Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 03, 2010
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan credited Qantas pilots with saving the Airbus A380 that suffered an uncontained engine failure after take-off from Singapore Nov.4.
Dec 02, 2010
Rockwell Collins said Virgin Blue Airlines selected its suite of scaleable avionics for its order of 50 firm 737NGs, 25 options and 25 purchase rights. Virgin Blue is the first airline to select the Rockwell Collins SAT-2200 SATCOM system.
Dec 02, 2010
BOC Aviation announced it signed an agreement for the lease of one new A320-200 aircraft to LAN Airlines. The aircraft, powered by IAE 2527E-A5 SelectOne engines, is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 2011. This deal marks the second time that BOC has worked with Chile’s flag carrier.
Dec 02, 2010
Condor Airlines, a German leisure carrier, will renew its short- and medium-haul fleet by 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft, the dpa news agency reported. The new A320 fleet should replace 25 aircraft with an average age of 11 years, including 13 757-300s and 12 A320s older versions. The new aircraft are scheduled to be delivered between 2012 and 2017.
Dec 02, 2010
The Australia Transport Safety Bureau has issued a Safety Recommendation for all Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines to be checked within two flight cycles for fatigue cracking within the stub pipe that feeds oil into the High Pressure and Intermediate Pressure bearing structure.
Jul 08, 2016
Airlines are eager to see a new middle-of-the-market aircraft developed, according to a new survey.
Jul 08, 2016
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is targeting a 25% savings on unit costs with its Bombardier CSeries 100/300 aircraft, CEO Thomas Klühr told ATW on board the first passenger flight of the SWISS CS100 on July 6.
Jul 07, 2016
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Jul 07, 2016
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Jul 07, 2016
Boeing delivered 73 commercial aircraft to 32 airlines and nine lessors in June—the manufacturer’s biggest delivery month so far this year.
Jul 07, 2016
Boeing and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have released the 2016 787-9 Dreamliner Flight Demonstration video. The same ANA aircraft is scheduled to perform demonstration flights July 11-13 at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 07, 2016
Virgin Australia has revealed that its Tigerair low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary will phase out all of its Airbus A320s over the next three years and replace them with Boeing 737s.
Jul 07, 2016
Embraer’s E190-E2, which is powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) family of engines, is experiencing some of the startup issues seen on the Airbus A320neo.