Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 18, 2019
Boeing will perform another 10 Boeing 737-800 freight conversions for GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) and is considering cargo markets for other programs, including the potential new midmarket aircraft (NMA) and Boeing 787.
Jun 17, 2019
Mitsubishi Aircraft is considering improvements to the engines that will power its newly renamed SpaceJet regional airliner.
Jun 17, 2019
Paris Air Show 2019 Briefs
Jun 17, 2019
Over the next few years, British Airways (BA) will turn its attention to the renewal of its Boeing 777-200 fleet, which totals 46 aircraft of varying ages.
Jun 17, 2019
Boeing is revising the 777X test plan to maximize ground evaluations as it attempts to compensate for a lengthy delay to first flight following the recent discovery of a durability issue on the aircraft’s General Electric GE9X engines.
Jun 17, 2023
Boeing's latest 20-year forecast for commercial aircraft demand highlights changes in how airlines are using their fleets.
Jun 17, 2023
CFM International has completed over 100 tests toward its RISE future engine program, which it is managing in parallel with a ramp-up in Leap engine production.
Jun 17, 2023
The dual-fuel combustor concept is designed to enable current-generation single-aisle airliners to operate on both SAF and hydrogen.
Jun 17, 2023
For the first time details have been shared of the widespread use of supercomputing in the design, development and testing of CFM's next-generation RISE engine.
Jun 17, 2023
Speaking on the eve of the Paris Air Show, a GE executive says the solution is an add-on retrofittable external device called the reverse bleed system.
Jun 16, 2023
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) has reached a tentative four-year labor agreement with Spirit AeroSystems.
Jun 16, 2023
Japan’s IHI has unveiled tech breakthroughs that could advance development of electric and fuel cell propulsion systems for aircraft in the 2030s.
Jun 16, 2023
An airline-government working group has selected two proposals to establish a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production facility in New Zealand.