Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 05, 2018
Toulouse, France-based turboprop manufacturer ATR said Japan Air Commuter’s (JAC) decision to convert one of the ATR 42-600s it has on order into an ATR 72-600 would allow for the ATR 72’s arrival in Japan for the first time.
Jun 05, 2018
Cathay Pacific Airways—which is preparing to take its first of 20 Airbus A350-1000s on June 19—is planning additional long-haul destinations that would be a good fit for the type.
Jun 05, 2018
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr believes Boeing’s proposed new middle-of-the-market aircraft (NMA) will not arrive before “the end of the next decade”, several years behind Boeing’s own preliminary timeline.
Jun 05, 2018
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark is cautious on the prospects of Boeing’s proposed new middle-of-the-market airplane (NMA).
Sep 06, 2022
A&D is losing talent to other sectors and technology companies “at potentially unsustainable rates,” with technology-related outflows of workers twice their inflows.
Sep 06, 2022
The move signals the growing importance of electric power in new aircraft designs.
Sep 06, 2022
As novel cockpits become a pressing need in civil and military aviation, sensors may enable the creation of metrics for human factors.
Sep 02, 2022
Transferring integrated model-based system engineering (MBE) tools for aircraft design and production to the commercial sector is no slam-dunk.
Sep 02, 2022
An early August delivery to American Airlines was lauded as the first Boeing 787 handover in more than a year, but the manufacturer’s accounting policies mean history will tell a different story.
Sep 02, 2022
The module will contribute to increased efficiency and lower fuel burn.
Sep 02, 2022
After a harmful expansion that took it close to collapse, Norwegian Air Shuttle’s new short-haul strategy is paying off.
Sep 01, 2022
Problems with a part wearing prematurely led CFM International to recommend special monitoring of a Leap-1B performance parameter, and European regulators will mandate the work.