Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 24, 2013
Boeing chairman, president and CEO Jim McNerney said the manufacturer anticipates launching the 787-10 program “sooner rather than later” and could also launch the 777X by the end of this year.
Apr 24, 2013
Boeing has started 787 battery system modifications on 10 in-service fleet aircraft and believes modifications will be completed on nearly all 50 in-service fleet aircraft by mid-May.
Apr 24, 2013
Boeing earned first-quarter net income of $1.12 billion, up 20% over a net profit of $923 million in the 2012 March quarter.
Apr 24, 2013
LOT Polish Airlines expects to bring its two grounded Boeing 787s back into service by mid-June.
Apr 23, 2013
Boeing Canada Winnipeg plans to increase its Murray Park Road manufacturing site by more than 22%, primarily to house new composites work for the 737 MAX.
Oct 04, 2017
Embraer and Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. are conceding that the E175-E2 and MRJ90, respectively, will be unable to operate in the US market at service entry because both aircraft will be too heavy to meet scope clause requirements in US major airlines’ pilot labor contracts.
Oct 04, 2017
Dublin-based Avolon has completed 22 lease transactions during the 2017 third quarter, the company said Oct. 4.
Oct 04, 2017
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines must decide on a long-haul fleet replacement in 2018 as the life of its current fleet winds down over the next two years.
Oct 04, 2017
French air accident investigation agency BEA has said damage to the Air France Airbus A380, which suffered an uncontained engine failure over Greenland Sept. 30, appears to be limited to the No. 4 engine and its immediate environment.
Oct 03, 2017
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Group has chosen the CFM International LEAP-1A engine to power the fleet of 32 Airbus A321neos it has on order.
Oct 03, 2017
Boeing has rolled out the first 787-10 built for Singapore Airlines at its final assembly facility in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Oct 02, 2017
Lufthansa Technik and GE Aviation have begun to lay the foundation on a new engine MRO service facility and joint venture, XEOS, in Southwest Poland to overhaul GEnx-2B and GE9X engines.