Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 14, 2015
CFM International will keep its maintenance costs for the new LEAP narrowbody engine to levels at or similar to those of the current CFM56 engine, company senior executives said Sunday on the eve of the Paris Air Show.
Jun 14, 2015
Pratt & Whitney said it will deliver retrofitted PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines to Airbus by the end of June to enable the resumption of GTF-powered A320neo flight testing.
Jun 12, 2015
Finnair is in the process of selecting its future narrowbody fleet, CEO Pekka Vauramo told ATW on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Miami.
Jun 12, 2015
Virgin Atlantic is targeting the end of this year to decide on a replacement for its London Gatwick-based fleet of Boeing 747-400s.
Jun 12, 2015
Myanmar National Airlines has taken delivery of its first leased Boeing 737-800 from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).
Sep 10, 2019
FAA is proposing inspections and replacement of certain Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan oil system components to eliminate an issue linked to at least two inflight shutdowns.
Sep 10, 2019
For the manufacturers, it is about big business, with multibillion-dollar orders hanging in the balance.
Sep 09, 2019
Air France CEO Anne Rigail is considering possible replacements for the French carrier’s Airbus A380s, before turning her attention to a Boeing 777 successor and the remainder of the airline’s medium-haul renewal.
Sep 07, 2019
Final loads testing on Boeing’s delayed 777-9 has been suspended while investigations continue into the failure of a cargo door during pressurization evaluations on the static test airframe at Everett, Washington, Sept 5.
Sep 06, 2019
Air Canada continues to reveal little about its plans for Air Transat beyond keeping the leisure airline’s brand and Montreal headquarters, but a senior executive said that getting its aircraft flying more often will be a near-term focus.
Sep 06, 2019
Saudi LCC flyadeal expects to make an engine decision for its order of Airbus A320neos within the next two months, the airline’s CEO said Sept. 6.
Sep 06, 2019
Airbus is expanding the scope of work of the A320-family assembly line in Tianjin, China, adding more equipping of fuselages.
Sep 06, 2019
Russia and China are reportedly close to selecting a location for the Chinese-Russian commercial aircraft consortium (CRAIC) CR929 program’s engineering center, an issue that has been delaying progress in development of the widebody airliner.