Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 24, 2012
Boeing announced that the first 787 built in its South Carolina facility for launch customer Air India (AI) completed a five-hr. test flight Tuesday.
May 23, 2012
International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) has completed 65 lease transactions and took delivery of 10 new Boeing 737-800s during the first quarter. The transactions include extensions and placements from ILFC’s existing fleet for nearly 200 customers in more than 80 countries, ILFC said.
May 23, 2012
Lufthansa (LH) on May 22 launched its first scheduled flight with all-new onboard products that include first-, business-, and economy-class seats as well as FlyNet, the first onboard broadband Internet access using a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop or smartphone in every travel class.
May 23, 2012
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) said it is confident the issues that forced it to delay the first flight of the MRJ, originally slated for the current quarter, are being resolved and will enable it to stick to a new schedule that calls for first flight to occur in the fourth quarter of 2013.
May 22, 2012
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has reached a tentative agreement with Delta Air Lines (DL) and Boeing Capital Corp. to sublease all 88 AirTran (FL) Boeing 717 aircraft to DL, transitioning three aircraft per month over a three-year period beginning in the second half of 2013.
Feb 22, 2017
Lufthansa will take delivery of the second of 25 Airbus A350 XWBs in Munich Feb. 24, which will be used on Munich-Boston Logan scheduled services beginning March 14.
Feb 22, 2017
Rapidly expanding Lufthansa Group low-cost (LCC) subsidiary Eurowings has phased out its last Bombardier CRJ900, becoming an all-Airbus operator and closing its history as a regional carrier.
Feb 22, 2017
A strong fourth quarter in terms of commercial airliner deliveries enabled Airbus to deliver against its 2016 financial guidance, but company figures were dragged down by a €2.2 billion ($2.3 billion) write-off associated with a military transport aircraft.
Feb 22, 2017
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) appointed Vladislav Masalov as president on Feb. 22.
Feb 22, 2017
India’s new regional carrier Zoom Air, has launched Bombardier CRJ200 regional jet service with aircraft acquired from a third party.
Feb 22, 2017
New air traffic navigation equipment and procedures that could help handle more traffic are getting a tryout at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
Feb 21, 2017
JetBlue Airways has rolled out a special Embraer E190 livery and a new tailfin design that will appear on multiple aircraft this year.