Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 25, 2012
An Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200 has performed the first Required Navigation Performance – Authorization Required (RNP-AR) approach to Abu Dhabi Airport (AUH), marking the beginning of full RNP-AR implementation throughout AUH’s airspace.
May 25, 2012
The Airbus A350-1000 will beat the Boeing 777-300ER on range and fuel burn per passenger, but demand for the A350 is outstripping availability, Airbus COO-customers John Leahy said Wednesday during a media briefing in Toulouse, France.
May 24, 2012
Two US carriers are interested in a new Airbus A320 cabin configuration that would provide wider aisle seats.
May 24, 2012
Modifications to repair wing rib cracks on in-service Airbus A380s will begin in the first quarter of 2013 and the composite material at the root of the problem will no longer be used on new-production aircraft delivered from 2014.
May 24, 2012
A planned production rate increase of the Airbus A330 depends on Europe resolving the global dispute over aviation carbon emission fees.
Feb 17, 2021
The A330neo has not enjoyed nearly the market success of its predecessor.
Feb 17, 2021
Renewable fuel producer Fulcrum BioEnergy has partnered with refinery operator Essar Oil (UK) to build a facility in northwest England to convert municipal solid waste into sustainable aviation fuel.
Feb 17, 2021
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has once again selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power its latest order for 35 A320neo family aircraft placed in 2018.
Feb 17, 2021
Ask The Editors: Regulators working on the 737 MAX were not buoyed by the pandemic, but COVID-19 was not a major factor on downtime.
Feb 16, 2021
Green shoots keep emerging in commercial aviation in the form of used vaccination needles, but despite those shots in the arm and recent OEM trimming of production rates—i.e., the long-awaited certainty of the other shoe to drop—mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in aerospace production look set for a mixed year at best.
Feb 16, 2021
Two weeks after securing an air operator’s certificate (AOC), United Nigeria has begun commercial operations.
Feb 16, 2021
The potential demand forecast for tens of thousands of delivery drones and air taxis means there is a growing need for propellers and rotors with better performance, lower noise and easier producibility.
Feb 15, 2021
Garuda Indonesia and Indonesia’s ministry of state-owned enterprises (BUMN) have moved to cut short a lease for 12 Bombardier CRJ1000 regional jets and return them to lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).