Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 18, 2013
Airbus, which said the A380’s order book comprises 262 firm orders from 20 customers, acknowledged India’s Kingfisher Airlines order for five of the type “looks shaky.”
Jan 18, 2013
The A380 program is on track to breakeven in 2015, Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier told ATW on the sidelines of the results conference in Toulouse.
Jan 18, 2013
A lithium ion battery on the All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing this week was badly burned, Japanese investigators said.
Jan 18, 2013
Qantas has ordered three new Bombardier Q400s and plans to lease five more Boeing 717s, but it has canceled one Boeing 787 in a move unrelated to its grounding.
Jan 17, 2013
Irish lessor Avolon will form a joint venture (JV) with Wells Fargo to operate an aircraft leasing business, named Avolon Capital Partners (ACP).
Jul 19, 2017
Russian-manufactured aircraft—the Irkut MC-21 and Ilyushin IL-114—won new orders on the second day of the MAKS Air Show.
Jul 19, 2017
Taiwanese carrier Mandarin Airlines has ordered six ATR 72-600s, valued at $160 million at current list prices.
Jul 19, 2017
The European low-cost carrier has hit a few snags in its effort to reinvent long-haul flying in the open skies era.
Jul 18, 2017
Russia’s Aeroflot has firmed orders for 20 Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft July 18 at the MAKS Air Show.
Jul 18, 2017
Russia’s Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC) signed a letter of intent with VIM Airlines to lease 15 Irkut MC-21-300s on July 18 at the MAKS Air Show in Moscow.
Jul 18, 2017
Russia’s United Engine Corp. (UEC) is preparing the turboprop engine TV7-117ST for flight tests, which will be performed with the Il-76LL flying laboratory. The laboratory was presented on the first day of the MAKS Air Show in Moscow.
Jul 18, 2017
Low-cost carrier (LCC) Norwegian has performed its first commercial transatlantic flights using the Boeing 737 MAX, with two aircraft now in revenue service.
