Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 03, 2009
Gol said all of its aircraft will be equipped with GPS Landing System capabilities and Vertical Situation Displays by next month. It ended the third quarter with 109 737s in operation.
Dec 02, 2009
Boeing took a key step toward getting its first 787 in the air after completing the static testing necessary to validate the side-of-body modification work performed last month (ATWOnline, Nov. 17). Full analysis of the results will not be concluded for about 10 days, it said. During the tests, the leading and trailing edges were subjected to their limit load of about 2.5 g. The 150% structural tests required for certification are planned for spring.
Dec 02, 2009
Air France A330-200 registered F-GZCK and performing Flight AF445 from Rio de Janeiro Galeao to Paris Charles de Gaulle on Sunday night/Monday morning declared a mayday owing to severe turbulence near the equator, according to The Aviation Herald. The incident occurred near the site where AF447 was lost six months ago (ATWOnline, Aug. 21). The aircraft was at 38,000 ft. on airway UN866 about 4 hr. after takeoff, just before the DEKON waypoint about 680 nm.
Dec 01, 2009
The US regional launches the MRJ in North America.
Dec 01, 2009
BAE Systems concluded the sale of one 98-seat BAe 146-200 to Indonesian charter operator PT Aviastar Mandiri, which will operate the aircraft on behalf of Transnusa Air Services out of Denpasar. BAE also is remarketing a CF6-80C2B7F-powered 767-300ER operated by an unidentified Middle East carrier.
Dec 08, 2015
Alitalia is rolling out a “major cabin refurbishment” across its fleet of 96 short- and mid-haul aircraft under a project due for completion by April 2016.
Dec 08, 2015
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has certified the high-density seating configuration option for the ATR 72-600.
Dec 07, 2015
Airbus logged 168 commercial aircraft orders in November—$22.31 billion in sales—nearly doubling the 89 orders booked by Boeing, worth $14.49 billion.
Dec 07, 2015
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Dec 07, 2015
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Dec 07, 2015
A SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 with 53 passengers and crew on board suffered a runway excursion and emergency evacuation after hitting a pack of wild pigs on landing at India's Jabalpur Dumna Airport.
Dec 04, 2015
WestJet Airlines will wet-lease two Boeing 767s from Omni Air International for one month beginning on Dec. 11 due to a delay in receiving its own ETOPS certification, an airline spokesman said.
Dec 04, 2015
Belgian carrier Brussels Airlines will phase out its fleet of Avro RJ100 regional jets by the end of 2017, replacing them with a mix of Airbus types, the airline said Dec. 4.