Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 26, 2010
Jet Airways will dry-lease three 777-300ERs to Thai Airways for three years each (ATWOnline, March 19). Jet also has four -300ERs on lease to Turkish Airlines. Skyworld Aviation said it is assisting in the marketing of six Q400s being sold by Republic Airways Holdings. Aircraft were operated by Frontier Airlines subsidiary Lynx Aviation, which will be dissolved by Republic in September (ATWOnline, Feb. 5).
Mar 26, 2010
AerCap Holdings and Genesis Lease announced completion of their $1.76 billion merger yesterday. Genesis shareholders will receive one AerCap ordinary share for each Genesis share. AerCap said it now is the world's largest independent aircraft leasing company with assets of some $8 billion and a portfolio of 345 commercial aircraft and 92 engines. AerCap CEO Klaus Heinemann and CFO Keith Helming will lead the enlarged company, in which Genesis shareholders now own approximately 29% (ATWOnline, Sept. 21, 2009).
Mar 26, 2010
China Southern Airlines plans to introduce 35 new aircraft this year, increasing its total fleet to 400 by 2011, according to GM Tan Wangeng. He noted that the Guangzhou-based carrier will phase out older MD-90s and 757s. It is scheduled to take delivery of its first A380 and 787 in 2011. It has firm orders for five A380s and 10 787s.
Mar 25, 2010
Aires of Colombia took delivery of its eighth 737-700. Aircraft will seat 149 passengers and will be followed by two more this year. It also operates 13 Dash 8-200s. The Bogota-based airline carried 203,405 passengers in January, a nearly fourfold increase year-over-year.
Mar 25, 2010
Alliance Airlines, a Brisbane-based charter carrier, said it plans to acquire eight more F100s starting in May to support natural resource-related contracts in Queensland and Western Australia. Aircraft will be purchased from a European operator and will lift Alliance's fleet to 19. MD Scott McMillan told ATWOnline that the F100 acquisition "is a major vote of confidence in the future of the resources industry in this region" and that the aircraft has been "extremely popular among the contract customers we serve."
Jan 23, 2020
Shell Aviation has a presence at some 900 airports in about 60 countries supplying aviation fuel. The company fuels an aircraft every 14 seconds and…
Jan 23, 2020
The production pause will yield carnage that Boeing and its Tier 1 partners must proactively manage to ensure the production ecosystem.
Jan 22, 2020
Boeing plans to re-start 737 MAX production “months” before the FAA approves it to fly again, which could be as soon as early spring based on the company’s newest estimate, Boeing president and CEO Dave Calhoun said.
Jan 22, 2020
Boeing appears to be watching a new turboprop in the planning at its likely future joint venture partner Embraer with some interest.
Jan 22, 2020
The first converted Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) aircraft flew for the first time Jan. 22, from Seletar Airport in Singapore.
Jan 22, 2020
A new era of high speed civil flight is beckoning but are commercial supersonic or even hypersonic aircraft justifiable amid rising concerns over aviation’s environmental impact? Guy Norris and Graham Warwick discuss this and other topics from AIAA’s annual SciTech forum where the global challenge of achieving sustainable aviation took center stage.
Jan 22, 2020
New documents reveal conscious efforts to streamline MAX certification, training, despite signs of risk.
Jan 21, 2020
Boeing is telling customers and suppliers that the 737 MAX will not receive its first regulatory approvals until “mid-2020,” which all but ensures MAX operators will not have the aircraft before the peak mid-year travel period ends.