Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 24, 2014
Debris spotted in the south Indian Ocean appears to be wreckage from missing Malaysia Airlines MH370. The Boeing 777-200, with 239 people on board, went missing March 8 during a routine flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
Mar 23, 2014
Following reports that new satellite images have identified floating debris that could be remnants of the missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flight MH370, search efforts have been further ramped up in the south Indian Ocean.
Mar 21, 2014
The future air cargo market could be significantly different from its traditional model, according to industry experts on a panel at the ISTAT Americas 2014 Conference in San Diego earlier this week.
Mar 21, 2014
Rolls-Royce is considering a model in which it would lease engines to aircraft operators, although the idea is still in its infancy. Over the last 20 to 30 years, Rolls-Royce has shifted from supplying engines to providing full support package under its TotalCare service range.
Mar 21, 2014
Bombardier is marketing a 50-seat passenger/cargo combi version of the Q400 turboprop as it strives to extend the production life of its regional aircraft through the transition to full-rate output of the CSeries narrowbody aircraft.
Jul 18, 2018
Seventeen years after it ceased operations, a revived Uganda Airlines has ordered four Bombardier CRJ900s and agreed to purchase two Airbus A330-800neos, the two manufacturers said July 18.
Jul 18, 2018
Mitsubishi Aircraft’s forthcoming MRJ70 regional jet hopes to take advantage of an approaching bulge of elderly regional aircraft coming to the end of their leases, according to the company’s chief development officer Alex Bellamy.
Jul 18, 2018
Mexico’s ultra-LCC VivaAerobus has firmed up an amendment for 25 incremental A321neo and converted 16 A320neos to A321neos to their existing purchase agreement.
Jul 18, 2018
Boeing is standing up an organization to leverage its research into autonomous flight and advanced propulsion and explore new transportation markets.
Jul 18, 2018
As the US and Europe diverge over regulations for future supersonic transports (SST), a report by an environmental research group suggests such aircraft would dramatically increase carbon emissions, airport noise and fuel burn compared with subsonic airliners.
Jul 18, 2018
Thales has evolved its Avionics 2020 cockpit electronics demonstrator into a still-unnamed conceptual flight deck that will make the most of growing data processing capabilities.
Jul 18, 2018
A pair of undisclosed Airbus customers have committed to $13.1 billion worth of new A320neo and A330neo aircraft.
Jul 18, 2018
Air China will receive its first Airbus A350-900 from early August, following final approvals from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) this week for A350 certification.