Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Aug 09, 2010
Bombardier said Porter Airlines signed a firm order for four Q400 NextGens plus six options. The Toronto-based airline’s firm order is valued at C$123 million ($120 million) at list prices. The four aircraft will increase Porter’s fleet of Q400s to 24 (ATW Daily News, Oct. 20, 2009). Porter took delivery of its 20th aircraft, and the 300th Q400 aircraft to be delivered, in April.
Aug 09, 2010
US FAA proposed an airworthiness directive to require operators of certain 747-400s to modify thrust reverser control system wiring to prevent inadvertent, automatic retractions of leading edge flaps.
Aug 08, 2010
Korean Air's Aerospace Division delivered the first prototype cargo door for the A350 to Eurocopter. Korean Air Aerospace is a program partner and is responsible for three of the doors on the A350. Eurocopter is responsible for all the aircraft doors on the aircraft under a contract signed July 13.
Aug 08, 2010
Boeing suffered significant, although not unexpected, cancellations last week of 10 777s, 15 787s and one 737.
Aug 06, 2010
LOTPolish Airlines expects to make a decision soon on a replacement for some of the 13 ATR-42/72s operated by its EuroLot subsidiary. “First we [will] look for a [direct] ATR-72 replacement. For example, the Q400, which can fly faster and has more range. But this order also depends on our future network,” a LOT spokesperson confirmed to ATW. The first new turboprop delivery could arrive as early as next May.
Mar 26, 2020
EasyJet founder and shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou is insisting that the UK LCC cancel its Airbus order and slim its fleet down to 250 aircraft.
Mar 26, 2020
Austrian aerospace parts and services provider FACC has said that a “large part” of its staff is expected to apply for “short-term work” starting Apr. 6 and that it will revise plans to ramp up a new Croatian factory while suspending its dividend payment to shareholders for 2019.
Mar 25, 2020
China will strengthen its air cargo industry under a new policy that includes encouraging mergers with logistics companies and expanding aircraft fleets.
Mar 25, 2020
Amid signs that Boeing is hoping to resume production of the 737 MAX in May the company says flight tests of the three current versions of the model, the -7, -8 and -9, are continuing despite the general shutdown of its Puget Sound facilities because of the coronavirus.
Mar 25, 2020
NASA has renamed its urban air mobility Grand Challenge the Advanced Air Mobility National Campaign, a seemingly simple name change that signals recognition that industry’s interest is in more than just downtown air transportation.
Mar 25, 2020
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR, following a pause in its activities for four days last week, is resuming production at its Toulouse final assembly line.
Mar 25, 2020
European report sees clear role for hydrogen fuel in reducing aviation’s emissions but acknowledges the barriers.
Mar 24, 2020
Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is already seeing a massive impact from the COVID-19 crisis but cannot predict the extent of the damage to the global aviation industry.