Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 27, 2011
SunExpress, the Antalya-based joint venture between Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, is setting the stage to launch its new subsidiary, SunExpress Germany, and plans to double its fleet to 50 aircraft by 2015.
Jan 24, 2011
Blue1 introduced its fifth Boeing 717 in commercial operations, on scheduled service from Helsinki to Oslo Gardermoen. The carrier will have nine 717s in its fleet by the end of March. Astraeus Airlines confirmed it repossessed one Boeing 737, based in Bournemouth, from R E Bath Travel Services (Palmair) Ltd., after that company was "unable to honor its contractual obligations," the airline said. The original contract was due to run until April 2012.
Jan 24, 2011
Airbus announced that GE Capital Aviation Services ordered 12 additional long-range A330-300 aircraft. GECAS said the new commitment brings the total number of A330s ordered by GECAS to 32.
Jan 24, 2011
Shanghai-based Spring Airlines, China's most successful LCC, said it plans to launch an IPO to help fund fleet expansion.
Jan 23, 2011
International Lease Finance Corp. in the fourth quarter 2010 entered into 56 aircraft leases, bringing the year's total to 259 lease commitments. The lessor placed 29 Airbus aircraft (15 A319s, six A320s, four A321s, three A330s and one A340) and 35 Boeing aircraft (25 737s, two 757s, one 767, one 777 and six 787s) with 26 customers in 18 countries during the quarter.
Jul 13, 2016
This year’s Farnborough Airshow has turned into something of a fishing exercise by the airliner manufacturers as they dangle various “stretches” of new aircraft types in front of customers to see which bait is most popular.
Jul 13, 2016
Bombardier is hoping to secure EASA type validation for the CS300 within the next 30-40 days, following on from Transport Canada’s type certification, which was granted July 11.
Jul 13, 2016
Chinese airlines introduced 171 new aircraft in the first six months of 2016, including the first Boeing 787 deliveries to Air China and Hainan Airlines.
Jul 13, 2016
Airbus’s orderbook for the A320neo received a boost July 13 when Colombia-based Avianca Holding’s owner and largest shareholder Synergy Aerospace finalized a purchase agreement for 62 A320neo family aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow.
Jul 13, 2016
A further stretch of the Boeing 737 MAX would be ‘manageable,’ according to the manufacturer’s VP & GM, airplane development, Mike Delaney.
Jul 13, 2016
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has announced firm orders for 18 shipsets of International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants for new Airbus A320ceo family aircraft previously ordered by the company.
Jul 13, 2016
Budapest-based Wizz Air low-cost carrier (LCC) has selected Pratt &Whitney engines to power the 110 Airbus A321neos committed to at the Paris Airshow last year and finalized in September.
Jul 13, 2016
Boeing’s 787 may be a better fit for some expanding Chinese airlines rather than the larger 777 that has been selling to the country’s carriers in recent years, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.