Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 06, 2015
Boeing delivered 49 commercial aircraft in January, leading rival Airbus’ 36 deliveries for the month.
Feb 05, 2015
Avianca Holdings, the Latin American airline power that has been studying the Airbus A320neo and Boeing 737 MAX in advance of a much-anticipated large narrowbody order, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Airbus to order 100 A320neo family aircraft.
Feb 05, 2015
Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has ordered Taiwanese airlines TransAsia Airways and Uni Air to ground their ATR 72s and conduct engine inspections on the turboprops following the Feb. 4 crash of a TransAsia ATR 72-600 in Taipei.
Feb 04, 2015
[UPDATED] A TransAsia Airways ATR 72-600 has crashed into a river in Taipei, with at least 30 people reported dead. The incident occurred shortly after takeoff from Taipei’s Songshan Airport just before 11am local time Feb. 4.
Feb 04, 2015
Phoenix-based regional Mesa Airlines—which operates as American Eagle and US Airways Express—has reached an agreement in principle with Montreal-based Bombardier to buy seven new CRJ900 NextGen aircraft to operate under a long-term capacity purchase agreement with a major US airline.
Feb 04, 2015
The founder and CEO of all-business-class airline La Compagnie said he would like to double the company’s fleet to four aircraft by 2016.
Feb 04, 2015
Toulouse-based Airbus and French-Italian turboprop manufacturer ATR have announced a series of senior appointments.
Feb 04, 2015
Allegiant Travel Co. has agreed to purchase four Airbus A320s, to be added to the Allegiant Air fleet in the second half of 2017.