Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 07, 2010
Bombardier said Thursday that Tripoli-based Libyan Airlines signed a firm order for three CRJ900 NextGen aircraft valued at $131.5 million at list prices. It also took options on three more CRJ900NGs.
Oct 07, 2010
Bombardier said Thursday that Tripoli-based Libyan Airlines signed a firm order for three CRJ900 NextGen aircraft valued at $131.5 million at list prices. It also took options on three more CRJ900NGs.
Oct 06, 2010
Astraeus wet leased three 757-200s to Saudi Arabian Airlines for operation from this month through December to support increased demand during the Hajj season. GECAS delivered one new A320 to Avianca-TACA. The aircraft is one of three acquired through a sale/leaseback transaction with the airline; the remaining two will be delivered this month and in December.
Oct 06, 2010
EgyptAir will take delivery of its third new 777-300ER next week and will start deploying the aircraft on its Cairo–New York JFK route on Oct. 18, MS Chairman and CEO Alaa Ashour confirmed to ATW.
Oct 06, 2010
Airbus has completed its market study into re-engining A320 family aircraft and New York-based Bernstein Research said it expects the manufacturer to move ahead with the program.
May 26, 2016
Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air is to add three Airbus A321-200s, one A321-200neo and one A320-200neo to its fleet, sourced from Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
May 26, 2016
Aurigny Air Services, a regional airline based on the Channel Islands, has placed a firm order with Swiss technology company RUAG for a second Dornier 228.
May 25, 2016
Beijing-based Air China has taken delivery of its first of 15 Boeing 787-9s, becoming the first airline in China to introduce the type into service.
May 25, 2016
Dublin-based regional CityJet has taken delivery of its first 98-seat Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft, becoming the first European SSJ100 customer.
May 25, 2016
Travel technology provider SITA is exploring the use of blockchain technology as a platform for generating secure single travel “tokens” that could potentially streamline a passenger’s progress through all airport processes involving the scanning of personal documentation.
May 24, 2016
Will airliners always look the way they do today? NASA thinks not, and the US research agency has bold plans to return to the heydays of X-planes.
May 24, 2016
The next wave of airline IT changes may include new jargon: Speech recognition to turn voice into text, natural language processing and artificial intelligence.