Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 28, 2005
Jet Airways signed a $400 million order for GE90-115B engines to power its 10 777-300ERs.
Oct 28, 2005
Eurowings phased out its last turboprop, an ATR 72, on Sunday. The German carrier operated 44 ATR 42/72 aircraft at one time. It now is an all-jet operator with a fleet of CRJ100s/200s and BAe 146s. Some of the ATRs will be converted to freighters.
Oct 27, 2005
Air New Zealand ordered two additional 787-8s for delivery in 2010 and 2011, doubling its original order. The aircraft are part of a 777/787 order placed in July 2004 for 10 firm buys and 42 price rights. Analysts expect ANZ also will order more 777s beyond its commitment for eight 777-200ERs. It takes delivery of the first 777-200ER this week.
Oct 27, 2005
Adam SkyConnection Airlines, a two-year-old Indonesian LCC, has chosen Lufthansa Systems' flight management system navigation database services.
Oct 27, 2005
Bombardier Aerospace will spend $200 million to develop a manufacturing facility in Queretaro, Mexico, that eventually will be used to build major structural components. Initially, the plant will assemble wire harnesses for Bombardier aircraft. By the end of 2006, the company expects to have 300 employees at the facility and will double that number in 2007.
May 05, 2017
Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2017, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.
May 05, 2017
Airbus booked firm orders* for 25 commercial aircraft from six customers in April, valued at approximately $4.8 billion, more than doubling the April commercial aircraft sales total of Boeing.
May 05, 2017
The Canadian government, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is pushing back against allegations by Boeing that Bombardier has engaged in unfair “dumping” of aircraft in the US market.
May 05, 2017
The Comac C919 narrowbody airliner flew for the first time on May 5, taking off from Shanghai for a 79-min. flight that took it to an altitude of 3,000 m (10,000 ft.). The flight achieved all test objectives, says Comac.
May 05, 2017
The situation in the Comac C919 cockpit, monitored by ground engineers, was remarkably cool and quiet, says a program source, indicating the crew met little or no difficulty in the flight.
May 05, 2017
China’s Commercial Aircraft Corp. (COMAC) launched the first flight of its C919 narrowbody May 5. The aircraft departed from Shanghai Pudong International Airport and flew over Shanghai’s neighboring county of Qidong, in the Jiangsu Province, for 1 hour and 20 min.
May 04, 2017
The maiden flight of the C919, China's first domestically built large passenger jet, is scheduled for May 5, the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) said in a state news agency Xinhua report.
May 04, 2017
Finland flag carrier Finnair and state-owned airport operator Finavia, together with digital developer Futurice, are testing the use of face recognition technology for the check-in process of Finnair flights at Helsinki Airport this month through May 23.