Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 15, 2013
Airbus parent EADS has confirmed it is in talks to acquire 1.56% of its shares, which are held by the French government.
Apr 15, 2013
Icelandair has bought two Boeing 757-200s, which it previously had on long-term lease, for an undisclosed sum.
Apr 12, 2013
International Aero Engines (IAE) president Jon Beatty believes the V2500 engine for the Airbus A320 has a lengthy life ahead of it even as the re-engined A320neo comes on line.
Apr 12, 2013
Latvian-based Air Baltic will grow its Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 NextGen fleet from eight to 12 this summer, to be phased in between May and July.
Apr 12, 2013
Embraer delivered 17 commercial aviation aircraft and 12 executive jets in the first quarter of 2013, for a total of 29 aircraft.
Sep 29, 2017
UK LCC easyJet is set to trial onboard intranet-based IFE, supplied by Barcelona-headquartered technology firm Immfly, from this fall and is evaluating Inmarsat’s European Aviation Network (EAN) for future full Wi-Fi connectivity.
Sep 29, 2017
The prospective long-range widebody aircraft being developed jointly by the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) and Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) will be called the “CR929,” the China-Russia Commercial Aircraft International Co. (CRAIC) joint venture said in Shanghai Sept. 29.
Sep 29, 2017
German LCC Eurowings will retrofit 25 of its Airbus A319s with the CTT Zonal Drying system, CTT announced.
Sep 29, 2017
Chinese seating manufacturer Zhejiang Science and Technology Investment Company (ZTC) has paid £55 million ($73.7 million) to acquire a stake in UK-based Acro Aircraft Seating previously held by private equity firm BGF.
Sep 29, 2017
Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg has voiced support for President Donald Trump’s tax reform initiatives, noting “there’s a wide variety of opinions on tax reform but we know it’s a big enabler. It will unleash the economic horsepower in this country.”
Sep 28, 2017
China’s commercial aircraft builder, Comac, was obviously not ready for flight testing when it flew the C919 for the first time in May.
Sep 28, 2017
American Airlines expects to make a final decision on its order for 22 Airbus A350-900s within six months and possibly by the end of 2017.
Sep 28, 2017
The MRJ90 flight test program is back on track following a temporary suspension spurred by an unscheduled engine shutdown during a test flight, according to Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.