Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 22, 2015
Lufthansa Group’s passenger airlines operated more efficiently in 2014, using an average of 3.84 liters of kerosene in 2014, to carry a passenger 100 km, a 1.6% improvement over the previous year (2013: 3.91 l/100pkm).
May 22, 2015
Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport (MLIT) is urging all Korean aircraft operators to replace or mothball all aircraft that are more than two decades old.
May 22, 2015
Airbus has launched a long-term partnership programme designed to help airlines reduce their environmental footprint.
May 21, 2015
Azul Brazilian Airlines has finalized an order with Embraer for 30 firm orders for the E-195 E2 jet, previously announced at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow where Azul was announced as the launch customer for the type.
Apr 07, 2023
The Akureyri-based carrier has canceled all flights due to a dispute over lease payments between wet-lease specialist Hi Fly and lessor Avolon.
Apr 07, 2023
The financing comes as SkyDrive works to certify its aircraft in time to launch commercial air taxi service for the 2025 World Expo being hosted in Osaka.
Apr 07, 2023
NASA is funding further work on a near-silent propulsion system for urban drones—and potentially air taxis.
Apr 07, 2023
Universal Hydrogen is making progress in the development of its hydrogen conversion kit for the ATR 72-600 regional turboprop.
Apr 07, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 06, 2023
Airbus is doubling capacity at its Chinese plant by adding a second final assembly line as it aims to produce 75 A320neo family aircraft a month in 2026.
Apr 06, 2023
Lufthansa is growing its nascent A321F fleet as the number of narrowbody freighters in Europe is on the rise.
Apr 06, 2023
Without production challenges, around 30 aircraft might have been delivered last year—still a low number compared with the previous decade.