Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 12, 2019
FAA administrator Steve Dickson suggested Boeing improve the “quality and timeliness” of information it is providing the agency to support getting the 737 MAX back into service, part of a larger message that Boeing’s efforts should focus on meeting regulatory demands, not influencing the process.
Dec 11, 2019
Air France-KLM has placed a firm order for 10 additional Airbus A350-900s, which will replace the A380s scheduled to leave the fleet by 2022.
Dec 11, 2019
Vietnam startup Bamboo Airways has received its first Boeing 787-9 at the US manufacturer’s South Carolina delivery center Dec. 9.
Dec 10, 2019
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has transferred the fifth prototype in the C919 narrowbody flight-test program to Nanchang, China, six weeks after the aircraft’s first flight.
Dec 10, 2019
Congo Airways signed a firm order with Embraer for two E175 aircraft, with purchase rights for a further two. The deal has a total value of $94.4 million at current list prices with all purchase rights exercised.
Jun 04, 2024
Air Canada plans a 50-50 split between international and North American routes when it scales up to 30 Airbus A321XLRs.
Jun 03, 2024
Among Air France, British Airways, Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, none of these carriers stand out as top performers when compared with global standards.
Jun 03, 2024
Mexicana is poised to become Mexico’s first operator of Embraer E2s, with a firm deal for 20, an order evenly split between E190-E2s and E195-E2s.
Jun 03, 2024
The LCC is looking at aircraft for flights into Southeast Asia or India to accommodate the large volumes of low-yield migrant labor traffic into Saudi Arabia.
Jun 03, 2024
Qatar Airways has issued an RFP to both Airbus and Boeing as it considers additional orders of the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X.
Jun 03, 2024
The size of the selected aircraft will “fill the gap” between the Cathay Group’s narrowbodies and its larger widebodies, CEO Ronald Lam says.
Jun 03, 2024
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark expects to the new and expanded Dubai World Central Al Makhtoum Airport (DWC) to be operational between 2032 and 2034.
Jun 03, 2024
Korean Air CEO Walter Cho is planning to place a major widebody aircraft order, and it is also considering additional freighter orders.