Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 01, 2008
WHEN AIRBUS ANNOUNCED THE A350 XWB featuring a completely new wing and wider fuselage made with carbon fiber, engineers at Airbus, Thales and Honeywell no doubt were eager to turn their talents to the cockpit and avionics and improve upon the A330 and A380 configurations proposed for earlier A350 studies. Judging from the resultant transformation, they must have taken a good, hard look at the 787's futuristic cockpit and integrated avionics and avidly set themselves the goal of not only meeting but exceeding this state of the art.
Jun 01, 2008
DERMOT MANNION IS NOT SHY ABOUT EXTOLLING the virtues of the airline he joined as chief executive in August 2005. "We believe that Aer Lingus is the most successful of the European flag carriers in the way the business has been reengineered in recent years to operate on a low cost basis," he tells ATW at the airline's headquarters here. "Carriers tend to be either legacy full-service or LCC. We operate a hybrid model, which is quite unusual by industry standards, but we think it works well."
May 30, 2008
S7 Airlines took delivery of two new 164-seat A320-200s last week on lease from ILFC. The aircraft already are in service. S7 plans to take six more A320s this year. Its fleet now comprises 17 A319-100s, two A310-300s, five A310-200s, four A320-200s, three 737-500s, two 737-400s, nine Il-86s and 27 Tu-154Ms.
May 29, 2008
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to phase out 23 747-400s beginning in 2013 in an effort to realize fuel savings of 22% per seat. COO John Slosar told Hong Kong media that the carrier is considering a variety of replacement aircraft and that "the A380 is also an option." In the interim, it will raise its fuel surcharge 37% from June 1 in an effort to negate 40%-50% of the increase in fuel prices. CEO Tony Tyler said fuel now accounts for 40% of CX's total operating costs, up 10 points from last year.
May 29, 2008
JetBlue Airways will defer delivery of 21 A320s to 2014-15 from 2009-11 to "help us further moderate our growth rate in 2009 and beyond, which will enhance liquidity and defer future debt obligations," CEO Dave Barger said.
Feb 06, 2015
Both of TransAsia Airways flight GE235’s Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127M engines stopped producing thrust during the brief flight of the ATR 72-600, investigators said.
Feb 06, 2015
Boeing delivered 49 commercial aircraft in January, leading rival Airbus’ 36 deliveries for the month.
Feb 05, 2015
Avianca Holdings, the Latin American airline power that has been studying the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX in advance of a much-anticipated large narrowbody order, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus to order 100 A320neo family aircraft.
Feb 05, 2015
Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has ordered Taiwanese airlines TransAsia Airways and Uni Air to ground their ATR 72s and conduct engine inspections on the turboprops following the Feb. 4 crash of a TransAsia ATR 72-600 in Taipei.
Feb 04, 2015
[UPDATED] A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 has crashed into a river in Taipei, with at least 30 people reported dead. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Taipei’s Songshan Airport just before 11am local time Feb. 4.
Feb 04, 2015
Phoenix-based regional Mesa Airlines—which operates as American Eagle and US Airways Express—has reached an agreement in principle with Montreal-based Bombardier to buy seven new CRJ900 NextGen aircraft to operate under a long-term capacity purchase agreement with a major US airline.
Feb 04, 2015
The founder and CEO of all-business-class airline La Compagnie said he would like to double the company’s fleet to four aircraft by 2016.
Feb 04, 2015
Toulouse-based Airbus and French-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR have announced a series of senior appointments.