Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 08, 2013
Luxembourg-based Luxair will finalize its future fleet strategy by mid-2014, with the Bombardier CSeries and Q400, Embraer E2 and the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) emerging as possible contenders.
Nov 08, 2013
Airbus has completed assembling the engine pylon for its first A320neo in St. Eloi in Toulouse.
Nov 07, 2013
GE Aviation has signed an agreement to purchase cellulosic synthetic biofuel from the Washington DC-based D’Arcinoff Group, to be used for production and development testing of GE jet engines.
Nov 06, 2013
Boeing, the leadership of the company’s largest union and Washington state governor Jay Inslee have tentatively agreed on a range of terms under which the 777X will be built at Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ manufacturing facilities in the Seattle area.
Apr 03, 2018
NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build an X-plane to demonstrate that sonic boom noise can be reduced to a level low enough to lift bans on commercial supersonic flight over US land.
Apr 03, 2018
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has finalized an order for eight more Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, valued at $936.8 million at list prices.
Apr 03, 2018
Kenya Airways LCC subsidiary Jambojet plans to add a sixth Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 to its fleet, which should quickly rise to 10 of the type as it takes over more regional routes from the mainline carrier.
Apr 02, 2018
Kazakhstan-based SCAT Airlines took delivery of the first of six Boeing 737-8s it has on order, becoming the first airline in Central Asia to receive a MAX family aircraft.
Apr 02, 2018
Industrial giant Siemens is aiming for a leading position as a supplier of electric propulsion systems to aircraft OEMs.
Mar 30, 2018
Portuguese wet lease operator Hi Fly will add the first of 10 Airbus A330-900neos to its fleet in June 2019.
Mar 30, 2018
Indonesia’s Lion Group and engine maker CFM International have finalized an order for 380 LEAP-1A engines to power the Asian group’s Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft.