Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Apr 18, 2019
Officials from French aerospace industry association GIFAS are predicting the ongoing safety crisis around the Boeing 737 MAX will cause certification costs to increase.
Apr 18, 2019
Aircraft Briefs-April 18, 2019
Apr 18, 2019
LCC Air Arabia has taken delivery of the first of six Airbus A321neoLRs, the first Middle Eastern airline to operate the extended-range version of the type.
Apr 18, 2019
New African flag carrier Uganda Airlines has taken delivery of the first two of four Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets ordered in July 2018.
Apr 18, 2019
CFM International is monitoring its LEAP engine fleet for signs of an issue believed to be tied to the March 26 contained engine failure on a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that was being ferried to storage.
May 04, 2023
Jetcraft Commercial, the commercial aircraft division of Jetcraft, has closed a transaction to purchase 25 Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft frames. 
May 04, 2023
Francisco Gomes Neto was appointed president and CEO at Embraer in May 2019.
May 04, 2023
Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith says he hopes to announce a new narrowbody order at Dubai Airshow 2023.
May 04, 2023
With Aviation Week’s MRO Australasia coming up this month, this week’s #FlightFriday takes a look at Australian and New Zealand operators’ utilization.
May 03, 2023
What if airframer Boeing offered to buy back the Wichita aerostructures operations of Spirit AeroSystems, would Spirit be open to it?
May 03, 2023
Boeing estimates that 75% of the 225 737 MAXs in the company’s undelivered inventory must be repaired.
May 03, 2023
The company said May 3 that “the industrial planning for this variant is being slightly adjusted with the entry-into-service now slipping into 2026.”
May 03, 2023
The technology of thermoplastic composites is coming closer to enabling higher production rates, as well as improved aircraft and engine designs.