Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 26, 2013
Bombardier has pushed back CSeries first flight by one month, saying in a statement issued Wednesday that the aircraft will now make its maiden test flight “by the end of July.”
Jun 26, 2013
GE Aviation plans to start testing this summer on a high pressure compressor (HPC) rig for the GE9X engine designated for the Boeing 777X.
Jun 26, 2013
FAA has granted Boeing approval to fly Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures on 787s.
Jun 26, 2013
Hainan Airlines is scheduled to make its Boeing 787 debut July 3 on domestic routes from Beijing to Haikou and Shanghai.
Jun 26, 2013
Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.
Dec 12, 2017
Safran’s CROR concept has to be evaluated long before a commercial program is launched.
Dec 11, 2017
North Sea offshore helicopter operators have completed simulator trials of Honeywell’s Mark XXII enhanced ground proximity warning system for helicopters.
Dec 11, 2017
Rolls-Royce has secured the authorizations it needs to acquire the remaining 53.1% of Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) from Spanish engineering and construction firm Sener Grupo de Ingeniería.
Dec 11, 2017
Air New Zealand has secured aircraft on short-term leases to cover for Boeing 787s grounded because of engine issues and reduced some operating parameters for the rest of its 787 fleet.
Dec 08, 2017
Germany-based regional carrier LGW has begun wet-lease Airbus A320 operations for Lufthansa LCC subsidiary Eurowings as part of Lufthansa Group’s €210 million ($247 million) bid to take over a large part of bankrupt airberlin assets, which includes Austria’s NIKI and LGW.
Dec 08, 2017
Kazakhstan’s Air Astana said it is destined to become one of the largest Airbus A320neo family operators in Central Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) over the next three years.
Dec 08, 2017
New information indicates there was significant damage to a Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engine on an Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 that recently was forced to turn back soon after takeoff.