Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 01, 2016
Russia’s State Transport Leasing Co. (STLC) has placed an order for five Let L-410 aircraft with Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UWCA), in a deal valued at RUB2 billion ($30.7 million) at list prices.
Nov 30, 2016
Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier (LCC) Wizz Air has concluded a sale and lease back deal with Bank of Communications and Financial Leasing (BoComm) for eight Airbus A320 family aircraft, and has finalized a previously announced operating lease deal with Singapore lessor BOC Aviation for two more of the type.
Nov 30, 2016
Russia’s largest airline, Aeroflot, has canceled orders for Boeing 787s and will rely on the much larger Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 for long-haul flights.
Nov 29, 2016
Airbus and Boeing fear they will not be able to live with the kinds of state support that budding rivals may receive.
Apr 12, 2024
With two active lines at present, Embraer is aiming for a three-month conversion timeline per aircraft, or 12 conversions per year.
Apr 12, 2024
“We are determined to keep our capacity and serve as many passengers as possible,” a Wizz Air spokesperson told Aviation Daily.
Apr 12, 2024
Startup VerdeGo Aero says the slow pace of battery improvement leaves room for future hybrid-electric systems.
Apr 12, 2024
Florida-based lessor Azorra plans to open a new office in Singapore in July 2024 as it breaks into the Southeast Asia market.
Apr 11, 2024
Embraer has handed over Scoot’s first E190-E2, making the Singapore Airlines LCC subsidiary the first airline in the Asia-Pacific region to operate the type.
Apr 11, 2024
The Aerospace Technology Institute was set up largely to allocate government money to projects intended to future-proof the UK’s civil aerospace sector.
Apr 11, 2024
Quality standdowns that began within Boeing Commercial Airplanes are also extending across the OEM’s Global Services segment, a senior company executive said.
Apr 11, 2024
Hapster, a company created by four Safran employees in September 2023, is pitching a digital tool to cut a production worker’s training time four-fold.