Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 29, 2012
Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A380. MAS, which is the eighth A380 operator, has ordered six 494-seat A380s with a premium three-class layout.
May 28, 2012
GECAS delivered one new Airbus A330-300 to KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, one new Boeing 737-900ER to Jet Airways and three Embraer E-170s to Air France subsidiary Régional Compagnie Aérienne Européenne. Skyworld Aviation has been appointed remarketing agent for two ex-Colgan Airways Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircraft. Avolon has acquired two Airbus A321 aircraft, to be leased to US Airways this year.
May 28, 2012
Russia’s Transaero Airlines (UN) and Kazakhstan-based Air Astana (KC) have agreed to add one more frequency for each carrier on Moscow-Almaty (ALA) and Moscow-Astana (TSE) routes, due to growing demand.
May 28, 2012
Malyasia’s fast-growing low-cost carrier AirAsia (AK) is considering ordering more Airbus A320s until its A320neo aircraft arrive, CEO Tony Fernandes told ATW on the sidelines of Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse, where he took delivery of the carrier’s 100th A320.
May 28, 2012
Air France (AF) has reiterated its Transform 2015 plans to increase productivity by 20% and expects to sign new agreements with ground personnel, flight deck and cabin crew unions at the end of June.
Feb 19, 2021
Already restructuring before the pandemic hit, see how Avianca is adjusting its MRO practices and strategies.
Feb 19, 2021
Single-aisle production is planned to rise by the end of the year as Airbus awaits the inflection point toward market recovery.
Feb 18, 2021
Jet fuel prices have steadily raced higher in recent weeks, tracking gains in the price of crude oil.
Feb 18, 2021
French product development group Conseil & Technique (C&T) has briefed Airbus on a design concept that can be used to modify an existing airliner such as the A320 to electric propulsion.
Feb 18, 2021
Finnair said it is now in a healthy financial position after a recapitalization and extensive cost-cutting that addressed the havoc wreaked on its business by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Feb 18, 2021
Around a decade after preparing to divest its aerostructures businesses, Airbus is now reversing course and wants to keep component manufacturing inside the group for the long term.
Feb 17, 2021
De Havilland Canada plans to suspend production of the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, citing the difficulty of securing new orders in current industry conditions.
Feb 17, 2021
The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.