Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 12, 2016
Finnair is very satisfied with the performance of its new Airbus A350s and is accelerating growth by keeping two A330s, which were scheduled to be phased out.
May 12, 2016
Aircraft debris found in late March on beaches at Mossel Bay, South Africa, and Rodrigues Island in Mauritius have been classified as “almost certainly” from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).
May 12, 2016
Air Serbia has taken delivery of its first widebody aircraft, an Airbus A330, which will be used to launch long-haul services between Belgrade and New York.
May 11, 2016
The two largest customers for the Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. MRJ are sticking with the Japanese company despite repeated program delays and concerns over scope clause restrictions, but the two US regional airline operators could be forced to begin making decisions on altering their orders as soon as next year.
May 11, 2016
Rolls-Royce has delivered the first shipset of Trent 900s to Airbus for the first A380s on order by Dubai-based Emirates Airline.
Sep 01, 2020
The commercial aerospace manufacturing world breathed a collective sigh of relief a few weeks ago when Airbus and Boeing did not announce major new cuts to monthly production rates of their large commercial aircraft (LCA).
Sep 01, 2020
Even as it begins deliveries of its first certified electric aircraft, Slovenia’s Pipistrel has begun accepting orders for a family of unmanned cargo aircraft.
Sep 01, 2020
Taiwan’s EVA Air has come to an agreement with Boeing to swap seven of its outstanding 787-10 orders to three 777F freighters and four smaller 787-9 aircraft.
Sep 01, 2020
If Airbus prioritizes long-term outcomes, it will come out of the COVID-19 downturn stronger than ever.
Aug 31, 2020
Rolls-Royce plans to reduce costs linked to its spare-engines pool and lean more heavily on third-party shops as part of sweeping changes within its civil aerospace business to cope with reduced air transport activity for the foreseeable future.
Aug 31, 2020
Ask the Editors: Aviation Week reduced its 10-year forecast for new commercial aircraft by 30%, representing a 34% drop in dollar value.
Aug 28, 2020
Boeing is working to determine the cause and scope of two different manufacturing quality problems in its Boeing 787 production process that, when combined, make affected aircraft susceptible to structure failure at loads they should be able to withstand.
Aug 28, 2020
Contracts totaling $33 million to develop all-electric powertrain and fuel-to-electric power-conversion technologies to reduce the emissions of future single-aisle airliners have been awarded by the U.S. Energy Department.