Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 13, 2012
Dubai-based Emirates Airline (EK) is experiencing “enormous” operations problems and has lost nearly $100 million from necessary modifications to repair wing rib cracks on its in-service Airbus A380s.
Jun 13, 2012
Air Lease Corp. has acquired one 2009 Boeing 777-300ER, which it will lease through 2022 to Cathay Pacific Airways, a new customer for ALC.
Jun 12, 2012
Etihad Airways (EY) placed an order with Airbus to equip 17 A320s on order with 2.5 m-tall sharklets.
Jun 11, 2012
Precision Air (PW) has embarked on a $90 million fleet modernization program that includes the delivery of four new ATR 42-600s and one new ATR 72-600 during the next two years, beginning in September.
Jun 08, 2012
Recaro Aircraft Seating reported a FY2011 sales revenue of €304.3 million, up 6% from €288 million year-over-year. During the period the company said it set a new record of number of units delivered and produced more than 85,500 seats at its three production sites, up over the 70,000 produced in FY2010.
Mar 02, 2017
Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg praised US President Donald Trump at the US Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit in Washington DC March 2, describing him as “very much engaged with industry … [with] a great curiosity and a great affinity for airplanes and aerospace.”
Mar 02, 2017
Oman Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9.
Mar 02, 2017
Delta Air Lines said it will stop flying MD-88 aircraft on a scheduled basis at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, effective March 2.
Mar 02, 2017
Bombardier has years to go on its turnaround plan, but the Canadian manufacturer is far enough along to begin thinking of its next new aircraft, president and CEO Alain Bellemare said at the US Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Aviation Summit March 2.
Mar 02, 2017
The Airbus A350-1000, the larger variant of the A350 slated to seat 366 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, has undergone rigorous ground and flight tests in the extreme operating conditions of Iqaluit, Canada.
Mar 01, 2017
SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of the first of six Airbus A320/321neo family aircraft, which will be used to expand services to Asia and the Middle East.
Mar 01, 2017
Airbus is to seek shareholder approval for a formal name change during an annual general meeting (AGM) on April 12.
Mar 01, 2017
Malaysia Airlines Berhad has increased the number of used widebody aircraft it is seeking to add to its fleet to meet medium-term capacity needs.