Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 07, 2012
The air navigation service providers of Austria, the Czech Republic and Hungary have contracted air traffic management consultants Austrian Product Assurance Co. (APAC) and Helios to provide project management services to the Functional Airspace Block Central Europe (FAB CE) initiative through the rest of the year.
Jun 07, 2012
Embraer has seen a few short-term deferrals—but not cancellations—on deliveries despite the market downturn, according to Embraer president-commercial aviation Paulo Cesar de Souza e Silva.
Jun 06, 2012
Air Lease Corp. (ALC) has signed a firm order for 36 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, comprising 20 of the larger A321neos, plus 14 options.
Jun 05, 2012
Pratt & Whitney and Russia’s Irkut Corp. signed an agreement to offer the PurePower PW1400G engine on Irkut’s MC-21 family of aircraft.
Jun 05, 2012
Jet Midwest Group announced it has acquired 17 complete Boeing 767 aircraft from Air Canada. Boeing delivered the first new 737-800 NextGen to Air Lease Corp. (ALC) to be operated by Korean Air (KE) from an order placed during the 2010 Farnborough Airshow. The Los Angeles-based leasing company took delivery of a Next-Generation 737-800, which will be leased from ALC and operated by KE.
Mar 02, 2017
Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg praised US President Donald Trump at the US Chamber of Commerce Aviation Summit in Washington DC March 2, describing him as “very much engaged with industry … [with] a great curiosity and a great affinity for airplanes and aerospace.”
Mar 02, 2017
Oman Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9.
Mar 02, 2017
Delta Air Lines said it will stop flying MD-88 aircraft on a scheduled basis at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, effective March 2.
Mar 02, 2017
Bombardier has years to go on its turnaround plan, but the Canadian manufacturer is far enough along to begin thinking of its next new aircraft, president and CEO Alain Bellemare said at the US Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Aviation Summit March 2.
Mar 02, 2017
The Airbus A350-1000, the larger variant of the A350 slated to seat 366 passengers in a typical three-class configuration, has undergone rigorous ground and flight tests in the extreme operating conditions of Iqaluit, Canada.
Mar 01, 2017
SriLankan Airlines has taken delivery of the first of six Airbus A320/321neo family aircraft, which will be used to expand services to Asia and the Middle East.
Mar 01, 2017
Airbus is to seek shareholder approval for a formal name change during an annual general meeting (AGM) on April 12.
Mar 01, 2017
Malaysia Airlines Berhad has increased the number of used widebody aircraft it is seeking to add to its fleet to meet medium-term capacity needs.