Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 24, 2009
Virgin Blue delayed the delivery of two 361-seat 777-300ERs for its V Australia operation because of the slowdown in air travel. The fifth and sixth -300ERs have been rescheduled from 2010 to 2011 and 2012. In a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Blue said it still planned to take the "seventh" 777 in the second half of 2010. V Australia has three 777-300ERs in service operating from Brisbane and Sydney to Los Angeles and it expects to start Sydney-Perth-Johannesburg service this year.
Apr 24, 2009
Lufthansa Cargo will park two additional MD-11Fs in October, meaning around 30% of its fleet will not be operational. Currently, four of its 19 MD-11Fs are parked. From October, it will operate just 13 (ATWOnline, April 3).
Apr 23, 2009
BAE Systems Asset Management will remarket eight Avianca MD-83s powered by JT8D-219s and one Pratt & Whitney 4060-powered 767-300ER operated by the Colombian airline.
Apr 23, 2009
NavAero said Air Italy chose its tBagC22 computer and display systems as the Class 2 EFB flight deck hardware on its 737, 757 and 767 fleets.
Apr 22, 2009
Boeing said it completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 freighter.
Jul 19, 2019
Icelandair will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through the end of October as uncertainty about when the grounded aircraft will return to service drags on.
Jul 19, 2019
Asia has the most in-service aircraft with LEAP engines. Numbers are set to grow more in coming years.
Jul 18, 2019
Boeing’s second-quarter earnings will include a $4.9 billion after-tax charge to cover some actual and estimated future expenses linked to the 737 MAX grounding, while a reduced production rate is driving up 737 costs and lowering margins, the company said July 18.
Jul 18, 2019
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. (MITAC) and engineering partner Triumph Group have identified design changes that should allow them to exceed weight-savings targets established to morph the MRJ70 into a fully US scope clause-compliant, 76-seat-dual-class regional jet (RJ).
Jul 18, 2019
Southwest Airlines will keep the Boeing 737 MAX off its flight schedule through Nov. 2, joining fellow US-based MAX operators American Airlines and United Airlines in making another adjustment in the wake of uncertainty over when the aircraft will return to revenue service.
Jul 17, 2019
El Al Israel Airlines will retire its remaining three Boeing 747-400s by the end of October, the carrier said July 16.
Jul 17, 2019
Central and Eastern European airline Wizz Air will reduce frequencies on some routes from Kiev (Ukraine) and Warsaw (Poland) in August because of an aircraft delivery delay.