Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 01, 2007
American Airlines is the launch customer for 767-300ER blended winglets produced by Aviation Partners Boeing (ATWOnline, April 25), the airline announced. AA will remove an aircraft from service and lease it to APB for an eight-month flight test certification program beginning in January. It then intends to install winglets on each of its 58 -300ERs by the middle of 2010.
Apr 30, 2007
Pratt & Whitney signed a five-year agreement with UK-based cargo carrier MK Airlines to upgrade its JT9Ds with Pratt durability kits starting next month. The 36 upgrades are valued at more than $84 million. The JT9D-7Q technology upgrade includes new first- and second-stage turbine blades and vanes and a new second-stage turbine lenticular seal.
Apr 30, 2007
Airbus plans to ramp up production of A320 family aircraft to a rate of 34 per month by March 2008, and likely to 40 per month by 2010 with help from a Chinese assembly line, to take advantage of rising sales.
Apr 30, 2007
Boeing last week released details of orders from Arik Air, S7 Airlines and SpiceJet (ATWOnline, April 27) and announced that the 737-900ER earned type certification from US FAA. The Arik Air order for three 787-9s, two 777-200LRs and two 777-300ERs previously was listed as being from an unidentified customer and is worth $1.5 billion at list prices. The deal was announced simultaneously with the delivery of two new 737-700s. The Nigerian airline is the fourth from Africa to order both the 787 and 777.
Apr 27, 2007
Air Philippines ordered three Q300s plus three options, Bombardier said yesterday. Firm aircraft are worth $56 million at list prices. The 50-seaters will be used primarily on the leisure route between Manila and Caticlan.
Feb 20, 2014
Kuwait Airways has firmed an order for Airbus 25 aircraft, including 10 A350-900s and 15 A320neo family aircraft as part of the airline's fleet renewal strategy.
Feb 20, 2014
On the back of significant sales at the Singapore Airshow, Airbus is investing serious money back into the Asian region with a swathe of support and infrastructure deals valued at some $70-$80 million.
Feb 20, 2014
Airbus said its Puerto Real plant in Cádiz, Spain is leading a project to expand the automation of its assembly processes with the use of two armed humanoid robots to perform repetitive tasks.
Feb 19, 2014
SunExpress, a joint-venture subsidiary of Lufthansa and Turkish Airline, has placed a firm order for 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 25 737-800. The order, valued at more than $3.8 billion at list prices, also includes options for 10 additional MAX 8s.
Feb 19, 2014
Airbus has announced plans to increase its stake in China’s Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC) to 25% from its current 20% shareholding.
Feb 19, 2014
Airbus ATM subsidiary Airbus ProSky will set up a new office in Singapore in April to help support ATM modernization efforts in the Asia-Pacific region.
Feb 19, 2014
Airbus Group has acquired its own banking license. The company invested in the Salzburg Muenchen Bank, which is part of the Austrian Raiffeisenverband based in Germany.
Feb 18, 2014
Boeing has selected Everett, Wash., as the location to build a new composite wing center for the 777X program.