Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 16, 2017
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has reached “in principle” a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that will see the company paying financial penalties amounting to £671 million ($809 million).
Jan 16, 2017
Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe has been named as the previously undisclosed customer for three firm Embraer E190-E2s in a deal valued at $873 million at list prices if purchase rights on a further 12 E2 family aircraft are firmed.
Jan 16, 2017
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has ordered 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and taken purchase rights on a further 40. At list prices, the order is worth $8.6 billion.
Jan 16, 2017
All four crew members and dozens of people on the ground were killed when a Turkish Boeing 747-400 freighter crashed into a village near Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan early morning Jan. 16 local time.
Jan 13, 2017
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas is expected to announce a major order for Airbus A320neo family aircraft on Monday, Jan. 16.
May 20, 2021
Recovering passenger demand coupled with airlines’ push for more cost-efficient operations could soon drive narrowbody production rates past where they were before the 2020 downturn, Triumph Group President and CEO Dan Crowley said.
May 20, 2021
Operators in and out of bankruptcy are making fleet adjustments to remain competitive.
May 19, 2021
The agreement would clarify the manufacturer’s positions on using third-party alternatives such as parts repairs on its engines, and what, if any, ramifications such cost-saving moves have on warranties and other services.
May 19, 2021
Airlines support many causes and events, and the Olympics are no exception.
May 19, 2021
Drag-reducing boundary-layer ingestion could cut the fuel burn of a future twin-aisle airliner by more than 3% compared to an equivalent-technology conventional aircraft, a European research project has concluded.
May 19, 2021
“Together with the renewal of our fleet, sustainable aviation fuels constitute our main lever in the medium term for reducing our CO2 emissions per passenger/km by half by 2030,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said.
May 19, 2021
The founder of lessors ILFC and ALC tells Aviation Week’s CAPA Live that Boeing “needs to get their act together” on 737 MAX program.
May 19, 2021
Erik Lindbergh hopes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s historic first solo transatlantic flight in 2027, only this time with a hybrid electric aircraft.