Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 13, 2015
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was definitively caused by a BUK surface-to-air missile, according to the final report of the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) issued Oct 13.
Oct 13, 2015
Airbus has launched an “ultra-long range” version of the A350-900 and Singapore Airlines (SIA) has agreed to be the launch customer.
Oct 13, 2015
An Egyptian-registered Tristar Air Airbus A300 freighter crashed near the Somali capital Mogadishu around 1930 local time Oct. 12, according to local reports.
Oct 12, 2015
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has announced its first Airbus A350 XWB route will be Singapore-Amsterdam from April 2016.
Oct 12, 2015
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam has confirmed to ATW the carrier is evaluating extra-long haul aircraft and hopes to have a decision by year end.
Jun 23, 2023
One surprise in the post-pandemic era is how financially resilient the commercial aerospace manufacturing industry exited the worst downturn in its history.
Jun 23, 2023
India’s two largest airlines prepare to expand with huge orders for Boeing and Airbus aircraft. Will there be enough airports and trained staff to operate them?
Jun 22, 2023
The timeline for retrofitting the aircraft, as well as the number of aircraft to be retrofitted with automated systems, is yet to be determined.
Jun 22, 2023
Spirit AeroSystems told union workers in Wichita not to report for work starting with the first shift June 22.
Jun 22, 2023
Onera's Gullhyver concept for a 200-seat, 4,000-nm-range airliner is being studied under Europe’s Clean Aviation public-private research program.
Jun 22, 2023
Embraer is increasingly positioning its crossover jets as complements to narrowbodies and smaller types as it seeks to enlarge its niche in the airliner market.
Jun 22, 2023
Gabonese airline AfriJet has signed an MOU with French hybrid-electric aircraft manufacturer Aura Aero.
Jun 22, 2023
Daher, Safran and Airbus have completed 30 hr. of flight testing without power to the electric propellers on the EcoPulse demonstrator.