Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 28, 2013
Air Berlin and its major shareholder, Etihad Airways, are in talks with Boeing to switch its 787-8 order to the bigger -9 version, CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer told ATW onboard Air Berlin’s first flight from Berlin to Chicago O’Hare
Mar 27, 2013
Lao Central Airlines and Indonesia’s Sky Aviation announced their first Sukhoi Superjet 100s (SSJ100s) have launched their first flights.
Mar 27, 2013
The first Yakutia Airlines’ SSJ100 has arrived at Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co.’s testing complex in Zhukovskiy for modification.
Mar 26, 2013
Airbus has installed its two flight-ready Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines on the first flight-test A350 XWB (MSN001).
Mar 26, 2013
Embraer formally added the previously announced Republic Airways order for up to 94 E-175s to its first-quarter backlog.
Sep 19, 2017
Four Chinese government lessors have ordered 70 COMAC C919s and taken options on 60 more, the manufacturer and the customers said, indicating strengthened government backing for the project.
Sep 19, 2017
Airbus expects to have 2,000 aircraft operating in China before the end of 2020 as demand continues to rise. In addition, Airbus projects Chinese airlines will need 60-100 A380s over the next five to seven years.
Sep 19, 2017
Some Chinese airlines have shown interest in the proposed A380plus, an enhanced version of the current aircraft that stops short of re-engining.
Sep 19, 2017
The C919 program has had many issues since first flight, Comac's chief designer told Aviation Week.
Sep 18, 2017
China Southern subsidiary XiamenAir plans to grow its fleet to more than 200 aircraft—and expand its widebody aircraft to 18—in 2018 to keep up with international market demand.
Sep 18, 2017
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Sep 18, 2017
Emirates president Tim Clark believes the Hyperloop, a vacuum-tube mass-transportation concept, could be used for aviation applications such as baggage transit.
Sep 18, 2017
Pratt & Whitney has completed a key step in the development of next-generation fighter propulsion technology.