Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Apr 05, 2019
Ukraine International Airlines (UIA)—which had planned to take delivery of three Boeing 737 MAX 8s beginning in mid-April—will adjust its summer schedule as deliveries of the type are postponed until the US manufacturer’s flight-control software upgrade is certified and the grounding is lifted.
Apr 04, 2019
Aircraft Briefs-April 4, 2019
Apr 04, 2019
Qantas plans to increase capacity on its freighter operations by replacing two leased Boeing 747-400Fs with 747-8Fs.
Apr 04, 2019
An interim report into the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash said the flight crew followed proper procedures in response to uncommanded nose-down inputs, but they could not keep the aircraft from descending into the ground, Ethiopia's top transport official said April 4.
Apr 03, 2019
Nigeria’s Air Peace ordered 10 Embraer E195-E2s and took purchase rights on 20 more, becoming the first E2 operator in Africa.
Jan 24, 2024
The FAA has taken the extraordinary step of denying Boeing permission to continue with its planned production increase of the twinjet.
Jan 24, 2024
The project is the company’s answer to an identified need for storage and end-of-life services in China.
Jan 24, 2024
EasyJet's CEO has said Pratt & Whitney was in contention for the 314-engine order that was ultimately awarded to its longstanding existing supplier CFM.
Jan 24, 2024
T & E’s latest study has identified 25 industrial projects and 20 smaller pilot projects that pledge to produce synthetic fuels for aviation.
Jan 24, 2024
Neither Boeing’s nor Air France’s documentation explicitly mentions the effects of simultaneous actions on the controls, investigators note.
Jan 23, 2024
As groundings of the Boeing 737-9 affect its first quarter outlook, the airline is taking existing orders for the larger -10 variant out of its internal plans.
Jan 23, 2024
General Electric says GE Aerospace is well-positioned for its launch as a separate entity this April.
Jan 23, 2024
Combined with its existing orderbook, WestJet will receive as many as 22 new 737 MAX aircraft before the end of 2025 and 62 before the end of 2028.