Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Mar 08, 2019
Southwest Airlines is content with plans to re-balance its fleet by adding more higher-capacity Boeing 737s, but could envision accelerating deliveries of the new MAX-family aircraft to reap benefits of the newer technology more quickly, CEO Gary Kelly said.
Mar 08, 2019
ATR is expecting to find operators for its aircraft in China, despite the country’s long history as a difficult market for foreign suppliers of turboprop airliners.
Mar 07, 2019
Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has taken delivery of the first of 184 Airbus A321neos it has on order at Airbus’s Hamburg final assembly plant.
Mar 07, 2019
Bangladesh carrier Novoair is considering expanding its fleet and range by adding narrowbody jet aircraft to the turboprops it currently operates.
Mar 07, 2019
German leisure airline TUIfly is considering converting part of its big order for Boeing 737 MAX 8s into the larger -10 to have more capacity on dense routes.
Jan 03, 2024
Nineteen Embraer regional jets will join the fleet of American Airlines Group subsidiary Envoy Air.
Jan 03, 2024
An investigative report says human error, high workload and erroneous engine feathering led to the January 2023 Yeti Airlines accident in Nepal.
Jan 02, 2024
EHang has conducted its first commercial flight demonstrations by a passenger-carrying electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle.
Jan 02, 2024
The configuration has a regional aircraft using full electric power for short-haul and a range extender for longer missions.
Jan 02, 2024
All 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the A350 managed to escape the burning aircraft, but five of the six on board the Coast Guard aircraft died.
Jan 02, 2024
Sky High is seeking to further expand services through the Caribbean and U.S. as it makes use of the range capabilities of its small fleet of Embraer E-Jets.
Dec 28, 2023
Air China says it will be raising funds and some of the proceeds will go toward buying 17 domestically developed Comac C919 and ARJ21 airliners.
Dec 26, 2023
Researchers at the University of Connecticut have been funded to continue development of a carbon-neutral energy storage and power generation system.