Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 02, 2008
Chinese government officially approved the launch of the jumbo aircraft manufacturing company that reportedly will begin operating as early as this month. It did not start up last month as originally planned (ATWOnline, March 6). Local news reports revealed that it will be called China Commercial Aircrafts Co. and that the first board meeting was held last month in Beijing.
Apr 01, 2008
SATA Air Acores parent Grupo SATA ordered four Q400 NextGens, Bombardier announced. Aircraft are worth $113 million at list prices and will seat 80 passengers each. Delivery date was unannounced. Air Acores currently flies five BAe ATPs and one Do-228.
Apr 01, 2008
Malaysia Airlines yesterday announced an order for 35 737-800s and 20 options plus an agreement with Airbus regarding the delayed delivery of its six A380s. The narrowbody order is worth $4.2 billion at list prices assuming all options will be exercised. Delivery will begin in September 2010, "when the weakness of the global economy should be less of a concern," MAS MD and CEO Idris Jala said.
Apr 01, 2008
AVIC I Commercial Aircraft Co. will postpone the first flight of the ARJ21 at least six months to this September/October owing to the fact that "supplier[s] of key systems were not able to provide necessary test conditions on time." The aircraft was scheduled to take to the skies in March (ATWOnline, Dec. 24, 2007). ACAC promised it is making efforts to ensure that the delivery of key systems is on schedule.
Apr 01, 2008
Iraqi government signed an agreement for the purchase of 10 787s and 30 737NGs, Boeing announced yesterday (ATWOnline, Feb. 21). Contractual terms are yet to be finalized.
Dec 12, 2014
Republic Airways Holdings has reached an amendment to its capacity purchase agreement with Delta Air Lines to operate nine additional 69-seat Embraer E-170 aircraft.
Dec 11, 2014
Airbus CFO Harald Wilhelm surprised the aviation world the day before the Airbus Global Investor Forum by raising the possibility of either re-engining the A380 with more efficient engines or discontinuing A380 production in 2018.
Dec 11, 2014
China will require more than 5,300 new passenger aircraft and freighters worth some $820 billion from 2014 to 2033, Airbus predicted in its latest Global Market Forecast.
Dec 10, 2014
Qatar Airways announced Wednesday that delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 XWB, originally planned for this weekend, has been postponed. No new date for the delivery or reasons for the delay were given; Qatar is the launch customer for the all-new widebody.
Dec 10, 2014
The Aircraft Tracking Task Force (ATTF) set up in the wake of the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in March has issued a report with recommendations to improve continuous tracking of airliners.
Dec 10, 2014
Boeing is forecasting strong demand for new commercial aircraft in 2015, resulting in nearly $124 billion in deliveries across the industry, double the amount from 2010, according to Boeing’s Current Aircraft Finance Market Outlook for 2015.
Dec 09, 2014
Singapore-based low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot has revealed one of the new routes it will introduce with its Boeing 787 deliveries, adding Melbourne as its fourth Australian destination.
Dec 08, 2014
Air New Zealand is further boosting its Boeing 787-9 fleet with orders for two more of the type, which will bring its total to 12 by the end of 2018.