Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Aug 14, 2014
Airbus A350-900 flight test aircraft, MSN005, has completed a series of route proving trials at 14 cities over the past three weeks and is on track toward type certification in the third quarter of 2014.
Aug 14, 2014
Boeing is escalating the war of words between it and Delta Air Lines over the role of the Export-Import Bank of the US (Ex-Im) with a letter to the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee that refutes, point-by-point, a letter the Atlanta-based carrier sent last week.
Aug 14, 2014
CSA Czech Airlines will put its entire fleet of Airbus A320-200s up for disposal as it continues to fight to find a niche in the market.
Aug 14, 2014
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has signed a long-term contract with Air Lease Corp. (ALC), covering a pair of new-build Boeing 777-300ERs.
Aug 13, 2014
A selection of photos from Finnair's press day at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.
Jan 03, 2019
Air Botswana has received the first of two Embraer E170s as the southern African carrier rebuilds its fleet.
Jan 03, 2019
The new US low-cost carrier led by JetBlue Airways founder David Neeleman, now known as “Moxy,” signed a firm order with Airbus for 60 A220-300 airliners, the manufacturer announced Jan. 3.
Jan 03, 2019
JetBlue Airways has firmed up an order for 60 Airbus A220-300 aircraft, which was announced in July 2018.
Jan 03, 2019
Anti-drone equipment deployed by the British Army at London Gatwick Airport in response to the illegal drone activity, which closed down the airport in December, has been removed.
Jan 02, 2019
Aircraft Briefs-Jan. 2, 2019
Jan 02, 2019
Russian regional Severstal Aircompany received its first Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) on Dec. 26, 2018.
Dec 29, 2018
Lawyers for the family of the co-pilot killed in the crash of the Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 have filed a lawsuit against Boeing alleging the aircraft was “unreasonably dangerous” and that the manufacturer failed to provide proper instruction on how to handle the new narrowbody’s anti-stall system.
Dec 28, 2018
Vertical flight was a hot topic in 2018 with heightened activity on electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft for recreational and air-taxi use.