Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 02, 2015
A second piece of wreckage, possibly an aircraft door, has been found on Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean, the BBC reported Sunday, Aug. 2. The discovery follows that of a large piece of debris found last week on the island and which is believed to be a wing flap from a large airliner.
Jul 31, 2015
International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling, plans to convert up to five Airbus A330-200 and eight A350-900 options into orders for Iberia as well as open new long-haul routes.
Jul 31, 2015
Airbus Group reported first-half net income of €1.52 billion ($1.69 billion), up 34% compared to a net income of €1.14 billion in the year-ago period.
Jul 31, 2015
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to give up seven of its outstanding Airbus A350-900 production slots, following a request from Airbus to cut the carrier's order book from the 70-strong order firmed up in 2013 to 63 aircraft.
Nov 08, 2019
Cathay Pacific has decided to place half of the group’s Airbus A321neo orders to newly-acquired LCC subsidiary Hong Kong Express.
Nov 08, 2019
Indonesian LCC Lion Air has discovered cracks on two of its Boeing 737NGs, each aircraft having fewer than the 22,000 flight cycles stipulated by FAA’s threshold for inspection since cracks were discovered on other airline aircraft.
Nov 08, 2019
Airbus believes the A220 will be an attractive platform for carriers in Cambodia as it brings the regional airliner to the seventh leg of an Asia-Pacific demonstration tour.
Nov 08, 2019
United Airlines will ensure passengers know their flight is operated by a Boeing 737 MAX when it returns to service and allow them to change flights if they are uncomfortable boarding the aircraft.
Nov 08, 2019
A smaller new airplane might make more sense for Boeing.
Nov 08, 2019
The FAA’s delegation process did not provide the agency with enough visibility into the MAX certification and testing.
Nov 08, 2019
Lion Air has made changes to address training and maintenance shortcomings.
Nov 07, 2019
Rolls-Royce said its timetable to fix problems found in the TEN version of the Trent 1000 engine will be delayed after evaluations revealed that proposed modifications would not deliver a “sufficient level” of enhanced durability.