Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 13, 2009
Aeroflot took delivery of its 25th A320 this week. Aircraft will seat 140, is on lease from GECAS and is the 46th A320 family aircraft in SU's fleet. It will take delivery of an additional 17 this year.
Feb 13, 2009
US National Transportation Safety Board confirmed that the birds ingested in the CFM56-5B/P engines of the US Airways A320 that successfully ditched in the Hudson River on Jan. 15 were Canada geese (ATWOnline, Jan. 22). Identification was made by the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Laboratory.
Feb 12, 2009
CFM International signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International to collaborate on developing a CFM56 maintenance training center. It is expected to offer advanced courses specific to CFM56-5B and -7B line maintenance and inspection.
Feb 11, 2009
Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of its first MD-11 freighter. The used aircraft was purchased directly from Boeing and will serve Liege, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dubai, Hong Kong, Madras and Kinshasa. ET will take another MD-11F on lease in August. Its freighter fleet previously comprised two 757-200Fs and two 747Fs.
Feb 10, 2009
Qatar Airways took delivery of its first of six 777-200LRs. Aircraft is its sixth 777 and 66th overall. It will operate QR's Doha-Houston Intercontinental service scheduled to launch March 30. Aircraft seats 42 passengers in business class and 217 in economy.
Jun 17, 2019
Airbus launched the long-expected A321XLR on the opening day of the Paris Air Show and expects airlines to operate “hundreds” of the aircraft over time as new secondary long-haul markets are developed.
Jun 16, 2019
As the 53rd Paris Air Show opens, there are signs that Boeing is nearing the next key milestones on its path to getting the grounded fleet back into operational service.
Jun 16, 2019
CFM International is using the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX to catch up with deliveries of the aircraft’s LEAP-1B engine and develop long-term fixes for to address early in-service issues.
Jun 16, 2019
Emirates Airline is negotiating with Boeing to spread out deliveries of the Boeing 777X over a longer period of time and will likely switch from the larger 787-10 to the smaller 787-9.
Jun 14, 2019
Air Austral has leased two Airbus A330-200s to help limit disruption to its peak summer schedule after grounding one of its two Boeing 787s for at least two months because of ongoing issues with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
Jun 14, 2019
Air France-KLM will consider Boeing 737 MAX, Airbus A320neo and A220 aircraft types as it prepares to renew its short- and medium-haul fleet, CEO Ben Smith told ATW on the sidelines of the Paris Air Forum June 14.
Jun 14, 2019
Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury warns that the introduction of tariffs in aerospace as a result of the two World Trade Organization (WTO) cases against the European Union and the US would be “just a disaster.”
Jun 14, 2019
A US government watchdog report on airline IT outages and their effect on passengers concludes that while a large majority of outage events lead to flight delays and cancellations, they account for less than 1% of customer complaints.