Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

May 26, 2017
Russia’s United Engine Corp. (UEC), a part of state-owned Rostec Corp., has completed the second stage of flight tests for the PD-14 engine that will power the Irkut MC-21.
May 26, 2017
Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has ordered four Airbus A320neo family aircraft (including A320 and A321 variants), plus two A330-900 widebodies.
May 25, 2017
Bombardier’s pricing on its sale of 75 firm CSeries aircraft to Delta Air Lines was “normal course” business and not improper, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Fred Cromer said.
May 25, 2017
Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has taken delivery of its 10th and final Airbus A380.
May 25, 2017
Rolls-Royce has performed the first power runs of the gearbox for its new UltraFan engine at a facility in Germany.
Sep 06, 2024
WestJet appears to have secured deals for all nine 737-8 narrowbodies operated by rival Lynx Air when it ceased operations and went out of business in February.
Sep 06, 2024
2024 was supposed to be the year that eVTOL air taxis launched services, but by mid-year it was apparent that goal was no longer obtainable.
Sep 06, 2024
Malaysia Airlines has found a defect in high-pressure fuel hoses on an Airbus A350-900, an aircraft variant not covered by an EASA Emergency AD requiring checks of these components.
Sep 06, 2024
During the capacity drawdown, Malaysia Airlines has been cycling aircraft through increased maintenance checks, which has meant about 15 aircraft out of service at once compared to seven before the cuts.
Sep 06, 2024
Airbus must deliver just over 320 aircraft in the last three months of the year in order to reach its target of handing over around 770 aircraft to customers in 2024.
Sep 06, 2024
Listen in as Aviation Week’s propulsion editor updates our chief Boom skeptic on the company’s latest test flight.
Sep 06, 2024
Flight Friday looks at indexed cycles against the equivalent month in 2019 of passenger narrowbodies and how they have recovered to beyond pre-pandemic levels.
Sep 05, 2024
Construction of a Southwest Airlines-backed first-of-its-kind plant that will turn corn stover into cellulosic ethanol for upgrade to SAF has begun in Kansas.