp up A320 family production rates at its Final Assembly Line Asia (FALA) in Tianjin, China beginning in 2019, according to a framework agreement signed by Airbus and its Chinese partners Jan. 9.
Jan 10, 2018
Garuda Indonesia has achieved its aim of deferring the arrival of its remaining Boeing 737 MAX orders, with the next deliveries now scheduled for 2020.
Jan 10, 2018
As Airbus takes control of the Bombardier C Series, there is no clarity about the manufacturer’s next moves.
Jan 10, 2018
Aviation Week predicts that the global engine MRO market will increase in value by nearly one-third during the next decade, with strong demand anticipated from the Asia-Pacific region.