Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 20, 2013
Teruaki Kawai became the new president and COO of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. earlier this year. He remarks at Le Bourget were his first public comments to international media. He is focused on achieving MRJ first flight by the end of 2013.
Jun 19, 2013
Boeing is bringing the 737 MAX’s entry into service date forward by six months and will equip the aircraft with an all-new technology cockpit with the same displays as those in the Boeing 787, the manufacturer announced Wednesday.
Jun 19, 2013
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair has finalized an order for 175 Boeing 737-800s.
Jun 19, 2013
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. detailed the flight test program for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ), including revealing that some of the flights will be conducted in the US.
Jun 19, 2013
US lessor CIT Aerospace placed a firm order for 30 Boeing 737 MAX-8s.
Nov 30, 2017
American Airlines indicated it is well on its way to resolving the pilot-staffing situation related to holiday season flights, saying it is down to just “a few hundred” unassigned flights.
Nov 30, 2017
The regulatory clearance gives ATR access to the Canadian market in the 68-78-seat turboprop sector, which is currently dominated by Montreal-based Bombardier’s Q400.
Nov 29, 2017
Memphis-based FedEx Corp. has signed on to be the launch customer for a brand new cargo aircraft, the Cessna SkyCourier 408 turboprop produced by Wichita, Kansas-based Textron Aviation.
Nov 29, 2017
Airbus has begun final assembly of the first A330-800, the second member of the A330neo family.
Nov 29, 2017
Austrian Airlines will phase out its final Fokker aircraft—an F100—in December, marking the end of the Lufthansa subsidiary’s Fokker operations.
Nov 29, 2017
South Africa’s CemAir has finalized an order for two new Bombardier Q400 turboprops, which was announced at the 2017 Paris Air Show.
Nov 29, 2017
Drone collisions with aircraft will cause more impact damage than a bird strike of equivalent size and speed, concludes a study conducted for the FAA.