Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 14, 2012
Indonesian carrier Lion Air (JT) has firmed up its agreement with Boeing announced in November to buy 201 Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 737-900ERs in a $22.4 billion contract that is Boeing’s largest ever.
Feb 13, 2012
Hong Kong Airlines (HX) will launch all-premium class flights on the Hong Kong-London Gatwick route with Airbus A330-200s from March 7, becoming the first Chinese carrier to offer an all-premium service. HX assistant president Wang Yankun said the carrier will use three new A330-200s, with cabin configurations of 34 first- and 82 business-class seats, to operate the service.
Feb 13, 2012
Boeing will begin the final phase of wind tunnel testing on the 737 MAX next week, the company announced in Singapore Monday. Testing will take place at QinteQ’s Farnborough, UK, facility and Boeing’s transonic wind tunnel in Seattle. “We will then be able to look at firming up the configuration of the aircraft,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing VP Randy Tinseth said.
Feb 13, 2012
International Aero Engines’ (IAE) next family of engines—the V2500 SelectThree—remains “on the drawing board,” IAE president and CEO Ian Aitken told ATW, “but I think the ink is now getting dry”).
Feb 13, 2012
ICBC Leasing has placed an order with International Aero Engines to provide V2500s for 15 new Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Jan 11, 2017
[REVISED] Airbus and Aeroflot Airline have reached a mutual agreement to cancel an order for eight Airbus A350-800s, Airbus revealed in a presentation at an annual press briefing Jan. 11.
Jan 11, 2017
List prices for Airbus’ commercial fleet increased an average of 1% for 2017, Airbus announced Jan. 11. The price increase went into effect Jan. 1.
Jan 11, 2017
As of January 11, 2017, average list prices for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft; with passenger seating capacity, cargo tonnage capacity and aircraft flight range.
Jan 11, 2017
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) GoAir has finalized an order for 72 A320neos, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed during the 2016 Farnborough Airshow.
Jan 11, 2017
Airbus secured net orders for 731 aircraft in 2016, while deliveries were up 8% at 688 aircraft, exceeding its full-year target. By comparison, Boeing logged net orders for 668 aircraft and delivered 728.
Jan 11, 2017
TOULOUSE – Airbus is sticking to its plans to ramp up production despite the recent slowdown of aircraft orders, the manufacturer insisted at its annual press conference here.
Jan 10, 2017
Boeing has defined the size of the proposed additional -10X stretch variant of the 737 MAX narrowbody to compete more aggressively against the Airbus A321neo.
Jan 10, 2017
Boeing confirmed Jan. 10 that South Korean low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air is the previously unidentified customer behind a December 2016 order for three 737-800NGs, valued at $288 million at current prices.