Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jul 20, 2012
Avolon took delivery of the first of 12 direct-order Boeing 737-800 aircraft, the first of four to be placed on lease to Japan Airlines. Air Lease Corp. will lease 12 new Boeing 737-800s, four new Airbus A320-200s, and two new A321-200s to China Southern on 12-year lease terms. GECAS has delivered three new Airbus A320 aircraft to Airphil Express.
Jul 20, 2012
Russia’s UTair (UT) has taken delivery of its first of eight Boeing 767s.
Jul 20, 2012
Sweden and Denmark combined their air navigation services earlier this month through the jointly owned company Nordic Unified Air Traffic Control (NUAC).
Jul 20, 2012
West Atlantic, Europe’s largest regional cargo airline, is looking at taking more Boeing 737s as it seeks to renew its fleet.
Jul 19, 2012
Evergreen International Airlines has taken delivery of the 50th 747-400 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The airplane is the first to enter the Evergreen fleet and the 40th conversion completed by Taikoo Aircraft Engineering. AD Aerospace has signed a letter of intent with Shanghai Aero Measurement Controlling Research Institute for the supply of security and safety video camera systems for the COMAC 919 aircraft.
Mar 25, 2021
With an agreement under its belt to supply more than 60 million gal. of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year to Delta Air Lines, Northwest Advanced Bio-Fuels (NWABF) has secured an equity commitment to build a plant to produce jet fuel from waste wood.
Mar 25, 2021
Ask the Editors: The 737’s baseline configuration has been remarkably resilient for decades, but it is unlikely to evolve beyond the -10.
Mar 25, 2021
Variety may be the spice of life, but diversity seems to be increasingly rare when it comes to the configuration of the latest generations of jet…
Mar 24, 2021
A novel active landing gear designed by electric aircraft startup Metro Hop to enable ultrashort takeoffs and landings is to be tested under the U.S. Air Force’s Agility Prime advanced air mobility program.
Mar 24, 2021
Machine learning specialist Daedalean and autonomous system developer Reliable Robotics have partnered to build advanced navigation and situational awareness systems for commercial aircraft.
Mar 24, 2021
The CEO of Austrian aerospace supplier FACC does not see widebody production rates returning to 2019 levels until the end of the decade.
Mar 24, 2021
United CEO Scott Kirby on why his company is bucking convention by expanding its widebody fleet.
Mar 23, 2021
As Boeing is quietly beginning to work on what is now being called the -5X project—a small widebody aircraft derived from the new mid-market airplane (NMA) studies—things are getting serious for the three engine OEMs, too.