Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 25, 2005
China Eastern Airlines Jiangsu Ltd. yesterday placed an order with Embraer Harbin for five ERJ-145s, marking the second order the company has secured with a Chinese airline. "We are very pleased to welcome the ERJ-145 to our fleet," China Eastern President and CEO Su Guoxin said. "It is a very attractive aircraft that will fit in very well with our existing fleet and route structure."
Mar 23, 2005
Air New Zealand reached agreement with Boeing to install the Boeing Electronic Flight Bag on its 777s and 787s. ANZ will have an EFB system installed, certified and delivered on the eight 777-200ERs it has on order, and also will receive EFBs on the two 787s it has ordered.
Mar 23, 2005
Singapore Aircraft Leasing Enterprise inked a deal to purchase up to 40 737NGs from Boeing, comprising 20 firm orders and 20 purchase rights. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of next year and continue through 2009. SALE said it has specified the 737-800 as the baseline aircraft for the order but under terms of the deal can convert options and purchase rights to the 737-700 or the proposed 737-900X. All aircraft will be powered by CFM56-7B engines.
Mar 23, 2005
First new IL-76 freighter designed to meet ICAO noise and emissions standards will begin flight testing in June before entering service with Volga-Dnepr Group in September, the company announced. Designated the IL-76TD-90VD, the aircraft is fitted with Perm PS-90A-76 engines at a cost of $4.3 million each. It is being built at Tashkent's TAPO aircraft plant under a joint program involving Volga-Dnepr, Ilyushin Aviation Corp., Perm and TAPO.
Mar 22, 2005
General Electric said yesterday that it has frozen the design for the GEnx engine that will power both the 787 and A350. Called Tollgate 6 in GE nomenclature, completing this stage in the development process launches the detailed design phase. Also, fabrication of components is underway, leading to assembly of the first full engine in October. The first GEnx goes to test in 2006, with certification set for 2007. It will produce 55,000-75,000 lb. of thrust.
Jan 11, 2017
Airbus is ramping up production and is expecting to deliver more than 700 aircraft in 2017, as it starts to overcome supply chain and program maturity issues.
Jan 11, 2017
United Airlines has decided to retire its remaining 20 Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2017, moving up the fleet’s retirement by a year.
Jan 11, 2017
[REVISED] Airbus and Aeroflot Airline have reached a mutual agreement to cancel an order for eight Airbus A350-800s, Airbus revealed in a presentation at an annual press briefing Jan. 11.
Jan 11, 2017
List prices for Airbus’ commercial fleet increased an average of 1% for 2017, Airbus announced Jan. 11. The price increase went into effect Jan. 1.
Jan 11, 2017
As of January 11, 2017, average list prices for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft; with passenger seating capacity, cargo tonnage capacity and aircraft flight range.
Jan 11, 2017
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) GoAir has finalized an order for 72 A320neos, firming up a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that was signed during the 2016 Farnborough Airshow.
Jan 11, 2017
Airbus secured net orders for 731 aircraft in 2016, while deliveries were up 8% at 688 aircraft, exceeding its full-year target. By comparison, Boeing logged net orders for 668 aircraft and delivered 728.
Jan 11, 2017
TOULOUSE – Airbus is sticking to its plans to ramp up production despite the recent slowdown of aircraft orders, the manufacturer insisted at its annual press conference here.