Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Oct 18, 2012
British Airways (BA) may consider introducing its forthcoming fleet of Airbus A380s on short-haul routes to quickly to build up training time for its pilots.
Oct 18, 2012
Hawaiian Holdings, parent of Hawaiian Airlines (HA), has purchased its first ATR 42 turboprop and will acquire another of the type next month.
Oct 17, 2012
Testing of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system can begin following the launch of two additional operational satellites.
Oct 16, 2012
Lufthansa (LH) is seeking to unify standards for engines and cockpits across its group of five airlines to boost purchasing power, staff magazine Lufthanseat reported.
Oct 15, 2012
Bombardier has begun assembly of the CSeries aircraft’s first flight test vehicle (FTV1) at its Mirabel, Québec facility.
May 19, 2021
The agreement would clarify the manufacturer’s positions on using third-party alternatives such as parts repairs on its engines, and what, if any, ramifications such cost-saving moves have on warranties and other services.
May 19, 2021
Airlines support many causes and events, and the Olympics are no exception.
May 19, 2021
Drag-reducing boundary-layer ingestion could cut the fuel burn of a future twin-aisle airliner by more than 3% compared to an equivalent-technology conventional aircraft, a European research project has concluded.
May 19, 2021
“Together with the renewal of our fleet, sustainable aviation fuels constitute our main lever in the medium term for reducing our CO2 emissions per passenger/km by half by 2030,” Air France-KLM CEO Ben Smith said.
May 19, 2021
The founder of lessors ILFC and ALC tells Aviation Week’s CAPA Live that Boeing “needs to get their act together” on 737 MAX program.
May 19, 2021
Erik Lindbergh hopes to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his grandfather’s historic first solo transatlantic flight in 2027, only this time with a hybrid electric aircraft.
May 18, 2021
The Boeing 737-800 is one of the most popular aircraft types flown by mainline and low-cost carriers in Europe (and the world). Shown is a selection of some European airlines that operate the type, from the photo archives of Joe Pries.
May 17, 2021
Volocopter has unveiled a larger, longer-range electric vertical-takeoff air taxi aimed at expanding its planned urban air mobility service out to the suburbs.