Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 17, 2014
Air Seychelles has taken delivery of two new-build Twin Otters at the Farnborough Airshow, opting to keep its three older models—previously slated for replacement—in service.
Jul 17, 2014
Airbus has teamed up with British Airways, London Heathrow Airport (LHR), and UK air navigation services provider NATS to study and develop operational procedures to reduce the number of people affected by noise at the airport.
Jul 17, 2014
Qatar Airways has finalized an order for 50 Boeing 777-9Xs, valued at $18.9 billion at current list prices.
Jul 17, 2014
The Engine Alliance (EA), a General Electric-Pratt & Whitney joint venture, plans later this year to define a new set of performance upgrade packages to the Airbus A380’s GP7200 engine as Airbus continues to evaluate future propulsion options ranging from incremental improvements to re-engining.
Jul 17, 2014
China’s Hainan Airlines is finalizing terms with Boeing on a purchase agreement for 50 737 MAX 8s valued at $5.1 billion at list prices.
Dec 03, 2018
The first Boeing 777X moves to final assembly position after a trouble-free run through the low-rate initial-production line.
Nov 30, 2018
Honeywell said Nov. 30 it plans to move its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, from Morris Plains, New Jersey.
Nov 30, 2018
Brussels Airlines has begun replacing seven leased aircraft in its Airbus A330-family long-haul fleet with secondhand A330-300s the Lufthansa Group subsidiary decided to acquire last year.
Nov 29, 2018
China Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of the first of 20 Airbus A350-900s to further strengthen its expanding long-haul fleet.
Nov 29, 2018
The European airframer is trying to shrink the potential market for Boeing’s new midmarket airplane.
Nov 27, 2018
United Technologies Corp. (UTC) closed on its record-making $30 billion acquisition of Rockwell Collins Nov. 26, and announced it will spin off non-aerospace business units Carrier and Otis Elevator Co. and become a pure-play, potentially $50 billion Tier 1 aerospace parts, engines and services provider.
Nov 27, 2018
British Airways (BA) has retired its last Boeing 767-300, 28 years after the type entered service.