Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 11, 2005
El Al signed for two additional 777-200ERs for delivery in 2007 after its board approved the purchase.
Oct 10, 2005
Air New Zealand delayed by one week an announcement that is expected to involve more orders for 777s and 787s. Last year it ordered eight 777-200ERs and two 787s and took price rights and options on 42 more 777/787s. Last month, retiring CEO and MD Ralph Norris told ATWOnline that ANZ had to move on the options because of "high demand" for the types.
Oct 10, 2005
Weber Aircraft, a subsidiary of Zodiac, was awarded a 100-aircraft seat order from IndiGo, the new Indian carrier partly owned by former US Airways CEO Rakesh Gangwal and headed by Bruce Ashby, former US Airways executive VP-marketing and planning. The seats are for IndiGo's A320s.
Oct 10, 2005
Boeing selected Pfalz-Flugzeugwerke to provide metallic tubing and ducting for the 787, including the design and manufacture of tubes for the fluid supply for the hydraulic systems. PFW selected strategic partner Garner CAD Technic to assist with the design of the tubing elements.
Oct 10, 2005
Air New Zealand delayed by one week an announcement that is expected to involve more orders for 777s and 787s. Last year it ordered eight 777-200ERs and two 787s and took price rights and options on 42 more 777/787s. Last month, retiring CEO and MD Ralph Norris told ATWOnline that ANZ had to move on the options because of "high demand" for the types.
Sep 21, 2016
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas aims to reach a decision on a future fleet by the end of this year, flynas CEO Paul Byrne told ATW.
Sep 21, 2016
Airbus Group reportedly will name Fabrice Brégier, who has been the president and CEO of the Airbus commercial aircraft division since June 2012, Group COO as part of a major reorganization.
Sep 21, 2016
Russian aircraft manufacturer Irkut Corp. has applied to Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsia, to begin MC-21 EASA certification.
Sep 20, 2016
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer has opened its subsidiary aircraft seating manufacturing facility in Titusville, Florida.
Sep 20, 2016
Portuguese carrier Azores Airlines will lease six new Airbus A321neos—including four A321LR long-range versions—from US lessor Air Lease Corp. (ALC).
Sep 20, 2016
Air France will begin operations with new Boeing 787-9s on Jan. 9, 2017, with a service from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the airline announced Sept. 20.
Sep 20, 2016
Morocco’s national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) inaugurated 3X-weekly nonstop Boeing 787 between Washington Dulles International Airport and Casablanca on Sept. 8, signaling growing commercial ties between the US and Morocco. Until now, passengers traveling between Washington and Morocco had to fly through New York—RAM’s first US destination, or catch a different connecting flight abroad.
Sep 19, 2016
Pratt & Whitney is taking twice as long to build geared turbofan (GTF) engine fan blades as would be ideal, which is the primary cause of GTF delivery delays, the CEO of Pratt’s parent company said.