Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 22, 2008
Ukraine International Airlines will lease a 737-300SF freighter from GECAS with delivery in June. It plans to lease a second early next year.
Apr 22, 2008
Pacific LifeCorp. subsidiary Aviation Capital Group placed an order yesterday for 17 additional 737NGs valued at more than $1 billion, Boeing announced. No delivery date was announced for the order, which previously was attributed by the manufacturer to an unidentified customer. The aircraft will be equipped with blended winglets and lift ACG's Boeing commitment to 76 737s and five 787s. Its portfolio currently contains 129 Boeing aircraft.
Apr 22, 2008
Midwest Airlines sold an MD-81 to Maple Leaf 119 of Florida. Meridian Aerospace Group served as exclusive agent for the seller.
Apr 22, 2008
Driven by strong domestic demand and yuan appreciation, China Southern Airlines increased its full-year earnings nearly tenfold in 2007, reporting a CNY1.871 billion ($267.1 million) profit compared to CNY188 million the previous year.
Apr 21, 2008
Newly elected Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi kept his promise and focused on Alitalia's future during his first week in office, inviting Aeroflot to negotiate a possible buy-in. However, the European Commission ended discussion of further state aid, saying the Italian government could not inject further funds until 2011. "The situation is open.
Nov 27, 2018
British Airways (BA) has retired its last Boeing 767-300, 28 years after the type entered service.
Nov 27, 2018
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has revealed new details of its plans for its initial Airbus A380s, which will replace other aircraft types on existing Honolulu routes in stages from May 2019.
Nov 27, 2018
Distributed drive units should increase performance while enabling simpler, lighter, less costly systems.
Nov 26, 2018
TAP Air Portugal, launch operator of the Airbus A330neo, took delivery of its first aircraft, an A330-900, on Nov. 26. TAP plans to have three aircraft in service by year-end 2018. The new aircraft is scheduled to enter service between Lisbon and Sao Paolo, Brazil, in December.
Nov 26, 2018
Boeing continues to provide airlines more details on the MAX family’s stall-protection systems and carriers are sharing the information with their pilots, reiterating that even if elements of the systems are new, troubleshooting procedures have not changed.
Nov 26, 2018
Airbus delivered the first A330-900 to launch operator TAP Air Portugal Nov. 26, kicking off a major fleet replacement for the airline.
Nov 26, 2018
Airbus will give the market more concrete guidance on the proposed A321XLR in 2019, an aircraft Airbus Commercial Aircraft president Guillaume Faury said can “change the industry.”