Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 06, 2008
Blue Air, Romania's first LCC, placed an order for two 737-800s plus two purchase rights valued at $150 million at list prices, Boeing announced. The airline has a 787-800 arriving on lease later this year. "We have doubled our passenger traffic every year since starting our operations [in December 2004]," GM Gheorghe Racaru claimed. It currently operates one 737-500, two 737-400s and two 737-300s. Separately, Blue Air will launch thrice-weekly Bucharest Baneasa-Berlin Schoenefeld on March 31.
Feb 05, 2008
Continental Airlines yesterday placed its first Q400 into service at its Newark hub. CO said the 74-seat turboprop is ideal for the airport "as it will allow more extensive use of alternative approach and departure routes and will enable flight operations at lower altitudes." Colgan Air, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines, will operate the aircraft as Continental Connection.
Feb 05, 2008
Hawaiian Airlines was able to sign definitive purchase agreements for six A330-200s and six A350 XWB-800s, plus purchase rights for six of each, following the conclusion of "key labor agreements" with its pilot and cabin staff unions. A dispute with pilots had threatened to scuttle the up-to-$4.4 billion deal (ATWOnline, Jan. 21). HA said it now will endeavor to lease additional aircraft for entry into service in the 2009-12 period.
Feb 05, 2008
EgyptAir is evaluating a follow-up order for several A320 family aircraft after the last of its 12 737-800NGs are delivered in 2009. The carrier also plans to phase out its three A340-200s when six ordered 777-300ERs arrive starting in February 2010. "Our oldest A320s should also leave the fleet. But we are in talks with Airbus to renovate seven younger A320s with new cabin interiors," Chairman and CEO Sherif Saad Eldin Galal told ATWOnline in Cairo.
Feb 05, 2008
Finnair yesterday announced the conversion of one of its three A330 options into a firm order for delivery in spring 2010. "Asian traffic will continue to grow in the long run and we want to prepare for this by increasing our capacity," Executive VP-Scheduled Passenger Traffic Henrik Arle said. Finnair currently operates three A340s and seven MD-11s, which it will replace with A330s over the next three years.
Oct 09, 2014
Norwegian Air Shuttle has selected Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines for nine additional leased Boeing 787-9 aircraft.
Oct 09, 2014
The TATA/Singapore Airlines joint venture startup Vistara, which is due to launch operations in India later in October, has become the first airline in India to adopt the Amadeus Altéa Suite of technology solutions.
Oct 09, 2014
Bombardier Aerospace’s Belfast facility is working to establish composite repair procedures for the CSeries, testing potential events such as heat exposure and lightning strikes.
Oct 08, 2014
Lufthansa flew its first revenue service with a premium-economy cabin Wednesday, on a Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental from Frankfurt to Washington Dulles.
Oct 08, 2014
GE Aviation is increasing its investment in big data analytics to flag potential engine trouble spots and has used some of this learning to revamp its engine support portal.
Oct 08, 2014
After trailing rival Boeing for most of the year, Airbus’ commercial aircraft orders surged in the third-quarter, as the company logged 560 commercial aircraft orders—compared to Boeing’s 549—placing the two manufacturers in a near neck and neck competition for the year-to-date grand total.
Oct 08, 2014
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines has leased three SSJ100s from Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co (SCAC).
Oct 07, 2014
Boeing said it sees signs of a strengthening air cargo market but nevertheless has lowered its long-term air cargo traffic growth forecast by 9.6% compared to two years ago.