Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Nov 21, 2019
As the air transport industry increases its focus on sustainability, Boeing is stepping up its ecoDemonstrator technology testbed program with flight tests of a specially modified 777-200ER.
Nov 20, 2019
Aircalin, a carrier based in Noumea, in the French territory of New Caledonia, has stopped operating one of its two Airbus A330neos after reporting repeated odor issues in the cabin.
Nov 20, 2019
Emirates Airline is set to become a Boeing 787 operator after substituting orders for the 777X in favor of the smaller twinjet.
Nov 20, 2019
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for Boeing to redesign engine fan cowls on 737 NG-series airliners after finding that a fragmented fan blade compromised the structure on Southwest Airlines flight 1380 in 2018, leading to the first fatality on a US passenger airline in nearly a decade.
Nov 19, 2019
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a firm order for 12 new generation Airbus A330neos and 20 long-range single-aisle A321XLRs, Airbus said Nov. 19 at the Dubai Airshow.
Sep 20, 2023
Boom Supersonic has sized the facility to produce up to 33 Overture aircraft per year and expects to start rolling out its Mach 1.7 airliner from 2026.
Sep 20, 2023
Boeing's latest commercial market outlook for China expects the country to require 8,560 new aircraft over the next 20 years.
Sep 19, 2023
Under Boeing’s plan, it will finalize service bulletins detailing the modification work by the end of 2024.
Sep 19, 2023
The milestone follows completion of an industrial program review by Lilium and Aciturri in late August.
Sep 19, 2023
Maldivian, an airline from the Maldives, has ordered two ATR aircraft to continue the upgrade of its turboprop fleet.
Sep 19, 2023
Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith says the LCC has "nine aircraft to be delivered from now until [the] end of the year, but we are not sure we will get even four.”
Sep 19, 2023
AirBaltic CEO Martin Gauss tells Aviation Daily that issues with its Airbus A220s' PW1500G engines are subsiding.
Sep 19, 2023
By the end of 2026, the existing five A340-300s should be replaced, and Edelweiss’ long-haul fleet will be restored to pre-pandemic levels.