Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 18, 2013
New Tunisia-based Syphax Airlines has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to buy three Airbus A320neos, making it the first time an African-based carrier has ordered the neo.
Jun 18, 2013
Boeing has launched the 787-10 Dreamliner, the third member of its 787 family, at the Paris Air Show at Le Bourget.
Jun 18, 2013
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Boeing to purchase 33 aircraft, comprising three 787-9 and 30 787-10X Dreamliners.
Jun 18, 2013
United Airlines has increased its 787 Dreamliner order to 65 aircraft (including six previously delivered aircraft) with an order for 20 787-10s.
Nov 20, 2017
Dublin-based lessor Avolon has finalized a firm order for 55 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 20 MAX 10s, plus options for 20 MAX 8s, valued at nearly $11 billion at list prices.
Nov 17, 2017
Indian LCC IndiGo—which so far has relied on Airbus A320s—will introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Nov 17, 2017
Belgian aviation authorities have granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) to regional VLM Airlines for its Fokker 50 aircraft, just days after approving an AOC for Airbus A320s acquired from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Nov 17, 2017
Public disagreement between Airbus and Emirates over A380 production pace and design updates highlights the manufacturer’s problems.
Nov 16, 2017
Hawaiian Airlines took delivery of the first of 18 Airbus A321neo aircraft, which will be used on flights between Hawaii and the US west coast.
Nov 16, 2017
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make a decision next year on an order for a 100-seater type and is carefully watching Boeing’s plans for a Mid-Market Aircraft (MMA), the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at the Dubai Air Show.
Nov 16, 2017
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) must decide by 1Q 2018 about whether to begin developing a smaller or larger variant of the SSJ100 Superjet.
Nov 16, 2017
Commercial aircraft orders and commitments placed at the Dubai Air Show, November 12-16, 2017.