Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Jun 19, 2019
Supersonic airliner developer Boom Supersonic has slipped the first flight of its XB-1 high-speed demonstrator to 2020, but says the follow-on full-size airliner is on track to make its service debut in the 2025-2027 timeframe.
Jun 19, 2019
Amazon is adding 15 more Boeing 737-800 freighters to its network following a deal with GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), paving the way to expand its fleet to at least 70 aircraft, including 20 GECAS-provided 737s.
Jun 19, 2019
The newly-launched Airbus A321XLR saw another major order boost with an MOU for 50 of the long-range narrowbodies from US private equity firm Indigo Partners.
Jun 19, 2019
Airbus and Rolls-Royce are on track to start modifying a Bae 146/RJ100 airliner into the E-Fan X hybrid-electric demonstrator in 2020 as the engine maker assumes a greater role following its recent acquisition of Siemens’ eAircraft unit, a former partner in the project.
Jun 19, 2019
Qatar Airways placed an order for five more Boeing 777Fs as the company continues to expand its global cargo services.
Mar 07, 2024
CAeS has released details of the finalized hydrogen fuel cell packing design it is developing for flight tests on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
Mar 07, 2024
CORAC President Yannick Assouad tells Aviation Daily the amount the Airbus ZEROe and ATR EVO programs may benefit from is still being defined.
Mar 07, 2024
Unplanned PW1000G inspections strain Pratt & Whitney’s parts supply chain.
Mar 06, 2024
The absence of documentation on a process critical to an in-service occurrence points to broad gaps in Boeing's quality oversight process.
Mar 06, 2024
For Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private aeronautics research program, time is a raison d’etre.
Mar 06, 2024
The tests will establish the performance of the unmodified aircraft before the start of the hybrid-electric conversion effort.
Mar 06, 2024
Skyports Infrastructure is to develop the UK’s first vertiport testbed at Bicester Motion, a former Royal Air Force airfield in Oxfordshire.
Mar 06, 2024
An Aeroflot A330-300 has returned to Russia after undergoing maintenance in Iran at Mahan Air’s MRO facility.