Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 09, 2012
KfW IPEX-Bank has been mandated by Air Lease Corp. as arranger and sole lender for a seven-year commercial debt financing of one new Airbus A330-200 leased to Vietnam Airlines. The transaction closed Dec. 22.
Jan 09, 2012
Spirit AeroSystems has delivered its first composite center fuselage section for the Airbus A350 XWB. The upper and forward lower shell composite fuselage panels were joined in Spirit's Saint-Nazaire, France, facility before being delivered to Airbus. Spirit won a contract with Airbus in May 2008 to design and produce Section 15 of the A350 XWB's composite fuselage. The first center-fuselage panels were shipped from Spirit's North Carolina facility to Spirit's Saint-Nazaire facility in October.
Jan 09, 2012
Hainan Airlines’ subsidiary Hong Kong Airlines (HX) has placed a firm order for 10 A380s, according to widely published reports. According to Bloomberg, the order is valued at about $3.8 billion at list prices. The Hong Kong-based carrier will reportedly receive the first A380 in 2015. An Airbus spokesperson told ATW the manufacturer will not comment on the order before its annual press conference Jan. 17.
Jan 06, 2012
Taipei-based TransAsia Airways is considering an order for more than two Airbus A380s to facilitate its international expansion to the US over the next few years.
Jan 05, 2012
Boeing delivered 477 commercial aircraft in 2011 and ended the year with 805 net orders and a backlog of 3,771 unfilled commercial orders, the manufacturer said.
Dec 27, 2016
Delta Air Lines said Dec. 27 it had reached an agreement with Boeing to cancel an order for 18 Boeing 787s that the Atlanta-based airline assumed in 2008 as part of its merger with Northwest Airlines.
Dec 27, 2016
A Jet Airways Boeing 737 was seriously damaged and there were reports of passenger injuries after the aircraft left the runway as it prepared for take-off from Dabolim Airport in Goa, India, Dec. 27.
Dec 27, 2016
Canadian low-cost carrier (LCC) WestJet has been given the go-ahead from its pilots to acquire additional widebody aircraft.
Dec 27, 2016
Singapore-headquartered lessor BOC Aviation has placed a firm order for five more Airbus A320-200s, all scheduled for delivery in 2017.
Dec 27, 2016
Sukhoi Civil Aircraft said it has identified a minor fault in the tail stabilizer of one Superjet SSJ100 during inspections after Russian aviation authorities grounded the aircraft Dec. 24.
Dec 27, 2016
Emirates Airline, which saw a steep drop in profit its latest financials, is deferring delivery of six Airbus A380s from 2017 to 2018 and postponing delivery of another six A380s from 2018 to 2019.
Dec 23, 2016
Russian charter carrier Azur Air has taken delivery of its first 189-seat Boeing 737-800, which will be operated on routes to Spain and the United Arab Emirates in January 2017.
Dec 23, 2016
South Indian regional carrier Trujet has taken delivery of its first ATR 72-600 turboprop, which is leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE).