Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 09, 2014
Swiss International Air Lines’ (SWISS) subsidiary Swiss European Air Lines—which operates a fleet of 20 Avro RJ100s for SWISS—will lease four Embraer E-190s from Zürich-based Helvetic Airways.
Sep 09, 2014
As Qantas subsidiary Jetstar continues to build up its Boeing 787 fleet, it is focusing its latest deliveries on upgrading direct routes from Australia to Japan.
Sep 08, 2014
Boeing announced Monday a new high-capacity version of the 737 MAX, taking the 189-seater to up to a 200-seater, with Irish low-cost carrier (LCC) Ryanair the launch customer with a commitment for 100 aircraft plus options on 100 more.
Sep 08, 2014
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft resumed flight testing of its CSeries aircraft Sunday with flight test vehicle two (FTV2) taking to the air at the manufacturer’s facility in Mirabel, Quebec.
Sep 08, 2014
Southwest Airlines has unveiled a new logo and brand overhaul—named Heart—which it said puts the airline’s heart on display after a year of change for the Dallas-based carrier.
Jan 22, 2019
Initial European studies of distributed hybrid-electric propulsion underscores the challenges to making the technology feasible for large passenger aircraft.
Jan 21, 2019
Deals by Airbus and Boeing to take over the former CSeries and Embraer’s commercial aircraft business are giving the A220 and E2 new credibility, but the models are still not hitting the core of the narrowbody market, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly said.
Jan 21, 2019
The proposed Airbus A321XLR “will go well beyond the capabilities Airbus imagined for the A320”, according to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) chairman Steve Udvar-Hazy.
Jan 21, 2019
Irish lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has switched 15 Airbus A320neos from an existing order to the larger A321neo, as well as announcing a firm follow-on order for 50 A320neos and 15 A321neos with a list-price value of $7.4 billion.
Jan 18, 2019
Canadian LCC WestJet has taken delivery of its first of 10 Boeing 787-9s to serve new international routes.
Jan 18, 2019
Philippine LCC Cebu Pacific is expected to receive its first Airbus A321neo soon, and under a revised delivery timetable another five are scheduled to arrive this year.
Jan 17, 2019
Boom’s Overture supersonic airliner will be as quiet on takeoff and landing as subsonic aircraft flying similar routes today, the startup said, providing more insight into its efforts to reconcile the high- and low-speed requirements for its Mach 2.2 commercial aircraft.
Jan 17, 2019
Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury sees the A320 and A220 to be ideally placed to “evolve in parallel” and anticipates making further decisions on how later this year.