Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 13, 2010
Boeing announced that it conducted initial engine starts on the first GE GEnx-powered 787 Monday. The aircraft, ZA005, is the fifth 787 off the line. First flight is expected later in the quarter. The first four Dreamliners are powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000s.
May 12, 2010
A nearly new A330-200 operated by Afriqiyah Airways crashed on final approach to Tripoli early Wednesday, killing 103 of the 104 people aboard, including 11 crewmembers. The accident was the deadliest so far in 2010. A boy from the Netherlands reportedly was the lone survivor. The crash occurred as Flight 8U771, en route from Johannesburg, was attempting to land at Tripoli International at about 6 a.m. local time. All but 11 of the passengers were continuing onward to European destinations, according to a statement from the airline.
May 11, 2010
Embraer announced that LOT Polish Airlines converted orders for four E-175s into the larger E-195 with deliveries scheduled to begin in 2011. Aircraft are part of a follow-on order for a dozen E-175s placed in late 2007 at a time when the carrier already operated six E-170s and four E-175s. Four E-170s from the 2007 order were delivered in 2009 and four more will be delivered this year. LOT holds two options and 10 purchase rights for the E-175 as well. It took its first E-170 in March 2004, becoming the first European airline to operate a member of the E-Jet family.
May 11, 2010
Airbus COO-Customers John Leahy revealed that an A320 family production rate increase to as many as 38 aircraft per month is being contemplated.
May 11, 2010
Pilots transitioning to the 747-8 from the 747-400 will feel at home while benefiting from advances in avionics and systems.
Mar 22, 2016
Boeing used to spend 1.5 weeks training new employees, but now it has to spend six weeks—a telling shortfall of the US education system in the digital, globalized business world, but also a poignant example of why some Americans are siding with nativist and protectionist politics in this year’s presidential race, the former head of the OEM said March 22.
Mar 22, 2016
Airline seats have been attracting attention in Washington DC and, as is often the case when airlines and the US Capitol converge, the impetus behind this scrutiny is not positive.
Mar 22, 2016
Articles from the April 2016 issue of ATW
Mar 22, 2016
Investigators examining the cause of the flydubai flight FZ981 are able to read data from the damaged cockpit voice recorder (CVR), Moscow-based Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) said on March 21.
Mar 22, 2016
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian is leasing an additional two new Boeing 787-9s for its growing long-haul operations.
Mar 22, 2016
Turkish low-cost carrier (LCC) Pegasus Airlines has ordered five Boeing 737-800s, valued at approximately $505 million based on expected list prices at delivery.
Mar 21, 2016
US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Boeing investigators have joined a Russian and United Arab Emirates team at the Rostov-on-Don Airport to establish what caused Flydubai flight 981, a Boeing 737-800, to crash after a second attempt at landing on Runway 22 in the early morning hours of March 19 in low clouds and heavy winds.
Mar 21, 2016
Airbus has completed the first test flight of its first aircraft built in the US, an A321 to be delivered to JetBlue Airways this spring.