Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 28, 2010
TAM, the largest Airbus operator in Latin America, finalized an MOU for 20 A320 family aircraft and five A350-900s announced at the ILA Berlin Air Show in June. TAM's A350s will be powered by Trent XWBs; engine selection for the A320s was not announced (ATW Daily News, June 9).
Jul 28, 2010
An A321 operated by Pakistan's privately owned Airblue crashed on approach to Islamabad from Karachi at approximately 9:45 a.m. local time Wednesday. All 146 passengers and six crewmembers were killed when the aircraft went down in the Margalla Hills around 15 km. from Islamabad International Airport, according to multiple press reports. A statement on the airline's website described the weather as "poor...with thick fog." Flight ED202 departed Karachi around 7:45 a.m. local time for the approximately two-hr. trip.
Jul 28, 2010
Boeing reported second quarter net income of $787 million, down 21% from $998 million in the year-ago period, and expressed optimism regarding potential revenue growth in 2011 even as it repeated its warning that planned first delivery of the 787 to ANA in the fourth quarter may be delayed by "a few weeks."
Jul 27, 2010
Jetscape leased one E-175LR to Royal Jordanian for eight years beginning in October. Curtiss-Wright Controls said it will provide the flap track assembly for the outboard and inboard flap system on 737-800s under a contract with Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The assemblies will be manufactured at Curtiss-Wright's facility in Shelby, N.C. beginning in 2012.
Jul 27, 2010
A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11 freighter crashed on landing at Riyadh yesterday, catching fire and breaking apart. The two pilots were able to escape via the emergency slide and were being treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. LHC said in a statement it had spoken with both pilots by phone.
Apr 25, 2016
The Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an advisory that it could change regulations to allow aircraft up to 18 years old to be imported into the country.
Apr 25, 2016
Airbus has delivered the first aircraft built at its US manufacturing facility, an A321 designated for New York-based JetBlue Airways.
Apr 25, 2016
Trident Jet (Jersey) Ltd., a sister company of UK-based lessor Falko Regional Aircraft, has ordered four more Bombardier CRJ900s for lease to Irish regional CityJet, in an order valued at $183.9 million, based on list prices.
Apr 22, 2016
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) expects to put its first Bombardier CSeries aircraft—a CS100—into service July 15 on its first commercial flight: LX638 from Zurich to Paris Charles de Gaulle.
Apr 21, 2016
Aircraft & Manufacturer News-April 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016
The first Airbus A321 aircraft, produced for American Airlines at the Airbus US Manufacturing Facility, has flown for the first time.
Apr 21, 2016
Airbus Group will next week open an office and experience center in the heart of Washington DC on Pennsylvania Avenue. The eighth-floor facility brings together what were previously two separate downtown offices, one for the company’s military and space business, formerly called EADS, and one for its commercial operations. They now operate under the single Airbus Group name, with the North American headquarters in Herndon, Virginia, close to Washington Dulles Airport.
Apr 20, 2016
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) reported a 2015 net loss of RUB108.7 billion ($1.5 billion), widened from a net loss of RUB13.7 billion in the year-ago period.