Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 03, 2010
Aviation Capital Solutions, based in the UK, acquired five BAe 146-300s from BAE Systems for delivery through June. Aircraft will be used in the European air charter market and Africa with existing clients and initially will be based in Europe on ACMI contracts.
Apr 30, 2010
CFM International said development on its next-generation LEAP-X1C engine, selected late last year to power Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China's 150-seat C919 slated to enter service in 2016, is progressing well with second-phase core testing underway and scheduled to conclude by mid-May.
Apr 30, 2010
El Al said yesterday that it is cancelling an order for four 777-200s placed two years ago. "Since the agreement with Boeing was signed in 2008 and the global crisis occurred in world markets, there have been substantial changes in the aviation sector," El Al CEO Eliezer Shkedi said, according to Reuters.
Mar 18, 2016
Lufthansa, which recently signed an agreement with Iran Air to increase cooperation between the two companies, is considering selling some of its Airbus A340-300s to the Iranian flag carrier.
Mar 17, 2016
Estonian flag carrier Nordica will use a fleet of Bombardier regional jets as it starts to transition from leased-in aircraft to its own equipment in the coming months.
Mar 17, 2016
Airbus has predicted India—the world’s fastest-growing emerging aviation market—will require 1,600 new aircraft by 2034.
Mar 16, 2016
Aircraft & Cabin Interiors-March 16, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
Taipei-based China Airlines, which will take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, will launch nonstop flights from Taipei to European destinations from December 2016.
Mar 15, 2016
Major assembly on the Boeing 787-10, which the manufacturer describes as a straightforward stretch of the 787-9, has started.
Mar 14, 2016
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to retire all of its Airbus A340-300s by the end of 2017, according to the carrier’s latest fleet plan.
Mar 14, 2016
Spanish low-cost carrier (LCC) Volotea has begun a complete rollover of its fleet with the arrival of its first Airbus A319.