Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 08, 2008
Lufthansa Systems said Croatia Airlines selected its Lido eFlightBag solution featuring cockpit processing intelligence and paperless technology.
Oct 08, 2008
Pinnacle Airlines Corp., parent of Pinnacle Airlines and Colgan Air, plans to exercise up to 15 Q400 options before year end and shop the aircraft to its mainline partners, President and CEO Phil Trenary told ATWOnline yesterday.
Oct 07, 2008
CIT Aerospace delivered the third of four A321-100s to Qatar Airways. The fourth will arrive before year end.
Oct 07, 2008
Orix Aviation of Dublin announced the following transactions: Purchase of two 737-700s from BOC Aviation on lease to WestJet and one A319 from RBS Aerospace on lease to South African Airways; sale of two A320-200s to Global Knafaim Leasing; lease of three 737-400s to Comair (South Africa) until 2013; lease extension of two US Airways 767-200ERs until 2010.
Oct 07, 2008
Air France subsidiary Brit Air converted six CRJ1000 NextGen options into firm orders, Bombardier announced. Aircraft are worth $299 million at list prices. Original order for eight firm plus eight options was placed in February 2007 (ATWOnline, Feb. 21, 2007). Brit currently operates 15 CRJ100s and 15 CRJ700s. The CRJ1000 NextGen completed its inaugural flight last month at Montreal Mirabel (ATWOnline, Sept. 4).
Apr 26, 2019
United Airlines has unveiled a new, modernized aircraft livery that it said will bring a refreshed look to its fleet.
Apr 25, 2019
The Pratt & Whitney PW1100G-powered Airbus A319neo made its first flight April 25, starting a flight test campaign that is to be completed before the end of the year.
Apr 25, 2019
Indian carrier Jet Airways has seen its major order for Boeing airliners removed from the OEM’s official order backlog.
Apr 25, 2019
Hong Kong Airlines is offering pilots the option of transferring to alternative airlines as the company faces a surplus of pilots as a result of the delayed delivery of the Airbus A330 and A350.
Apr 24, 2019
Boeing says returning the 737 MAX safely to service is its first priority and with extra resources being channeled into this effort hinted for the first time this may impact the outline schedule for launching its next proposed airliner project, the new midsize airplane (NMA).
Apr 24, 2019
Airlines continue to improve their handling of checked bags, getting more bags to the right destination on time even as the number of airline passengers grows each year.
Apr 24, 2019
Malaysia Airlines issued RFPs in April to Airbus and Embraer for the acquisition of 30 to 40 regional aircraft as its looks to solidify routes within Southeast Asia, according to a source familiar with the carrier.
Apr 23, 2019
Regional carrier Silver Airways began operating the ATR 42-600 turboprop in the US April 22, marking Franco-Italian ATR’s return to the US market.