Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Feb 16, 2012
The Commercial Aircraft Co. of China (COMAC) and Liebherr-Aerospace have signed a firm contract for C919 landing gear and air management systems.
Feb 16, 2012
Bombardier has received a firm order for two Q400 NextGen aircraft from Horizon Air (QX) and revealed that Ethiopian Airlines (ET) is the customer that placed the firm order for five Q400 NextGens announced earlier this week.
Feb 15, 2012
Kuwait-based lessor Aviation Lease and Finance Co. (ALAFCO) has placed a firm order with CFM International for LEAP-1A engines, valued at $840 million at list prices.
Feb 15, 2012
Japan Airlines (JAL) has placed a firm order for 10 Boeing 787-9s and converted 10 787-8s it already had on order to -9s.
Jan 17, 2017
Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder (FDR) of the ACT Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighter that crashed near Manas airport, the Kyrgyzstan government said in a statement.
Jan 17, 2017
Australia, China and Malaysia have officially announced the end of the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which crashed in March 2014.
Jan 17, 2017
After years restricted by Western sanctions, Iran Air is looking to finally expand its fleet, and Airbus is the first beneficiary.
Jan 16, 2017
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has reached “in principle” a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that will see the company paying financial penalties amounting to £671 million ($809 million).
Jan 16, 2017
Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe has been named as the previously undisclosed customer for three firm Embraer E190-E2s in a deal valued at $873 million at list prices if purchase rights on a further 12 E2 family aircraft are firmed.
Jan 16, 2017
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has ordered 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and taken purchase rights on a further 40. At list prices, the order is worth $8.6 billion.
Jan 16, 2017
All four crew members and dozens of people on the ground were killed when a Turkish Boeing 747-400 freighter crashed into a village near Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan early morning Jan. 16 local time.
Jan 16, 2017
Embraer CEO aims to grow MRO to a quarter of the company’s business as it targets Asia with the E2.