Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Apr 04, 2011
French Air Accident Investigation Bureau on Sunday confirmed that the search team on board the vessel Alucia located major assemblies of the Air France Airbus A330 that crashed into the Atlantic while en route between Rio de Janeiro and Paris-Charles de Gaulle on June 1, 2009, killing all 228 passengers and crew on board.
Apr 03, 2011
Goodrich said it signed an agreement with SSCP Aero Holdings to acquire Microtecnica, "a leading provider of flight control actuation systems for helicopter, regional and business aircraft, missile actuation, and aircraft thermal and environmental control systems."
Apr 03, 2011
Turkish Airlines confirmed that it has exercised options for 10 Boeing 737-800s and five 737-900ERs, valued at more than $1.2 billion based on list prices.
Apr 03, 2011
Pratt & Whitney President David Hess said he expects to begin seeing a sharp uptake in engine deliveries, possibly reaching levels last seen in 1983 when the company delivered 1,000 engines. Speaking to journalists at the Pratt test facilities in West Palm Beach, Fla., Hess said he believes the company could be back up to those levels "as early as 2016."
Apr 01, 2011
Bombardier reported net income of $769 million for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, up 8.8% over a $707 million net profit in its prior fiscal year. Revenue for the year dropped 8.6% to $17.71 billion.
Apr 01, 2011
Turkish Airlines confirmed that it has exercised options for 10 Boeing 737-800s and five 737-900ERs, valued at more than $1.2 billion based on list prices.
Mar 31, 2011
Elbe Flugzeuge Werke in Dresden said it will start converting one Airbus A320 passenger aircraft into a freighter this fall. The company expects to convert approximately 50 A320/321s into freighters by 2016. Air Works India Engineering was appointed by Rockwell Collins as an authorized dealer for its products and services.
Mar 31, 2011
BOC Aviation reached an agreement to lease five A330-200Fs on order from Airbus with Hainan Airlines. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2012 and 2013 and will be operated by Yangtze River Express Airlines, a subsidiary of the HNA Group. HNA Group Chairman Chen Feng said, "The aircraft will meet our capacity demands which have been increasing on the back of the global economic recovery."