Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 29, 2008
Grupo Marsans took delivery of its first directly purchased A330-200 for its Air Comet subsidiary. The PW4000-powered, 283-seat aircraft is part of an order for 17 -200s placed in December 2006 (ATWOnline, Jan. 9, 2007).
Aug 28, 2008
Spanish authorities have recovered the engines of the Spanair MD-82 that crashed on takeoff last week and will disassemble them "screw by screw" to try to determine whether a thrust problem contributed to the accident, the head of the crash investigation said yesterday.
Aug 28, 2008
Qantas is understood to be moving toward an order for the 365-seat 777-300ER as Boeing pulls out all stops to thwart a commitment to the rival A350-1000.
Aug 27, 2008
Bahrain Air signed a letter of intent for the acquisition of up to six A320s. It said the order would increase its fleet to 11 aircraft upon delivery. Dates were not announced. The privately held carrier currently serves 10 destinations.
Aug 27, 2008
GE Aviation yesterday announced a deal with Afriqiyah Airways for CF6-80E1s to power three firm A330s and three options. Firm engine order is valued at more than $100 million and deliveries are slated to begin in May 2009. The CF6-80E1 incorporates technology from the Tech CF6 program. Tripoli-based Afriqiyah currently operates CFM56s on its A320 fleet.
Apr 17, 2015
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 20 commercial aviation aircraft in the first-quarter of 2015, six more than in the 2014 March quarter and a 42.9% increase year-over-year.
Apr 17, 2015
The International Association of Machinists (IAM) has withdrawn its petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to unionize the company’s North Charleston, South Carolina facilities.
Apr 16, 2015
[UPDATED] Guernsey-based regional airline Aurigny is taking an ATR 42 on five-year lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) and is progressing with plans to add three Dornier 228s.
Apr 16, 2015
Real Tonga has leased a 68-seat ATR 72-600 from Fiji Airways to make up a capacity shortfall following grounding of the airline’s MA60 aircraft last month.
Apr 16, 2015
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Apr 15, 2015
Malaysia Airlines will be the first airline to go live with global flight tracking technology using SITA OnAir’s AIRCOM FlightTracker this summer.
Apr 14, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat said its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2 (I-5 F2) launched Feb. 2—has completed its orbital deployment stages on schedule.
Apr 14, 2015
Airbus has decided to formally offer an 11-abreast economy configuration in the Airbus A380, despite Emirates Airline's decision not to further pursue that arrangement.