Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 19, 2018
Boeing secured order commitments from three separate undisclosed customers at the Farnborough Air Show June 19 valued at nearly $16 billion combined.
Jul 19, 2018
Farnborough Air Show Briefs-July 19
Jul 19, 2018
Airbus’s first BelugaXL has completed its first flight, paving the way for a 10-month long flight test certification campaign and a planned entry into service next year.
Jul 19, 2018
AirAsia X placed a firm order for 34 additional A330-900s and managed to negotiate for a previous commitment for 66 of the aircraft.
Jul 19, 2018
Latvian carrier airBaltic will phase out its 11 remaining Boeing 737s by 2020 and 12 Bombardier Q400s by 2022, leaving it with an all Airbus A220-300 fleet.
Oct 28, 2022
Skyrocketing prices for gas and electric power in Europe are beginning to affect Safran’s supply chain, as well as the company’s strategic decisions, according to CEO Olivier Andries.
Oct 28, 2022
A fully import-substituted version of the Russian-engined MC-21-310 was pursued after sanctions blocked Irkut Corporation from buying in subsystems from the West.
Oct 28, 2022
The airframer still intends to deliver “around 700” commercial aircraft in 2022.
Oct 28, 2022
India’s Tata Group aims to consolidate its multiple airline holdings and increase market share.
Oct 27, 2022
As Pratt & Whitney works to ramp up production of the PW1000G back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels and beyond, the engine maker hopes to accelerate assembly with new process improvements and increased automation.
Oct 27, 2022
Efforts to build up U.S. sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production capacity to at least 3 billion gal. a year by 2030 have taken steps forward, with startups Alder Fuels and LanzaJet announcing progress in establishing their first plants.
Oct 27, 2022
International Airlines Group shareholders have approved pending orders for an additional 37 Airbus A320neo and 50 Boeing 737 MAX airliners.
Oct 27, 2022
Pratt & Whitney’s $10 billion investment in the geared turbofan (GTF) was meant for the long haul, and the company is taking no chances as it prepares to introduce the first major new derivative of the PW1000 engine program—the GTF Advantage (GTFA).