Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 10, 2010
Hawaiian Airlines added to its firm long-haul Airbus order, signing up for a seventh A330-200 scheduled for delivery in 2011. HA placed an order for six -200s and six A350-800s, plus purchase rights for six of each type, two years ago (ATWOnline, Feb. 5, 2008). It also plans to lease three additional A330s.
Mar 10, 2010
AWAS delivered a fourth 737-700 to Bogota-based Aires.
Mar 10, 2010
Pemco World Air Services reached agreements with JetBlue Airways to upgrade the seats on the carrier's 110 A320s and to extend the existing heavy maintenance contract covering the fleet.
Mar 10, 2010
SITA is partnering with Spanish and Portuguese air navigation service providers AENA and NAV Portugal to deliver data link infrastructure for pre-operational testing in preparation for introduction of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications across the Iberian Peninsula by 2013. CPDLC will enable pilots and ATC to exchange certain routine messages via data link and will replace radio telephone communication.
Mar 10, 2010
Aircelle named Safran Group executive Francois Tarel as executive VP.
Jan 09, 2020
Airbus announced plans Jan. 9 to increase A320-family production to seven aircraft per month at its plant in Mobile, Alabama beginning early 2021, up from its current rate of five per month.
Jan 09, 2020
Engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has opened a new facility in Bristol, UK to develop composite technology fan blades and fan cases.
Jan 09, 2020
Companies are laying off workers, and forecasts for commercial aerospace are being revised downward. It was not supposed to be this way.
Jan 08, 2020
Ankara-based Turkish Aerospace, which took significant steps toward developing an indigenous defense sector in 2019, continues to play a major role supplying civil aircraft manufacturers.
Jan 08, 2020
Boeing’s EcoDemonstrator initiative is part of a greater focus on advanced operational efficiency and long-term sustainable growth.
Jan 07, 2020
Boeing will urge operators to put 737 MAX crews through simulator sessions before they return to line flying–an about-face triggered by recent trials that showed line pilots were not executing emergency procedures correctly, the company said Jan. 7.
Jan 07, 2020
Over the next decade, the commercial aircraft in-service fleet and the MRO demand in Latin America are expected to increase at a compound annual…
Jan 07, 2020
The aviation industry needs a robust, responsible Boeing.