Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 17, 2007
US Airways "hopes" to make its long-awaited long-haul fleet decision "in the next few weeks," Senior VP-Planning Andrew Nocella told ATWOnline at this week's Star Alliance event in Copenhagen, which would allow the carrier to announce its order for around 20 aircraft at next month's Paris Air Show.
May 17, 2007
World Airways will operate three MD-11 freighters on New York JFK-Europe routes for Lufthansa Cargo over an 18-month period from July 1 under terms of an expanded contract between the carriers announced yesterday. World currently operates two MD-11Fs for LHC as part of a contract set to expire in October. The new accord supersedes that pact.
May 17, 2007
Airbus confirmed yesterday that it will ramp up A320 family aircraft production to 40 per month by the end of 2009, as previously reported by this website (ATWOnline, April 30).
May 17, 2007
HNA Group, parent of Hainan Airlines, revealed that it is preparing to launch an aircraft leasing company with AVIC II, with which it reached a strategic partnership agreement (ATWOnline, May 4). HNA noted that leasing is a "promising business" in China as few domestic companies have a foothold in the field.
May 17, 2007
Lufthansa confirmed its order for 15 CRJ900s, valued at $584 million, plus 15 purchase rights. It announced its commitment last month (ATWOnline, April 18). The order increases to 109 the number of firm orders placed by LH and its regional partners for CRJs and brings to 196 the total number of CRJ900s sold, including a firm order placed last week by Tatarstan Airlines for six plus four options.
Mar 15, 2018
Airbus, the largest single customer for Tier One aerostructures company GKN, has said it would be “practically impossible” for it to give new work to the UK company if the latter’s ownership model was to change.
Mar 15, 2018
Air Canada’s recently announced plans to increase frequencies on several North American leisure routes next winter includes swapping rouge-branded Boeing 767-300s to mainline flying with 737-8s.
Mar 15, 2018
Making a business case for Boeing’s potential new mid-market aircraft (NMA) remains the manufacturer’s biggest challenge, Boeing’s chief salesman said, even as more airlines are pushing for the aircraft sooner rather than later.
Mar 15, 2018
Safran and its suppliers are struggling to cope with Leap engine delivery delays, especially since a steep production ramp-up is looming.
Mar 15, 2018
Helicopter manufacturers believe tail-rotor-electrification technology is better used on new-build models.
Mar 14, 2018
At the 2018 two-month mark, Airbus leads rival Boeing in new commercial aircraft orders with 60 firm bookings, valued at approximately $13.3 billion at list prices, compared to Boeing’s 47 new orders, valued at $10.1 billion.
Mar 14, 2018
GE Aviation’s GE9X turbofan engine, which will power Boeing’s new 777X aircraft, completed its first flight test under the wing of GE Aviation’s 747 flying testbed in Victorville, California.