Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 25, 2009
Turkish Airlines firmed its order for two A330-200 freighters announced three weeks ago (ATWOnline, Nov. 9). Delivery will begin next fall, Airbus said. THY currently operates four A310 freighters.
Nov 24, 2009
GE Aviation announced yesterday that it has acquired Naverus, the Performance-Based Navigation services provider that develops RNP procedures for airlines and air traffic management organizations.
Nov 24, 2009
Lufthansa said its first A380 delivery will be delayed again by several weeks and it now is expected in early summer next year instead of spring, a spokesperson told ATWOnline.
Nov 23, 2009
Universal Asset Management received an ex-Cyprus A320 for induction into its end-of-life recycling program.
Nov 23, 2009
Boeing Friday broke ground on a second 787 final assembly line site in North Charleston, S.C. The company last month announced that it would place a second 787 FAL in North Charleston rather than near Seattle (ATWOnline, Oct. 29). It is expected to be completed by mid-2011 and is being built with the capacity to support production of three Dreamliners per month.
Nov 06, 2019
Rolls-Royce will lead development of a hybrid-electric flight demonstrator with funding from the German state of Brandenburg. The distributed-propulsion testbed will be based on the i-5 aircraft designed by APUS, an aviation engineering company based in Strausberg.
Nov 06, 2019
Airbus is expanding its industrial presence in China by adding A350 completion work at its Tianjin plant.
Nov 05, 2019
French aerospace firm Safran’s board has chosen the CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines, Oliver Andries, to be group CEO from January 2021.
Nov 05, 2019
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s testimony last week before a US House panel raised “a litany of new questions” about the development of the 737 MAX, two top committee members said in a letter to House lawmakers.
Nov 05, 2019
Air France-KLM has detailed plans to simplify its fleet and hopes to decide between Airbus A350s and Boeing 787s to replace its A380s in the coming weeks as the company sets out a new long-term strategy to better compete in a tough European operating environment.
Nov 05, 2019
Future UltraFan variants could incorporate starter generators as part of more-electric push.
Nov 04, 2019
Aerostructures supplier Triumph Group is to cooperate with Embraer to demonstrate a thermoplastic primary structure in flight.
Nov 04, 2019
Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific Airways has inked a firm order with Airbus for 16 A330-900s, solidifying the MOU signed at the Paris Air Show in June this year.