Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 30, 2006
Sales and deliveries of larger RJs and turboprops helped push Bombardier's overall net income to $74 million for the fiscal third quarter ended Oct. 31, reversing a loss of $9 million in the same period a year ago. Bombardier Aerospace reported a $43 million operating profit on revenues of $1.8 billion compared to a $31 million operating profit in the year-ago quarter. The number of aircraft deliveries remained relatively stable at 73 versus 74 in the 2005 period.
Nov 29, 2006
Brit Air, which operates regional services for Air France, ordered three CRJ700s worth $97 million at list prices that will replace three CRJ100s coming off lease. The AF subsidiary operates 19 50-passenger CRJ100s, 12 72-seat CRJ700s and 13 F100s.
Nov 29, 2006
TAM placed an order for V2500s to power 11 A319s and four A321s, IAE partners Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney announced yesterday. The deal includes a V2500Select aftermarket services package and is worth $160 million in business to each engine maker. Japanese Aero Engines Corp. and MTU Aero Engines also are part of IAE. The Brazilian carrier firmed an order for 37 Airbus aircraft and 12 options earlier this month (ATWOnline, Nov. 17). It currently operates 38 V2500-powered A320 family aircraft.
Nov 29, 2006
Airbus's A350 XWB program remains up in the air following the cancellation of a meeting last week at which details of the revamped aircraft and its financing were supposed to be hammered out. All parties are staying silent publicly, but widespread media reports detail a rift between the French government, which holds a 15% stake in Airbus parent EADS, and EADS stakeholders Lagardere and DaimlerChrysler over the A350's financing and whether France should be allowed to raise its EADS stake.
Nov 29, 2006
CTT Systems said Continental Airlines ordered 41 Zonal Drying Systems for installation on 757-200s. Installation began in October.
Nov 20, 2017
With a projected 5.6% rise in intra-regional traffic, Latin American carriers will require deliveries of 1,050 new 60- to 150-seat aircraft in the next 20 years, Bombardier VP and head of Marketing Patrick Baudis said at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Buenos Aires Nov. 19.
Nov 20, 2017
Dublin-based lessor Avolon has finalized a firm order for 55 Boeing 737 MAX 8s and 20 MAX 10s, plus options for 20 MAX 8s, valued at nearly $11 billion at list prices.
Nov 17, 2017
Indian LCC IndiGo—which so far has relied on Airbus A320s—will introduce its first ATR 72-600 turboprop Dec. 21, when it will take off from Hyderabad, India.
Nov 17, 2017
Belgian aviation authorities have granted an air operator’s certificate (AOC) to regional VLM Airlines for its Fokker 50 aircraft, just days after approving an AOC for Airbus A320s acquired from Thomas Cook Airlines Belgium.
Nov 17, 2017
Public disagreement between Airbus and Emirates over A380 production pace and design updates highlights the manufacturer’s problems.
Nov 16, 2017
Hawaiian Airlines took delivery of the first of 18 Airbus A321neo aircraft, which will be used on flights between Hawaii and the US west coast.
Nov 16, 2017
Ethiopian Airlines expects to make a decision next year on an order for a 100-seater type and is carefully watching Boeing’s plans for a Mid-Market Aircraft (MMA), the airline’s group CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said at the Dubai Air Show.
Nov 16, 2017
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. (SCAC) must decide by 1Q 2018 about whether to begin developing a smaller or larger variant of the SSJ100 Superjet.