Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 13, 2012
Qatar Airways (QR) has taken delivery of its first of 30 Boeing 787s. The aircraft, the first to be delivered to an airline in the Middle East, will be used on its Dubai, London Heathrow, Delhi and Zurich routes.
Nov 13, 2012
Mexico’s Interjet (4O) has signed a purchase agreement for 40 Airbus A320neo aircraft.
Nov 13, 2012
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has won 50 orders for the 150-seat C919 at the Zhuhai Air Show.
Nov 12, 2012
Boeing has rolled out the first 787 Dreamliner built at the new production rate of five-airplanes-per-month.
Nov 12, 2012
Gulf Air (GF) has renegotiated its 2008 orders covering 20 Airbus A330s and 24 Boeing 787s, agreeing instead to take up to 24 A320s and a maximum of 16 787s.
Jun 13, 2017
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has won orders for 30 C919s from China Everbright Financial Leasing.
Jun 12, 2017
As expected, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously June 9 to allow a Boeing’s antidumping complaint against Canadian aircraft manufacturer Bombardier to continue toward finding compensatory duties.
Jun 12, 2017
Iran Air expects to take delivery of its first new Boeing 777-300ER in April 2018, chairman and MD Farhad Parvaresh told ATW at the IATA AGM in Cancun.
Jun 12, 2017
Boeing has finalized a definitive agreement with Iran Aseman Airlines for the purchase of up to 60 737 MAX commercial passenger aircraft.
Jun 09, 2017
Bombardier Commercial Aircraft said it has concluded a firm order for five Q400 aircraft with an undisclosed customer.
Jun 09, 2017
The U.S. Air Force says it will continue investing in the Aerojet Rocketdyne AR-1 engine as a potential replacement for the Russian-made RD-180.
Jun 09, 2017
Rival large commercial aircraft (LCA) manufacturers Airbus and Boeing both claimed minor victories June 9 after the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling in their ongoing legal battle over improper government subsidies.