Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 10, 2005
Rockwell Collins was selected by ANA to provide its Flight Dynamics Head-up Guidance System for installation on the airline's new fleet of 45 737-700s. Delivery of the first systems is scheduled for later this year.
Mar 10, 2005
AWAS delivered a CFM56-5A3-powered A320-200 to Monarch Airlines.
Mar 09, 2005
Air France exercised options to purchase four additional GE90-115B-powered 777-300ERs, valued at $920 million at list prices. Deliveries will begin in April 2006. AF currently operates eight 777-300ERs and the new order brings its backlog of 777-300ER deliveries to 12.
Mar 09, 2005
Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner made its first flight yesterday. The aircraft, piloted by 777-200LR Project Pilot Suzanna Darcy-Hennemann and 777 Chief Program Pilot Frank Santoni, flew for approximately 3 hr. during which it achieved an altitude of 15,000 ft. (4,572 m.) and an airspeed of 270 kt. (500 kph). US FAA and European JAA certification is expected during the fourth quarter. Two aircraft will be used in the 500-hr. flight test program.
Mar 08, 2005
Bombardier is introducing a longer-range version of its CRJ700 through an increase in MTOW and the use of the higher-thrust GE CF34-8C5B1, a variant of which powers the CRJ900. The CRJ700LR will have a range of 2,516 nm (4,048 km.), a 276-nm increase over the CRJ700ER. It also will provide increases in maximum payload and maximum landing weight. The variant will be available in the first quarter of 2006 and Bombardier said existing CRJ700s "can readily be retrofitted" to the new LR standard.
Jul 07, 2016
Embraer’s E190-E2, which is powered by Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) family of engines, is experiencing some of the startup issues seen on the Airbus A320neo.
Jul 07, 2016
Swiss investigators have released a preliminary report into a “serious incident” on June 19, involving a near-miss between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, and a Swiss Avro RJ100 on approach to London City Airport. The Avro RJ100, registered HB-IYT, was operating a scheduled service between Zurich and London City with 87 passengers on board.
Jul 06, 2016
The first A350 XWB for Thai Airways International (THAI) has rolled out from cabin furnishing and engine installation at the Airbus Toulouse Final Assembly Line.
Jul 06, 2016
Airbus had its biggest delivery month so far this year with 64 commercial aircraft handed over in June to 33 airlines and nine lessors.
Jul 06, 2016
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS)—which took delivery of its first Bombardier CSeries 100 June 29—could benefit from a swift entry-into-service (EIS) period, according to a Bombardier executive.
Jul 06, 2016
Airbus is starting to pull together components in preparation for the final assembly of the first A330neo, which is scheduled to get underway in September.
Jul 06, 2016
Embraer, which has worked on a predesign for a potential E-Jet E1 cargo conversion, is contemplating a 70- to 90-seat turboprop and may decide on the next aircraft after 2020.
Jul 06, 2016
Qantas regional airline QantasLink has signed a 10-year extension to its agreement with Cobham Airline Services, which operates Boeing 717s under the Qantas brand.