Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 16, 2005
Jade Cargo International finally confirmed its order for six 747-400ERFs valued at $1.3 billion for delivery from January 2006 through January 2008. It previously had been listed by Boeing as an unidentified customer. The deal takes Boeing's 2005 747 order book to 19 net of cancellations. Jade Cargo, based in Shenzhen, plans to begin operations in 2006. It was founded in October 2004 and is the first joint venture airline of its kind in China, with ownership split among Shenzhen Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo and DEG, a subsidiary of KfW-Bank Group.
Sep 16, 2005
American Airlines ordered 20 Aviation Partners Boeing 757 blended winglet shipsets and took options on an additional 123 sets, which would cover its entire 757 fleet. AA will retrofit the winglets at its Tulsa maintenance base beginning in November. As part of the agreement, it also will retrofit a 737-800 with winglets in October.
Sep 16, 2005
Southwest Airlines has "strongly requested" that Boeing develop a more fuel-efficient successor to the 737-700 that would use technology developed for the 787, the Seattle Times reported earlier this week. CEO Gary Kelly made the remark during an interview in Seattle. "We are now facing energy prices that no airline can make money at, at least with today's [ticket prices], so we're anxious to partner with Boeing to find a successor aircraft," the newspaper quoted Kelly as saying.
Sep 15, 2005
Influx of Embraer 190s at JetBlue will require the addition of some 3,000 new employees over the next year, according to COO Dave Barger. Currently the company hires about six employees per day but that number will move up to eight to accommodate the new aircraft deliveries, Barger said this week in Brazil at the handover of the first 190 (ATWOnline, Sept. 14). "By the end of the year, we will have eight," said CEO David Neeleman.
Sep 14, 2005
JetBlue Airways took delivery of the first Embraer 190 in ceremonies in Brazil Tuesday. It has ordered 100 of the GE CF34-powered aircraft, which will be configured for 100 passengers in a 2-2 arrangement. The 190 received FAA certification Sept. 2, three days after Brazilian certification. "Today is a day JetBlue customers and crewmembers have been looking forward to for years," said CEO David Neeleman, who attended the handover.
Sep 13, 2016
More and more European low-cost carriers are looking into long-haul flying, following the path of Norwegian, Jetstar and Air Asia X.
Sep 13, 2016
Double-bubble, blended wing-body, truss-braced wing, hybrid wing-body—they all sound tempting, but which will NASA pick for its next X-plane and what can it afford?
Sep 13, 2016
SkyTeam Alliance members Korean Air and Delta Air Lines agree to expand their limited codeshare connections to many more international and U.S. domestic routes beginning in the fourth quarter.
Sep 12, 2016
The president of Rolls-Royce’s civil aerospace division, Eric Schulz, has met All Nippon Airlines (ANA) executives in Japan in the wake of several incidents involving the Trent 1000 engines installed on the Japanese carrier’s Boeing 787s.
Sep 12, 2016
The uncontained left engine failure on an Aug. 27 Southwest Airlines flight from New Orleans to Orlando was likely initiated by a fan blade that broke off because of metal fatigue, according to a Sept. 12 investigative update by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
Sep 12, 2016
Latvian carrier airBaltic still plans to launch the Bombardier CS300 into commercial service this year, but it will receive fewer CS300s than planned in 2016.
Sep 12, 2016
Mexican ultra low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first Airbus A320neo Sept. 12, making the LCC the first A320neo operator in North America.