Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 13, 2005
FL Group, formerly Flugleidir Icelandair, has converted purchase rights from a January order into a new firm order for five 737-800s (ATWOnline, Jan. 27), Boeing announced yesterday. The five aircraft, valued at $325 million at list prices, will be delivered in 2007. The company will take delivery of the 10 737-800s from the original order next year. It plans to lease all of the aircraft to other carriers.
Apr 13, 2005
Assembly of the first A380 freighter began yesterday with the first "metal cut" of the center wing box--which actually is constructed principally from composite materials--at Airbus's site in Nantes, France.
Apr 13, 2005
Air One Feeder Airline, a startup based in Bangalore, will be the first carrier in India to operate the 50-seat ERJ-145. It will lease two from Swiss International Air Lines and they will enter service in the second half of 2005.
Apr 13, 2005
The 777-300ER is too heavy for the runways at Paris Orly, La Tribune reported, adding that this could pose problems for Air France, which intends to operate the aircraft from the airport beginning next summer on its popular leisure routes to the Caribbean and Indian Ocean as it retires its 747-200 fleet.
Apr 12, 2005
Korean Air placed an order with Boeing for up to 20 787s as part of what it says is "a strategic plan to meet future demand for point-to-point travel on mid/long-range destinations to the US and Europe." The deal includes 10 firm 787-8 s and 10 options and is valued at $2.6 billion at list prices. Deliveries are scheduled from 2009 through 2011. Engine selection was not announced.
Jan 23, 2017
The flight data recorder (FDR) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) retrieved last week from the ACT Airlines Boeing 747 freighter crash site and sent to Moscow for analysis have significant mechanical damage and high temperature traces, according to Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC).
Jan 23, 2017
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), the parent of Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., has made official a further two-year delay in the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program.
Jan 23, 2017
United President Scott Kirby is looking to fulfill the airline’s potential with some major organizational moves.
Jan 20, 2017
Saudi Arabia’s national carrier Saudia will take delivery of 30 aircraft this year, according to a Jan. 17 statement.
Jan 20, 2017
The International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Jan. 20 to hold an election to unionize more than 2,850 production employees at Boeing’s South Carolina facility in North Charleston.
Jan 20, 2017
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. is expected to announce a further delay to the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) program on Jan. 23.
Jan 19, 2017
Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) has scheduled the inaugural flight of its newest Star Wars-themed aircraft—a Boeing 777-200 featuring C-3PO—on Tokyo Haneda-Kagoshima service March 21.
Jan 19, 2017
Avian Líneas Aéreas, the new subsidiary of South America’s Synergy Aerospace, has taken delivery of the first ATR 72-600 to fly in Argentina.