Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 30, 2012
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) Financial Leasing has placed an order for 30 Airbus A320ceo and 20 A320neo aircraft.
Aug 29, 2012
Turboprop manufacturer ATR is working on a series of upgrades for its newest ATR 42- and 72-600 family, enabling them to operate to airports with limited ground installations, extreme cold weather and steep approaches.
Aug 29, 2012
Forensics, data and collaboration are the key tools to transforming accident investigations from reactive to predictive processes, the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) chief said Tuesday.
Aug 28, 2012
Ireland has become one of the first European countries to implement the Centralized Code Assignment and Management System (CCAMS), a cooperative European initiative aimed at streamlining the way Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) codes are distributed and assigned.
Aug 28, 2012
FLY Leasing has acquired two Boeing 737-800 aircraft manufactured in 1998. The aircraft are on lease to Russia’s Transaero Airlines. The new acquisitions were financed with secured bank debt and FLY’s free cash. CIT Aerospace will lease two new GEnx-1B70-powered Boeing 787-8s to Aeromexico, with deliveries scheduled in 2015 and 2016. GE Capital Aviation delivered two new Boeing 737-800s to Lion Air under a purchase and leaseback transaction.
May 01, 2017
Embraer will team with Uber Elevate to explore the development of small vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (VTOLs), the Brazilian manufacturer said.
May 01, 2017
Aviation Week editors weigh in on Emirates cutbacks and the Trump administration’s electronics ban.
Apr 28, 2017
Japan Air Commuter (JAC)—a Japan Airlines subsidiary—launched its first ATR 42-600 flight April 26 on service from Kagoshima to Yakushima.
Apr 28, 2017
Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corp. reported a 2016 net income of RUB1.2 billion ($20 million), reversed from a RUB2.3 billion net loss in the year-ago period.
Apr 28, 2017
Until now, the C919 has looked like it would be limited to CAAC certification. Now EASA has stepped in to help.
Apr 27, 2017
American Airlines has placed a firm order for four more Embraer E175 aircraft, adding to the 60 E175s the carrier had previously ordered.
Apr 27, 2017
Airbus reported a 2017 first-quarter net income of €608 million ($653 million), up 52% from €399 million in the year-ago quarter.
Apr 27, 2017
American Airlines is deferring the delivery of 24 widebody aircraft, including its first Airbus A350 that had been scheduled for delivery next year, reducing capital expenditures by more than $1 billion in the 2018-2020 period.