Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 21, 2010
Ship it AOG, the Addison, Tex.-based aircraft parts distributor, was named factory-authorized south-central US distributor of Lektro electric towbarless aircraft tugs. Under the terms, Ship it AOG assumes responsibility for sales of Lektro tugs and parts in Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Apr 21, 2010
AerCap Holdings subsidiary AeroTurbine reached a 10-year deal with Chromalloy Gas Turbine to provide supply chain management services for Chromalloy-owned surplus engine/APU material. Initial inventory selected includes more than 50,000 line items of CFM56, CF6, PW4000, PW2000, V2500, JT8D, various whole APUs/APU piece parts and ground power engine piece parts.
Apr 21, 2010
Boeing flew its second 747-8F test aircraft to Palmdale, heralding the transition of testing to Southern California. The 747-8F will be stationed in Palmdale for the majority of its scheduled flight test program. Flight crews will conduct several test flights with fuel mileage and engine performance as key focus areas. In coming weeks two additional 747-8s will arrive in Palmdale.
Apr 21, 2010
Cebu Pacific Air ordered seven more A320s, bringing its outstanding orders for the type to 22, which will be delivered beginning in October and continue through late 2014. "This will enable us to have the largest fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft in the Philippines and the second-largest in Southeast Asia, allowing us to offer our trademark low fares to even more Filipinos," President and CEO Lance Gokongwei said. The additional aircraft will bring the carrier's A320 fleet to 43 by 2014.
Apr 20, 2010
Aviation Capital Group reported first-quarter activity comprising leases of one new A320-200 by Avianova, a new PW4060 by Delta Air Lines and a new A320-200 by Batavia Air and extension of leases on two 737-800s by Sun Express, two A320-200s by Dragonair, four 737-300s by US Airways, one A321-200 by Spanair and one 737-300 by Southwest Airlines. ACG also acted as an agent, selling one MD-83 to Air Austral. It reported two new order deliveries: One 737-800 by Ukraine International Airlines and one 737-800 by Copa Airlines.
Mar 09, 2016
Airbus Group has completed the 100% acquisition of Navtech, a Canadian company specializing in flight operations tools such as electronic flight bags.
Mar 08, 2016
A US senator wants to add regulation to the FAA reauthorization bill that would set minimum seat-space requirements for airlines, saying that “rapidly shrinking seat width and leg room” is a health and safety hazard.
Mar 08, 2016
Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) may bring aircraft out of storage to cover for Airbus A380s while they undergo maintenance checks this year.
Mar 08, 2016
The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for January 2016 and comparative prior months - organized by domestic, international and system totals.
Mar 08, 2016
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-8 experienced a nose-gear collapse at the gate as it was about to depart from Addis Ababa Bole Airport on March 4.
Mar 08, 2016
United Airlines has decided to place a firm order for 25 new Boeing 737-700s in addition to the order for 40 737-700s previously announced.
Mar 07, 2016
ICAO has adopted new aircraft tracking provisions, including a requirement that aircraft carry a device that can autonomously transmit its location every minute during emergency circumstances.
Mar 07, 2016
Bombardier has started route-proving flights with its CSeries CS100 regional jet in Europe as the aircraft nears service entry with Swiss International Air Lines. SWISS is due to take delivery of its first CS100 in 2Q.