Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Oct 31, 2016
American Airlines has confirmed that 23 passengers and one member of cabin crew reported non-critical injuries after a Boeing 767 with an “engine-related issue” caught fire at Chicago O’Hare on Oct. 28.
Oct 28, 2016
By 2019, Beijing Capital, Hong Kong, Manila and Singapore all will have reached their runway capacity limits. Terminals at three of them also hit capacity.
Oct 28, 2016
It was an unusual setting for a major aircraft order announcement. Media had been informed by Qatar Airways that the airline and Boeing would be making an “historic” announcement. But it would not be in Doha or Seattle, or even at one of the major air shows where large airline orders are typically announced. Instead, reporters were invited to the posh Four Seasons hotel in Washington DC’s upscale Georgetown neighborhood for a breakfast buffet, a press conference and luncheon.
Oct 28, 2016
Earlier in 2016, before Delta Air Lines placed a firm order for 75 Bombardier CSeries aircraft in late April, then Delta CEO Richard Anderson repeatedly praised the Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan (GTF) engine that exclusively powers the aircraft. The GTF, he said, was the single most significant innovation in commercial aircraft technology since Boeing introduced composites on the 787 in the previous decade.
Oct 28, 2016
Lufthansa will phase out its last Boeing 737 on Oct. 29 after completing a flight from Milan to Frankfurt.
Jul 29, 2024
This week’s Carbon Analysis goes transatlantic as we look at Air Canada, British Airways, Delta Air Lines and Norse Atlantic Airways.
Jul 29, 2024
UK LCC easyJet has extended leases on 10 Airbus A319s, a type which it is working to phase out by 2034.
Jul 29, 2024
Rolls-Royce’s rapid development of its Orpheus demonstrator engine is beginning to pay dividends and even influencing how the UK OEM thinks about its large commercial engine developments.
Jul 29, 2024
Japan’s aviation sustainability initiatives are both broad and deep.
Jul 29, 2024
CAeS says it is close to securing funding to support flight-testing of a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system on a modified Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander.
Jul 29, 2024
VoltAero and Kawasaki Motors have revealed new details about plans to power later versions of the Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft with a hydrogen-fueled version of its newly developed supercharged aero piston engine family.
Jul 26, 2024
Operators of CFM Leap 1A engines will soon have access to reverse bleed system (RBS) retrofit kits, the engine manufacturer announced.
Jul 26, 2024
Embraer subsidiary OGMA has opened a new Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine shop that it expects to triple revenues.