Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 30, 2008
Malaysia Airlines is prepared to "take the lead" in increasing fuel surcharges and perhaps raising fares by as much as 50% in order to negotiate a "frightening" economic environment, MD and CEO Idris Jala wrote in an open letter last week. "Change, and I mean drastic change, is absolutely vital for our survival. That, and a willingness to reinvent the way we operate, including through mergers and acquisitions," Jala said.
Jun 30, 2008
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft announced that the first "relaunched" BAe 146QT (Quiet Trader) freighter was completed at Aerostar's Bacau facility in Romania and the -200 variant made a successful first flight on June 25. BAE Systems gave the go-ahead to relaunch the freighter conversion program for the 10/12-tonne quadjet in January 2007 and announced the following April that it had chosen Aerostar as its conversion partner.
Jun 30, 2008
Middle East Airlines took delivery of its first A330-200 directly purchased from Airbus. The Trent 700-powered aircraft is part of an order for four placed in 2006 that will replace MEA's three leased A330s.
Jun 30, 2008
Grandstar Cargo International Airlines, the Korean Air/Sinotrans joint venture airfreight carrier based in Tianjin, operated its inaugural flight Friday to Frankfurt using a 747-400 freighter. KE and the Chinese logistics firm first announced plans for the airline in 2006 and gained CAAC approval in July 2007. It is 51% owned by Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., 25% by KE, 13% by Hana Capital Co. and 11% by Shinhan Capital Co.
Jun 30, 2008
ABX Air parent Air Transport Services Group said last week that it has received formal notice from DHL that the express delivery giant will remove 39 of ABX's 55 DC-9Fs dedicated to DHL US air lift over the next 12-18 months. DHL is negotiating with UPS on details of an agreement reached last month to transfer its US air lift from ABX and Astar Air Cargo to its rival (ATWOnline, May 30).
Mar 03, 2015
As part of GE9X engine development for the Boeing 777X, GE Aviation has started ground tests on a GEnx engine containing ceramic matrix composite (CMC) components in the high pressure turbine and combustor.
Mar 03, 2015
Azerbaijan-based Silk Way West has ordered three Boeing 747-8 freighters, valued at more than $1.1 billion at current list prices.
Mar 02, 2015
Argentina’s flagship carrier, Aerolíneas Argentinas, has taken delivery of the first of four new directly purchased Airbus A330-200 aircraft as a part of the carrier’s fleet renewal strategy.
Mar 02, 2015
Fabrice Brégier is leading Airbus through one of the most dynamic times in its history, developing and delivering new aircraft, ramping up production rates and holding an all-time high orders backlog. Airbus had a strong year in 2014, financially and operationally. Could you sum up the highlights?
Mar 02, 2015
Belgian regional wet-lease operator VLM Airlines will place Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100LR regional aircraft into service in the third quarter of 2016.
Mar 02, 2015
Virgin Australia is deploying Airbus A330s on an international route for the first time, and introducing the aircraft on its busiest routes in Australia’s east coast corridor.
Mar 02, 2015
Instead of developing new aircraft, the two major aircraft manufacturers will now turn their attention to putting re-engined versions of already existing aircraft types into the market.