Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 02, 2010
BOC Aviation ordered eight Boeing 777-300ERs for long-term lease to Thai Airways International. Boeing valued the orders at $2.2 billion at average list prices.
Oct 29, 2010
Boeing said that Russian state corporation Rostechnology finalized a previously announced order for 50 737NGs with purchase rights for an additional 35 valued at $3.7 billion. The order, signed two months ago (ATW Daily News, Sept. 20), is for 15 737-700s, 25 -800s and 10 -900ERs.
Oct 28, 2010
COI Ceramics won a contract from Boeing Research & Technology for the development and demonstration of a Ceramic Matrix Composite exhaust nozzle for US FAA's Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise program. CLEEN program technologies are slated to be flight tested aboard two aircraft, one Boeing 737 in 2012 and a yet-to-be-determined twin-aisle airplane in 2013. COI is a subsidiary of ATK.
Oct 28, 2010
Engine Alliance and Rolls-Royce battle to win future A380 engine business.
Oct 26, 2010
Airbus announced the first four of 10 Korean Air A380s are now in production in Toulouse. The first is being prepared for its first flight, the second and third are in the main assembly hall, and the wings and main fuselage sections of the fourth are complete. First delivery of the 400-450 pax aircraft is scheduled for next May. Teledyne Controls reached an agreement with Boeing to supply its Digital Flight Data Acquisition Unit for Boeing’s Airplane Health Management system for the 737NG.
Jun 20, 2016
Investigators have begun processing the cockpit voice and flight data recorders (CVRs and FDRs) recovered from the EgyptAir Airbus A320, which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 17, 2016
Dutch cargo specialist Martinair will end a more than two decades-long association with the MD-11F in July when it phases out the last two of its US-built tri-jet freighters.
Jun 17, 2016
Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 16, 2016
Aircraft and Leasing News-June 16, 2016
Jun 16, 2016
Search teams have recovered the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from the EgyptAir Airbus A320 that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea in May.
Jun 16, 2016
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and FAA have granted type validation to the Bombardier CSeries 100 (CS100), paving the way for delivery to launch customer Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) at the end of June.
Jun 16, 2016
The Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation said investigators probing the disappearance of EgyptAir flight MS804 have identified several main locations of the wreckage.
Jun 15, 2016
As International Airlines Group (IAG) prepares to take delivery of its 12th and final Airbus A380 for British Airways, IAG CEO Willie Walsh told ATW that any further A380s the group considers may be second hand.