Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 07, 2010
(Corrected Version) Qantas will change out at least three Rolls-Royce Trent 900s on two Airbus A380s owing to inspections resulting from the uncontained failure on a QF A380 last Thursday (ATW Daily News, Nov. 5). ATW incorrectly reported that Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines would also change engines.
Nov 05, 2010
Rolls-Royce announced that Tunisair chose the Trent 700 to power three Airbus A330s in a deal valued at $200 million at list prices. Tunisair Chairman and CEO Nabil Chettaoui said the A330s "will replace our A300-600 aircraft” and allow the airline to operate new scheduled flights to North America upon delivery from Airbus in 2012.
Nov 05, 2010
Embraer and Republic Airways Holdings finalized an order for up to 24 Embraer 190s, plus 24 options with conversion rights to E-195s, which was announced at the Farnborough International Airshow (ATW Daily News, July 23). In July, the companies stated the deal was valued at $960 million.
Nov 05, 2010
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce told media in Sydney on Friday that the airline’s remaining five Airbus A380s could resume flying as early as Sunday if a number of engine checks are satisfactory following the uncontained failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 aboard a Qantas A380 that had just taken off from Singapore on Thursday (ATW Daily News, Nov. 5).
Nov 04, 2010
Boeing on Wednesday announced it will begin a rotable exchange services program in support of the 787 Dreamliner, which it called the first program of its type to be developed in conjunction with entry into service of a new aircraft type. The program will provide access to a Boeing-managed inventory pool of parts available to ship to customers within 24 hours of request.
May 14, 2020
Brazilian LCC Azul, in a cost-cutting measure spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, plans to defer 59 Embraer E2s originally scheduled for delivery…
May 14, 2020
Surplus parts will be available, but will airlines simply use their own?
May 14, 2020
Ask the Editors: Low-energy nuclear reactions, compact fusion reactors and advanced small modular reactors are among concepts being tested.
May 13, 2020
Specialist aircraft-finance consultancy IBA has forecast that 7.5% of the world’s narrowbodies and 30% of widebodies could be prematurely withdrawn from service over the next 20 months, creating a 2,500-aircraft oversupply.
May 13, 2020
Electric propulsion has rekindled interest in short-takeoff-and-landing aircraft for regional transportation.
May 13, 2020
Ask the Editors: As airlines gain more leverage with lessors on aircraft maintenance, use of such parts may increase.
May 12, 2020
General Electric has shipped the first F414-100 engine to Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to power NASA’s X-59A QueSST low-boom supersonic flight…
May 12, 2020
De Havilland Aircraft of Canada expanded its “simplified package freighter” conversion program to its legacy Dash 8s, announcing Transport Canada approval and a launch customer.