Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 27, 2011
TUI Travel ordered two Airbus A330-300s for its French airline subsidiary Corsairfly, which will operate the aircraft on long-haul routes from Paris to the French Caribbean islands, North America and to Indian Ocean destinations. The aircraft will be configured in two classes with a total of 362 seats.
Jan 27, 2011
SunExpress, the Antalya-based joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is setting the stage to launch its new subsidiary, SunExpress Germany, and plans to double its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2015.
Jan 24, 2011
Blue1 introduced its fifth Boeing 717 in commercial operations, on scheduled service from Helsinki to Oslo Gardermoen. The carrier will have nine 717s in its fleet by the end of March. Astraeus Airlines confirmed it repossessed one Boeing 737, based in Bournemouth, from R E Bath Travel Services (Palmair) Ltd., after that company was "unable to honor its contractual obligations," the airline said. The original contract was due to run until April 2012.
Jan 24, 2011
Airbus announced that GE Capital Aviation Services ordered 12 additional long-range A330-300 aircraft. GECAS said the new commitment brings the total number of A330s ordered by GECAS to 32.
Jan 24, 2011
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines, China's most successful LCC, said it plans to launch an IPO to help fund fleet expansion.
Jul 13, 2016
The Quebec government’s $1 billion investment in the Bombardier CSeries program is not a subsidy and was essential because the province could not afford to see the aircraft fail, the Quebec Premier said during his visit to the Farnborough Airshow this week.
Jul 13, 2016
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. has begun development on a stretched version of the Superjet 100 (SSJ100).
Jul 13, 2016
Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Co. (CALC) has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power Airbus A320ceos delivering in 2017 and 2018.
Jul 13, 2016
Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power the 100 new Airbus A321neos the carrier signed for Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 13, 2016
Spanish carrier Air Europa has ordered 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, valued at $2.2 billion at list prices, as revealed at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.
Jul 13, 2016
LATAM Airlines Group’s first Airbus A320neo rolled out of the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse after the installation of Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100-JM engines in the airline’s new livery.
Jul 13, 2016
Latvian carrier airBaltic will have the range to serve destinations, including Abu Dhabi, with the arrival of its first Bombardier CS300 in October.
Jul 13, 2016
Boeing’s converted freighters program (BCF) gained new customers at Farnborough Airshow on July 13 with orders for eight of the converted passenger aircraft from Bulgaria’s Cargo Air, Colombia’s Lineas Aereas Suramericanas and an unidentified customer.