Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 17, 2015
Ethiopian Airlines has been revealed as the customer for six Boeing 787-8s previously attributed to an unidentified customer by the manufacturer.
Jun 17, 2015
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boeing to order 20 747-8 freighters valued at $7.4 billion at list prices.
Jun 16, 2015
Taiwan’s EVA Air has signed an MOU with Airbus for four additional A330-300s.
Jun 16, 2015
Korean Air has signed a MOU with Airbus to acquire up to 50 A321neo aircraft, its first of the type.
Jun 16, 2015
Air New Zealand announced an order for an additional ATR 72-600 at a delivery ceremony for the type at the Paris Air Show.
Sep 24, 2019
Passengers on all Emirates Airline flights to the US will have the option to board using biometric checks by the end of 2019.
Sep 24, 2019
Icelandair has reached an interim compensation agreement with Boeing to cover losses incurred by the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, which has already had a $140 million impact on the airline’s EBIT.
Sep 24, 2019
Thales and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed an agreement to establish a Joint Aviation Innovation Research (AIR) laboratory in Singapore.
Sep 24, 2019
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) forecasts a Chinese market for 6,119 aircraft of approximately 120 to 200 seats over the coming 20 years.
Sep 24, 2019
Poland has designed and produced thousands of indigenous-developed aircraft, could it do the same again?
Sep 23, 2019
Some operators of Engine Alliance GP7000-series powered Airbus A380s face more stringent engine fan hub assembly inspections after examination of the hub that separated during an uncontained failure two years ago pointed to higher risk of cracks.
Sep 23, 2019
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is looking into the second PW1500G engine failure involving a low-pressure compressor stage 1 rotor in two months—both involving Swiss International Air Lines A220-300s operating the same route.
Sep 23, 2019
Rolls-Royce’s decision to accelerate swaps of older intermediate pressure turbine (IPT) blades is adding pressure to its overhaul shops and will keep the number of Boeing 787s grounded because of Trent 1000 engine issues higher than previously projected well into 2020.