Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 17, 2017
Indian LCC IndiGo—which so far has relied on Airbus A320s—will introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Nov 17, 2017
Belgian aviation authorities have granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) to regional VLM Airlines for its Fokker 50 aircraft, just days after approving an AOC for Airbus A320s acquired from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Nov 16, 2017
Hawaiian Airlines took delivery of the first of 18 Airbus A321neo aircraft, which will be used on flights between Hawaii and the US west coast.
Nov 16, 2017
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make a decision next year on an order for a 100-seater type and is carefully watching Boeing’s plans for a Mid-Market Aircraft (MMA), the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at the Dubai Air Show.
Nov 16, 2017
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) must decide by 1Q 2018 about whether to begin developing a smaller or larger variant of the SSJ100 Superjet.
Mar 11, 2022
The zero-emission propulsion startup Hydrogen is to locate manufacturing and distribution of its modular hydrogen capsules and assembly of regional-aircraft powertrain retrofit kits at the New Mexico facility.
Mar 10, 2022
The FAA has finalized rules mandating inspections and modifications for Pratt & Whitney-powered Boeing 777s, completing a year-long process to develop fixes that address issues spotlighted in three engine failures and get grounded aircraft back into service.
Mar 10, 2022
Bank of America’s Ron Epstein joins our experts to assess the industry’s reliance on Russian metals and whether lessors could lose hundreds of aircraft.
Mar 09, 2022
Airbus is continuing to build the industrial team for the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL, partnering with Spirit AeroSystems to design and manufacture the multi-copter’s wings.
Mar 09, 2022
The number of Western aerospace companies cutting off support for Russian and Belarusian customers continues to increase, with conglomerate Raytheon, training specialist CAE and Honeywell joining a list that includes major airframe and engine manufacturers.
Mar 09, 2022
With 15 years of experience with hydrogen propulsion over six generations of fuel-cell powertrain, Germany’s H2Fly is preparing to take the next steps: flying on liquid hydrogen and moving up to a 40-seat regional airliner.
Mar 08, 2022
Leonardo Helicopters is targeting service entry of the AW609 commercial tiltrotor in 2023 and aims to clinch long-awaited FAA certification later this year or early next.
Mar 08, 2022
The Royal Thai Air Force has written off a Block 15 F-16A after it crashed March 8 in the Chaiyaphum province, north of its Korat home base. The aircraft was on a training sortie, and the pilot ejected safely but with some injuries.