Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 17, 2015
The first Airbus A350 XWB for Finnair has completed its first flight in Toulouse.
Sep 16, 2015
Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier believes US carriers need to rethink using very large aircraft (VLA), especially as they face growing competition from Gulf carriers.
Sep 16, 2015
Canary Islands regional airline Binter Canarias has taken delivery of the first of 12 ATR 72-600s ordered through two different contracts signed in 2014 and earlier this year.
Sep 16, 2015
The Airbus Beluga XL program has passed the latest maturity gate milestone, marking the end of the “concept phase,” or design freeze “at aircraft level.”
Sep 16, 2015
Sichuan Airlines plans to operate 24 Airbus A320neo aircraft powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines.
Sep 16, 2015
An Air France pilot has reported a debris sighting just off the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, where a part of the Boeing 777-200 that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was found on July 29.
Sep 16, 2015
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has won orders for 10 150-seat C919s and 10 ARJ21 regional aircraft from Thailand’s City Airways and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Financial Leasing Co. (ICBC).
Sep 16, 2015
Embraer Commercial Aviation forecasts that China will take delivery of 1,020 new 70- to 130-seat aircraft in the next 20 years.