Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 29, 2016
RwandAir took delivery of the first of two long-haul, widebody Airbus A330s—an A330-200—becoming the launch operator of the type in East Africa, on Sept. 28. The Kigali-based carrier also has an A330-300 on order, which will be delivered in November. ATW correspondent was invited to join the delivery flight of RwandAir's first widebody aircraft from Toulouse via Entebbe, Uganda, to Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda.
Sep 28, 2016
Aircraft & Engine News-Sept. 28, 2016
Sep 28, 2016
The US-based Flight Safety Foundation said investigators’ conclusion about the missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 may make this the rare airline crash that calls for a criminal prosecution.
Sep 28, 2016
Air Astana expects to take delivery of its first leased Airbus A320neo in October, six months behind schedule, the Kazakhstan flag carrier’s president and CEO Peter Foster told ATW in Almaty.
Sep 28, 2016
RwandAir has taken delivery of the first of two long-haul, widebody Airbus A330s—an A330-200—becoming the launch operator of the type in East Africa.
Apr 04, 2022
Hydrogen-electric propulsion startup ZeroAvia has partnered with zero-emission vehicle refueling company ZEV Station to develop a hydrogen refueling infrastructure for airports in California.
Apr 04, 2022
Airlines are investing in a host of new technologies, but they’re not sure which bets will ultimately pay off.
Apr 01, 2022
Ukraine’s state-owned arms conglomerate has suspended Antonov head Serhiy Bychkov and forwarded information to law enforcement agencies over recent allegations that his inaction led to the destruction of an An-225 Mriya during a battle between Russian and Ukrainian forces at Hostomel Airport.
Apr 01, 2022
A process developed by biofuel developer Enerkem to convert forest biomass into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) has won a Canadian government competition to develop a fuel that can be produced domestically at costs competitive with fossil fuel.
Apr 01, 2022
Aviation has long seen China as its growth engine in Asia, but some changing fundamentals should be concerning to the industry.
Apr 01, 2022
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 01, 2022
There’s a well-known international supermarket chain which has a slogan saying, “Every little helps!” That’s certainly an epithet which can be…
Mar 31, 2022
Highly engineered aerospace products provider Crane said March 30 that it will spin off its payment and merchandising technologies businesses into a separate, publicly traded corporation, in part to better focus on core aerospace and electronics end markets