Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 15, 2010
Turkish Airlines topped up its firm order with Airbus with an additional A330-200 for delivery in July 2011. The aircraft will be powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines. The purchase joins existing orders for 10 A330-300s, two A330-200 freighters and 24 A320 family aircraft signed last year.
Jun 15, 2010
Boeing yesterday announced a further bump to the 737NG production rate, to 35 per month in early 2012, up from 31.5 currently.
Jun 15, 2010
Boeing announced yesterday that the 747-8 freighter has received expanded type inspection authorization from US FAA, a critical step toward certification that allows agency personnel to participate in test flights and collect required data.
Jun 12, 2010
Lufthansa Technik AERO Alzey signed an eight-year exclusive repair and overhaul agreement with Eurowings covering "at least" 30 CF34-8C engines powering the carrier's CRJ900 fleet.
Mar 04, 2020
Following the exit of Bombardier, Airbus is digging deeper into what it can do to make the A220 profitable fast.
Mar 04, 2020
An old friend is about to crash the party in A&D manufacturing and MRO: Howmet Aerospace. But it might not be so friendly this time.
Mar 03, 2020
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has lined up operators for its first two Airbus A321 converted freighters and expects to receive its FAA supplemental type certificate (STC) for the program around July 1, the company’s top executive said.
Mar 03, 2020
Tier 2 manufacturer Senior will continue its move away from the U.S. Pacific Northwest and elsewhere and toward locating more work in Asia, as well as continuing to shop the British company’s aerostructures business, executives said Mar. 2.
Mar 02, 2020
Safran executives are expressing cautious optimism that any decline in commercial aftermarket demand linked to COVID-19 will be short-lived but acknowledge that it could be sharp.
Mar 02, 2020
The aircraft leasing industry has been booming over many years, but now has too many players in the market to sustain good lease rates.
Feb 28, 2020
WICHITA—Spirit AeroSystems missed 2019 fourth quarter profit expectations, marred by production cuts on the Boeing 737 MAX and a loss on the 787 widebody jet pr
Feb 28, 2020
Rolls-Royce has reported losses of £852 million ($1.1 billion) as the company continues to tackle issues around the Trent 1000 engine.