Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 25, 2014
Boeing has rejected the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) conclusion that the 777-200ER’s automated systems contributed to the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident.
Jun 25, 2014
A passenger on board a Pakistan International Airlines’ Airbus A310 was killed and others were wounded when the aircraft was hit by gunfire as it landed at Peshawar Airport in the early hours of Wednesday.
Jun 24, 2014
Emirates Airline president Tim Clark told ATW he is leaving the door open for a future Airbus A350 or Boeing 787 order.
Jun 24, 2014
Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee has granted CAT IIIa ICAO certification to the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to execute automatic landings.
Jun 24, 2014
The UK arm of European charter airline Thomas Cook is set to lease a de-militarized Airbus A330 tanker from the AirTanker consortium.
Nov 05, 2018
American Airlines has placed a firm order for 15 additional Embraer E175s valued at $705 million at list prices.
Nov 05, 2018
Emirates Airline is close to signing up for more Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines for its incoming fleet of Airbus A380s, according to Emirates president Tim Clark.
Nov 05, 2018
VietJet Air has placed a firm order for 50 Airbus A321neos valued at $6.5 billion at list prices.
Nov 02, 2018
International Airlines Group’s (IAG) Irish airline Aer Lingus plans to nearly double its long-haul fleet from 17 to 30 aircraft by summer 2023, using the extra capacity to grow its North American presence.
Nov 02, 2018
Norwegian Air Shuttle has agreed to sell five Airbus A320neos in a transaction expected to raise $62 million in liquidity.
Nov 02, 2018
NASA is seeking industry on a Grand Challenge program aimed at fostering new urban air mobility (UAM) vehicle initiatives.
Nov 02, 2018
The engine OEM should be celebrating a year of record production. Instead the end of 2018 cannot come soon enough. Listen in as our editors discuss Rolls’ production delays and its long-term future.
Nov 01, 2018
Working with Spanish hybrid-electric light aircraft developer Axter Aerospace, US startup Wright Electric plans to fly a nine-seat demonstrator in 2019 as a step toward an ultimate goal of developing a 186-seat, electric-powered narrowbody airliner.