Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 16, 2014
Bombardier has resumed flight tests of the CSeries airliner after a hiatus of more than 100 days following an engine failure during ground testing, but an analyst is warning the company may be forced to push back the already-delayed entry into service.
Sep 16, 2014
Florida-based Spirit Airlines has unveiled a new livery that it said “matches the bright and bold branding the company announced in May.”
Sep 12, 2014
Air New Zealand plans to boost its service on North American routes next year, using aircraft capacity freed up by Boeing 787 deliveries.
Sep 11, 2014
Nairobi-based Kenya Airways (KQ) has expanded its Boeing 787 network to include a series of Far East destinations and is continuing to move its flights to Nairobi’s new Terminal 1A.
Sep 11, 2014
Russian deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has announced the Irkut MC-21 will launch its first flight in April 2016.
Jan 24, 2019
The chief of the Airbus Engineering Center in Mobile talks about big changes coming to aircraft cabin interiors.
Jan 24, 2019
Airbus launches construction for the Airbus A220 final-assembly line in Mobile.
Jan 23, 2019
New restrictions on a subset of Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines that power Boeing 787-8s are not expected to be as disruptive as similar limitations on Package C engines, but could produce more headaches for affected operators ahead of permanent fixes the OEM is introducing.
Jan 23, 2019
Boeing flew the initial high-density seating minor-model derivative of the 737 MAX 8 aircraft for the first time Jan. 13.
Jan 23, 2019
Kenya Airways is looking to double its fleet to 70 aircraft by 2025, CEO Sebastian Mikosz said.
Jan 22, 2019
Lufthansa Cargo (LHC) will take delivery of four Boeing 777Fs in 2019 to speed up the phaseout of its 12-aircraft strong MD-11F fleet.
Jan 22, 2019
Embraer’s sales and marketing focus in 2019 will be on finalizing orders for the E190-E2 and E195-E2 with “marquee customers,” Embraer Commercial Aircraft CEO John Slattery said.