Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 04, 2010
Boeing on Wednesday announced it will begin a rotable exchange services program in support of the 787 Dreamliner, which it called the first program of its type to be developed in conjunction with entry into service of a new aircraft type. The program will provide access to a Boeing-managed inventory pool of parts available to ship to customers within 24 hours of request.
Nov 04, 2010
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. announced the first Sukhoi Superjet production aircraft scheduled for delivery to launch customer Armavia next month took to the skies Thursday (ATW Daily News, Oct. 19). During a 3-hr. test flight, the pilot crew checked the overall engines, systems and equipment performance having confirmed the aircraft characteristics within operational range.
Nov 04, 2010
The three operators of Rolls-Royce Trent 900-powered Airbus A380s followed the engine manufacturer's recommendations to conduct "basic precautionary engine checks" in the wake of the uncontained failure of an engine on a Qantas A380 that had just taken off from Singapore on Thursday.
Nov 04, 2010
Airbus announced that China Aviation Supplies Holding Co. signed for a total of 102 aircraft, of which 66 represent new orders (50 A320 family aircraft, six A330s and 10 A350 XWBs). The value of the transaction and aircraft delivery dates were not disclosed.
Nov 04, 2010
Qantas has grounded its six-strong A380 fleet after one of the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure just after takeoff from Singapore yesterday.
Jun 20, 2016
Investigators have begun processing the cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVRs and FDRs) recovered from the EgyptAir Airbus A320, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 17, 2016
Dutch cargo specialist Martinair will end a more than two decades-long association with the MD-11F in July when it phases out the last two of its US-built tri-jet freighters.
Jun 17, 2016
Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 16, 2016
Aircraft and Leasing News-June 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016
Search teams have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 16, 2016
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA have granted type validation to the Bombardier CSeries 100 (CS100), paving the way for delivery to launch customer Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) at the end of June.
Jun 16, 2016
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation said investigators probing the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 have identified several main locations of the wreckage.
Jun 15, 2016
As International Airlines Group (IAG) prepares to take delivery of its 12th and final Airbus A380 for British Airways, IAG CEO Willie Walsh told ATW that any further A380s the group considers may be second hand.