Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 20, 2010
Airbus delivered its 6,000th aircraft, an A380, to Emirates Monday in Hamburg. It is EK's eighth A380 and the 25th delivered by the manufacturer. Airbus's 5,000th delivery was an A330-200 in December 2007 and its 1,000th an A340-300 in March 1993.
Jan 18, 2010
Boeing on Friday said it had completed "initial airworthiness testing" on the 787, "a milestone [that] will enable more crew members to take part in flights" and allow more Dreamliners to join the flight test program. Since the first 787 flight on Dec. 15, 15 flights have occurred, accumulating nearly 60 hr. in the air (ATWOnline, Dec. 23, 2009). The aircraft has been flown to an altitude of 30,000 ft. (9,144 m.) and a speed of Mach 0.65. Initial stall tests and other dynamic maneuvers have been run.
Jan 15, 2010
Lufthansa Systems signed a five-year contract with Cimber Sterling for deployment of its Lido/RouteManual and Lido/TakeOff solutions.
Jan 15, 2010
Aeroflot announced the retirement of its last Tu-154. The aircraft flew for the final time on Dec. 31 from Yekaterinburg to Moscow Sheremetyevo, according to RIA Novosti, and will be replaced with an A320. SU once operated 23 154s.
Jan 15, 2010
FedEx said it has deployed the first of 30 777Fs it is slated to receive by 2019 on Shanghai-Memphis service. It did not reveal flight frequency. The express giant said it will be operating four 777Fs between Asia and the US by April.
Jan 08, 2016
Air China has ordered six Boeing 777-300ERs, worth $2.051 billion at list prices, according to a statement released by the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Jan 07, 2016
FAA administrator Michael Huerta said the mandatory registration process for recreational unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has proceeded smoothly, with 181,000 registrations completed so far.
Jan 07, 2016
Boeing delivered 762 commercial aircraft in 2015, up 5.4% from 723 aircraft delivered in 2014, according to a statement from the US manufacturer.
Jan 07, 2016
Air France will end more than 40 years of Boeing 747 operations with a final commercial flight from Mexico City to Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) on Jan. 10.
Jan 07, 2016
Virgin America expects the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve its recent petition to remove the limit governing how many aircraft the carrier can fly.
Jan 07, 2016
Singapore-based leasing company BOC Aviation has placed an order for 18 Airbus A320neos and 12 A320ceos, valued at more than $3 billion at list prices.
Jan 07, 2016
Air Transport World has announced the full list of winners for its 2016 Annual Airline Industry Achievement Awards. The awards will be presented at the 42nd annual ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards at a gala dinner on the eve of the Singapore Air Show on February 15, 2016.