Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 28, 2010
Boeing Chairman and CEO Jim McNerney said yesterday that "re-engining the 73[7] is under active consideration" with customers "anxious for us to make a move" on a more efficient narrowbody.
Jan 27, 2010
Airbus signed an MOU with CDB Leasing of China "to share competence and experience to cooperate on a variety of leasing and financing projects," including pre-delivery payment financing, delivery financing and passenger-to-freighter conversion projects. CLC will offer financing solutions to airlines around the world and committed to $4 billion in sale-and-leaseback transactions over the next five years.
Jan 26, 2010
Gulf Air said it sold its two oldest A340-300s to an affiliate of Florida-based Apollo Aviation Group, commenting that the transaction "relieved the company of the impending requirement to invest $25 million in order for the aircraft to continue in service." Aircraft are 16 years old and had been withdrawn from service.
Jan 26, 2010
Former Northwest Airlines President and CEO Doug Steenland has replaced founder and CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy as chairman of ILFC, according to the lessor's website, while The Wall Street Journal cited sources who indicated that Udvar-Hazy could leave the company as early as this week. The newspaper said Steenland joined ILFC last month. The lessor reported a $245.8 million third-quarter profit (ATWOnline, Nov.
Jan 25, 2010
Aeroflot last week took delivery of its 33rd A320 and its ninth A330-200. The latter is on lease from AerCap. It expects to take an A330-300 in April. Skytech-AIC of the UK won a contract from Air Greenland to remarket a 757-200ER during the second quarter. The RB211-535E4/11B-powered aircraft was built in 1992.
Dec 03, 2019
The Chinese-Russian commercial aircraft consortium (CRAIC) will establish the CR929 engineering center in Moscow, following protracted negotiations between the Russian and Chinese partners in the widebody airliner program.
Dec 03, 2019
CRAIC will establish the CR929 engineering center in Moscow, following protracted negotiations between the Russian and Chinese partners in the widebody airliner program.
Dec 03, 2019
Year-to-date cancellations of large commercial aircraft orders are totaling 441 units through November, according to financial analysts, a worrying but not catastrophic increase over the 303 in 2018.
Dec 03, 2019
The introduction of delivery service by drones is facing a challenge of human acceptance, according to surveys by the British Institution of Mechanical Engineers.
Dec 02, 2019
The European Union (EU) failed to prove it fixed illegal subsidies of Airbus A380 and A350 XWB production, the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced Dec. 2, dispelling the assertion that the A380’s eventual wind-down settles that part of the long-running large aircraft dispute with the US and Boeing.
Dec 02, 2019
Munich-based MTU Aero Engines is projecting high-single-digit increases in its key commercial engine production and MRO segments in 2020, continuing current-year trends that point to steady new-production and aftermarket services demand.
Dec 02, 2019
Munich-based MTU Aero Engines is projecting high-single-digit increases in its key commercial engine production and MRO segments in 2020, continuing current-year trends that point to steady new-production and aftermarket services demand.
Dec 02, 2019
EASA has given Airbus approval to raise the maximum passenger number on the A350-1000 from 440 to 480.