Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Nov 06, 2012
Fastjet, the African low-cost carrier backed by easyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has unveiled its new brand and will begin selling tickets next week.
Nov 06, 2012
Russia’s UTair Aviation (UT) and VEB-Leasing have signed a financing deal for the delivery of 20 Airbus A321s the carrier ordered at the Farnborough Airshow.
Nov 06, 2012
Grupo Aeromexico (AM) has finalized a purchase agreement for up to 90 Boeing 737 MAX narrowbody aircraft.
Nov 05, 2012
United Airlines (UA) made its Boeing 787 inaugural flight from Houston-Chicago Sunday after receiving US FAA certification Friday.
Nov 05, 2012
Kuwaiti lessor ALAFCO has finalized an order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8s, the first sale of the type into the Middle East.
May 31, 2021
Merlin’s autonomous King Air; EHang’s bigger eVTOL; Near Earth on VoloDrone; MagniX’s electric seaplane; OneWeb’s beam-hopper.
May 28, 2021
Within a budget request for aeronautics research in fiscal 2022 of $914.8 million, up from $828.7 million enacted for 2021, NASA plans to accelerate the launch of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator program to produce a full-scale, ultra-efficient subsonic X-plane.
May 28, 2021
An electric-powered sailplane designed to ease challenges of training glider pilots has completed its experimental test phase and is being prepared for industrialization under a European-funded project.
May 28, 2021
A four-seat hybrid-electric aircraft is being prepared for flight tests under a European research program.
May 28, 2021
British aerostructures and aviation parts maker Senior Plc has been jockeying with a distressed-asset investment group, which recently made an offer to buy Senior for about $1.05 billion, the company revealed May 28.
May 28, 2021
Boeing 787 deliveries have been on hold since early May as the company works to satisfy U.S. FAA concerns about how production issues are being addressed, the company confirmed May 28.
May 27, 2021
There is a path for aviation to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, but it requires changes in technologies and behaviors far beyond the industry’s traditional incremental pace of progress.
May 27, 2021
Electric propulsion pioneer MagniX has partnered with Blade Urban Air Mobility to electrify a fleet of Cessna Caravan seaplanes operated for Blade by Lima, New York, starting in early 2023.