Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 18, 2013
Airbus parent EADS has inked a €300 million ($388.6 million) research and development loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB).
Mar 16, 2013
Turkish Airlines has signed a contract for up to 117 A320 family aircraft, including 25 A321ceos, four A320neo, 53 A321neos and options for 35 additional A321neos.
Mar 16, 2013
Boeing has selected GE Aviation as the engine partner for its 777X development program.
Mar 15, 2013
What started as one of Boeing’s most difficult weeks—beginning with a fire and ending with a full-scale safety review of the 787’s design and production—rapidly turned into a public relations nightmare the following week when two airlines grounded their 787 fleets and images of a Dreamliner with emergency chutes deployed streamed over television and computer screens worldwide.
Mar 14, 2013
It was the aviation news of 2012 that received far too little attention. Airbus’s top brass acknowledged publicly, to a room full of reporters at the Farnborough Airshow no less, that there will be no all-new narrowbody commercial aircraft entering the market for at least another 18 years.
Sep 13, 2017
Bombardier continues to project strong growth in the large regional jet and small single-aisle airliner markets, despite a slight decline in its 20-year commercial-aircraft forecast as a result of expected slower economic growth in China.
Sep 13, 2017
Russia’s Irkut Corp. has started the second stage of in-plant development tests for the MC-21-300, the manufacturer said Sept. 13.
Sep 13, 2017
Malaysia Airlines still wants to lease additional Airbus A330s to cover short-term needs, despite the carrier’s new commitment to order Boeing 787-9s.
Sep 13, 2017
Cathay Pacific Airways has finalized an order with Airbus for 32 A321neo single-aisle aircraft.
Sep 13, 2017
Malaysia Airlines has signed an MOU with Boeing to convert eight existing orders for the 737 MAX series to widebody 787-9s.
Sep 13, 2017
Boosted by new orders for its Q400, Bombardier has dusted off plans to move production of the cockpit and wing for the regional turboprop from Toronto to lower-cost locations outside Canada.
