Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 29, 2014
Boeing posted a net profit of $4.59 billion for 2013, up 18% over net income of $3.9 billion in 2012, on a 6% rise in revenue to $86.62 billion.
Jan 29, 2014
TAP Portugal will add two Airbus A330s and four A320 family aircraft in 2014, and is evaluating further fleet growth for 2015 and beyond.
Jan 29, 2014
French air accident authority BEA has launched an investigation after a Saab 2000 operated by Swiss regional Darwin Airline lost its nose wheel on landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Jan. 28.
Jan 29, 2014
Air France will progressively equip its Airbus A320 family aircraft fleet with noise reduction kits by 2015.
Jan 28, 2014
Indonesia’s Lion Group is in talks with Boeing about potentially swapping its order for five 787-8 Dreamliners to Next-Generation 737s.
Jun 19, 2018
Ethiopian Airlines may announce a Bombardier CSeries or Embraer E2 order at the 2018 Farnborough Air Show, as well as a follow-on deal for Boeing 787s, according to Ethiopian CEO Tewolde Gebremariam.
Jun 19, 2018
Korean Air is on track to increase its Bombardier CSeries fleet to 10 aircraft this year, and is preparing to debut the type on short-haul international routes.
Jun 18, 2018
Japan Airlines (JAL) Group is considering options to replace three Saab A340B turboprops at its Hokkaido Air System regional subsidiary.
Jun 18, 2018
Faced with size constraints at its production facilities, Airbus rethinks the way it manufacturers aircraft.
Jun 15, 2018
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has grounded the C919 flight-test aircraft for modifications, costing about three months in the flight-testing schedule.
Jun 15, 2018
Airbus has inaugurated the fourth Hamburg A320 Family production line. Making use of digital technologies and a more flexible industrial set-up, the state-of-the-art line is a key enabler for ramping up the single-aisle program to 60 aircraft per month by mid-2019. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann was on-site at the Airbus factory in Hamburg Finkenwerder
Jun 15, 2018
Swiss regional SkyWork Airlines plans to add a sixth Saab 2000 turboprop to its fleet, which will be used on the carrier’s regional network from its Berne home base.
Jun 15, 2018
UK LCC easyJet plans to take delivery of the first of the Airbus A321neos it has on order at the Farnborough Air Show in July, easyJet France director Francois Bacchetta said at a June 14 media briefing at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.