Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 05, 2011
Virgin Atlantic Airways expects further delivery delays of the 15 Boeing 787s it has on order and will be seeking compensation, Virgin Group Chairman Richard Branson said Wednesday in Australia on the sidelines of the event marking the rebranding of Virgin Blue to Virgin Australia (ATW Daily News, May 5).
May 05, 2011
Boeing's response to the A320neo is likely to be both a higher-performance 737NG ready by 2015 and an all-new aircraft, which will probably be a light twin-aisle entering service in 2019 or 2020, according to an assessment by Buckingham Research Group.
May 04, 2011
Jetairfly based a new Boeing 737-800 at Charleroi Airport, lifting its aircraft based at CRL to three narrowbodies supporting 18 destinations. The Belgian airline subsidiary of TUI Travel deploys a fleet of 16 aircraft on 120 routes. AmSafe Industries won a contract by to supply cargo restraint nets for Sukhoi SuperJet 100s. Aigle Azur took delivery of a new Airbus A320.
May 04, 2011
Royal Jordanian confirmed to shareholders that its first Boeing 787 delivery is now scheduled for the first-quarter 2014. It was originally scheduled to take delivery of its first Dreamliner last September and now hopes to receive three in 2014 and eight in 2016 and 2017.
May 04, 2011
Buoyed by healthy sales, manufacturers of under-100-seat aircraft emerge from the global downturn in an optimistic mood.
Sep 06, 2016
Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) Jetstar Pacific has firmed up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 10 A320ceos, which it will use for network expansion.
Sep 06, 2016
Vietnamese low-cost carrier (LCC) Vietjet has placed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321ceos and 10 A321neos, and finalized an agreement to establish a new training center.
Sep 06, 2016
Vietnam Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for 10 more Airbus A350-900s, which it plans to use on nonstop flights to the US.
Sep 02, 2016
Bombardier has received the second of two $500 million installments from the government of Québec, completing the province’s $1 billion investment in the CSeries program.
Sep 02, 2016
The ongoing dispute between Qatar Airways and Airbus regarding outstanding deliveries of A320neos and A350s is entering the next round, after Qatar CEO Akbar Al Baker said he canceled orders for two more A320neos.
Sep 02, 2016
China’s Colorful Guizhou Airlines has signed an agreement with Embraer for up to five E190s, comprising two firm orders and three purchase rights.
Sep 02, 2016
Supersonic combustion in a hydrogen-fueled scramjet—achieved on first flight—is part of India’s long-range plan for an air-breathing reusable launch vehicle.
Sep 02, 2016
Melding the merged units into a coordinated business will be an enormous challenge for the leaders of AECC, since many of the engine factories and design institutes do both military and civil work.