Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 24, 2008
FedEx Express received a US FAA supplemental type certificate for a new avionics system that combines Honeywell's Head Up Display and Elbit Systems of America's infrared Enhanced Flight Vision System and plans to install it on its MD-10 freighters.
Jun 24, 2008
Midwest Airlines is grounding its 12 MD-80s "sometime near fall" as part of a restructuring effort, a spokesperson confirmed yesterday to ATWOnline.
Jun 24, 2008
Bombardier yesterday announced the sale of four CRJ700 NextGens plus four options to an unidentified carrier and an order for three Q400s from ANA. The firm CRJ order is worth $146 million at list prices. The ANA deal represents the conversion of three previously held options and is valued at $80 million. Delivery will begin in 2010. The carrier said it will sell one of its current 14 Q400s and replace its F50s.
Jun 24, 2008
Northwest Airlines President and CEO Doug Steenland testified before a US House of Representatives subcommittee yesterday that US airlines are expected to spend $61.2 billion on jet fuel in 2008, $20 billion more than in 2007, and are projected to incur losses totaling close to $10 billion for the year. "If the current pricing dynamic does not change, our industry will be severely challenged and will continue shrinking," he said. "It is as simple and stark as that. .
Jun 24, 2008
Focus Aviation reached agreement with KLM to provide marketing services for the sale of 15 F100s. Manufactured in 1989, aircraft are operated by KLM Cityhopper.
Jan 31, 2019
The undelivered aircraft from Iran Air’s order for 20 ATR 72-600 turboprops have all been placed, ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli said Jan. 31.
Jan 31, 2019
Continued deceleration of economic growth in China coupled with sluggish environments in the US and Europe will take their toll on new-aircraft demand, likely leaving Airbus and Boeing with fewer orders than deliveries this year, a Bloomberg analyst has warned.
Jan 31, 2019
Airbus is investigating a cyberattack on its commercial aircraft business, where the attackers gained unauthorized access to employee contact information.
Jan 31, 2019
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR plans to capitalize on the turmoil affecting its main competitor, Bombardier, by positioning itself as the only company in the sector that can guarantee its products’ longevity.
Jan 31, 2019
Philippines LCC Cebu Pacific plans to have a fleet of 83 aircraft by 2022, fronted by 27 Airbus A321neos.
Jan 31, 2019
Qatar Airways is converting part of its order for 50 Airbus A321neos to the long-range version of the aircraft.
Jan 30, 2019
Boeing is embedding more employees at factory sites of engine-maker CFM International and its suppliers as the aircraft OEM tries to help its supply chain overcome narrowbody production rate ramp issues that linger from 2018, even as industry looks to boost manufacturing again this year.
Jan 30, 2019
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has concluded there was no engine failure following a Jan. 17 incident in which both engines on a Boeing 787-8 shut down after it landed at Japan’s Osaka International Airport.