Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 27, 2008
TAM took delivery of two 174-seat A320s, bringing its fleet to 108 aircraft (15 A319s, 73 A320s, three A321s, 12 A330s, two A340s and three MD-11s). It plans to operate 123 aircraft at year end, adding two A330s, four 777-300ERs and two 767-300ERs (ATWOnline, June 25).
Jun 27, 2008
Air China said it will purchase 20 A330s valued at $3.82 billion, according to a statement obtained by several news services that the carrier issued yesterday to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Airbus did not confirm the order. CA said the aircraft will boost its capacity by 16.5% and allow it to increase flight frequencies from Beijing, according to Bloomberg. The airline will use cash, bank loans and debt instruments to pay for the aircraft. Delivery dates were not disclosed.
Jun 27, 2008
Frontier Airlines is bracing for another round of cuts, with plans to reduce capacity 17% from September to March 2009, the Associated Press reported. The carrier, which declared bankruptcy in April, will cut seven more Airbus narrowbodies from its fleet on top of the four A318s/A319s it agreed to sell in the spring (ATWOnline, March 24). Prior to the sale of those aircraft, it operated a fleet of 60 A318s/A319s. Its regional subsidiary Lynx operates 10 Q400s.
Jun 26, 2008
Rockwell Collins reached a deal with US Airways for provision of its WXR-2100 MultiScan Hazard Detection System and other avionics for A320s and A330s. System features advanced radar and weather assessment capabilities.
Jun 26, 2008
Biman Bangladesh Airlines placed an order yesterday for four 737-800s valued at about $320 million plus two options, bringing to 12 the number of Boeing aircraft it has ordered this year as it attempts to modernize its aging fleet.
Mar 02, 2015
Today, 3-D printing or additive manufacturing (AM) is rapidly passing from the “gee-whiz” stage to an accepted, if still novel, aspect of the aerospace industry.
Mar 02, 2015
Mexican airline Interjet has firmed 10 Sukhoi Superjet 100 options valued at $350 million.
Mar 02, 2015
The larger version of Bombardier’s CSeries aircraft, the CS300, reached an altitude of 41,000 ft. (12,500 m.) and a speed of 255 knots (470 km/h) during its first flight.
Feb 27, 2015
In a sign of the increasing maturity of Bombardier’s CSeries airliner, the first test aircraft for the stretched, 135-seat CS300 variant flew for about five hours on its maiden flight from Mirabel, near Montreal, Feb. 27.
Feb 27, 2015
The unmanned aerial systems (UAS) revolution is having an effect on what’s flying and what it can do for people almost as dramatic as that of the introduction of powered manned flight.
Feb 27, 2015
Airbus Group delivered a record 629 civil aircraft in 2014 and announced plans to increase the A320 production rate from 42 to 50 aircraft per month starting in 2017.
Feb 27, 2015
Air Tahiti Nui (ATN), the major carrier of French Polynesia, has decided to order four Boeing 787-9 aircraft to replace its fleet of Airbus A340-300s.