Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 27, 2012
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC), which received its European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) type certificate A-176 Friday, will deliver 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100s to customers in Southeast Asia and Latin America in the second half of this year, SCAC president Vladimir Prisyazhnyuk said.
Feb 27, 2012
Estonian Air (OV) has ordered three E-175s and one E-190 as it transitions to a fleet of Embraer E-Jets. Delivery is scheduled for the second half of 2014.
Feb 27, 2012
New Accra-based regional Starbow (S9) has acquired two additional BAe 146s for its regional and domestic routes, Falko Regional Aircraft announced.
Feb 21, 2012
A Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engine, the powerplant for the new Airbus A350, made its first flight on an A380 test aircraft in Toulouse, France. The aircraft flew with one of its four Trent 900 engines replaced by the Trent XWB.
Feb 21, 2012
Pakistan International Airlines (PK) signed a firm order for five Boeing 777-300ERs, plus five options, in deal valued at nearly $1.5 billion at list prices, Boeing said.
Jan 17, 2017
Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder (FDR) of the ACT Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighter that crashed near Manas airport, the Kyrgyzstan government said in a statement.
Jan 17, 2017
Australia, China and Malaysia have officially announced the end of the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which crashed in March 2014.
Jan 17, 2017
After years restricted by Western sanctions, Iran Air is looking to finally expand its fleet, and Airbus is the first beneficiary.
Jan 16, 2017
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has reached “in principle” a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that will see the company paying financial penalties amounting to £671 million ($809 million).
Jan 16, 2017
Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe has been named as the previously undisclosed customer for three firm Embraer E190-E2s in a deal valued at $873 million at list prices if purchase rights on a further 12 E2 family aircraft are firmed.
Jan 16, 2017
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has ordered 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and taken purchase rights on a further 40. At list prices, the order is worth $8.6 billion.
Jan 16, 2017
All four crew members and dozens of people on the ground were killed when a Turkish Boeing 747-400 freighter crashed into a village near Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan early morning Jan. 16 local time.
Jan 16, 2017
Embraer CEO aims to grow MRO to a quarter of the company’s business as it targets Asia with the E2.