Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 31, 2009
Japan Airlines' last 747 Classic, a -300, operated its final flight yesterday from Honolulu to Tokyo Narita. Aircraft was in service for 26 years. JAL took delivery of its first 747-100 in 1970 and operated a record 65 747 Classics in 1987-89. The -300 will be replaced by a 777-300ER.
Jul 30, 2009
Airbus and Boeing yesterday confirmed Ethiopian Airlines' orders for 12 A350-900s and five 777-200LRs respectively. The airline announced the deals Tuesday (ATWOnline, July 29). The A350s are the first aircraft ET has ordered from Airbus, which has sold 493 of the next-generation widebodies.
Jul 29, 2009
Honeywell announced that AWAS has selected an avionics suite and APUs under a contract covering up to 110 new aircraft deliveries and worth $77 million.
Jul 29, 2009
Ethiopian Airlines yesterday said it placed an order for 12 A350-900s from Airbus and five 777-200LRs from Boeing, a move it called "unprecedented," while Turkish Airlines added eight more 777-300ERs to its order book.
Jul 29, 2009
Safi Airways Chairman Abdul Rahim Safi said the Afghan airline "has progressed so quickly in the past four months" that it will "undergo a major renewal of its fleet with either Boeing or Airbus aircraft," according to the airline. It currently flies two 737-300s and one 767-200ER. It plans to use new aircraft to serve Jeddah, Beijing and Moscow within the next six months.
Oct 22, 2015
Hainan Airlines parent HNA Group signed an agreement worth $2.4 billion for engines and services with Rolls-Royce to power its new aircraft.
Oct 22, 2015
ATR expects to keep its production stable at 90 aircraft in 2016, rather than ramping up to 100 aircraft as planned.
Oct 22, 2015
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) IndiGo is looking to raise up to $500 million in its upcoming IPO to cut its debt and fund its recent $26 billion aircraft order.
Oct 22, 2015
Norwegian has doubled its third quarter pre-tax profit and ordered 19 Boeing 787-9s, plus 10 options, in a deal valued at more than $5 billion at list prices.
Oct 21, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat has signed a contract to provide high-speed inflight connectivity services on Lufthansa’s European continental fleet.
Oct 21, 2015
This table shows the current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Oct 21, 2015
Boeing posted company-wide 2015 third-quarter net income of $1.7 billion, up 25.1% from a net profit of $1.36 billion in the 2014 third quarter.
Oct 21, 2015
Austrian Airlines began work on revamping the cabin interiors of 29 Airbus A319, A320 and A321 aircraft.