Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Sep 27, 2016
Airbus has begun the final assembly of its first A330neo, an A330-900, at the final assembly line in Toulouse.
Sep 27, 2016
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.’s first MRJ90 test aircraft is expected to land in the US within a week, after an earlier attempt was aborted because of a technical fault.
Sep 23, 2016
The second Airbus A350-1000 flight test aircraft—the first to be equipped with a full passenger cabin—was displayed Sept. 23 in a new carbon fiber-themed livery outside the manufacturer’s paint shop in Toulouse, France.
Sep 23, 2016
Spanish low-cost carrier Volotea plans to increase the pace of its re-fleeting plans, which include switching from Boeing 717s to Airbus A319s in 2017, as it moves toward an all-European fleet over the next few years.
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
Mar 31, 2022
Scotland-based Spirit AeroSystems (Europe) has signed a term sheet in principle with UK startup Electric Aviation Group (EAG) to collaborate on the development of technologies to support zero-emission flight.
Mar 31, 2022
Fast-expanding ASL Aviation Holdings (ASL) is potentially doubling its order book for Boeing 737-800 converted freighters with a new firm order for 10, plus 10 purchase rights.
Mar 31, 2022
Qantas has set ambitious goals for the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in its newly released Climate Action Plan.
Mar 31, 2022
Modest boost would address mandatory pay increases while addressing several key areas.
Mar 30, 2022
Package carrier FedEx Express is planning to conduct tests of startup Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous cargo aircraft in 2023 in its middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sorting locations.
Mar 30, 2022
The 737 MAX 10’s likely appeal for airlines, restarted MAX and 787 deliveries and free cash flow generation are some reasons for optimism.
Mar 30, 2022
With Swiss International Airlines as its first customer, solar kerosene startup Synhelion has selected Germany’s Ineratec to provide the Fischer-Tropsch technology required to produce carbon-neutral aviation fuel using concentrated sunlight.