Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 16, 2007
Lufthansa Systems said Spanair will implement its ProfitLine/Yield Rembrandt solution to optimize further its revenue management processes. It also said KLM extended its existing contract to support its flight planning processes with Lido OC for an additional five years. KLM also selected the Lido module LinTop to calculate single-point takeoff performances, replacing the paper-based charts it previously used.
May 16, 2007
Boeing said the composite wings for the 787 were delivered to its final assembly plant in Everett yesterday. Manufactured by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagoya, each wing is 98 ft. long.
May 16, 2007
Wizz Air took delivery of the first of 32 A320s directly purchased from Airbus.
May 16, 2007
Finnair said it will sell the last two MD-11s it owns to Aeroflot. The aircraft will be transferred in November 2008 and July 2009. Value of the sale is at least €30 million ($40.6 million). Finnair operates seven MD-11s, five of which are under leasing agreements that expire by the end of 2010, when it plans to have retired all MD-11s and operate a long-haul fleet of A330s and A340s.
May 16, 2007
Goodrich Corp. delivered its first set of 787 thrust reversers to be installed on Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines used in the 787 flight test program scheduled to begin later this year. Goodrich said it will manufacture nacelles and thrust reversers for six flight test airplanes--three for the Trent 1000 and three for the GEnx--as well as a spare set for each engine variant.
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.
Mar 14, 2018
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2018 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.
Mar 14, 2018
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2018 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
Mar 14, 2018
JetBlue Airways is “deep in discussions” with Bombardier and Embraer to replace its Embraer E190s and has sought possible buyers for its regional-jet fleet to help finance a deal, but the airline’s executives caution against assuming a switch is imminent.
Mar 14, 2018
Continued strong demand for dedicated cargo services and a shrinking inventory of viable used widebody freighters led Atlas Air Worldwide (AAW) to add six second-hand Boeing 747-400 freighters to its fleet.
Mar 13, 2018
Embraer’s first production E190-E2, painted in the livery of Norwegian regional launch customer Wideroe, left the assembly line March 12 and is slated for delivery April 4.
Mar 12, 2018
UK Export Finance (UKEF), the government body that underwrites export orders for British products, has supported the sale of Bombardier CSeries regional jets for the first time.
Mar 12, 2018
Turkish Airlines has finalized a firm order for 25 Boeing 787-9 aircraft, plus five options.