Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Feb 14, 2012
Indonesian carrier Lion Air (JT) has firmed up its agreement with Boeing announced in November to buy 201 Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 737-900ERs in a $22.4 billion contract that is Boeing’s largest ever.
Feb 13, 2012
Hong Kong Airlines (HX) will launch all-premium class flights on the Hong Kong-London Gatwick route with Airbus A330-200s from March 7, becoming the first Chinese carrier to offer an all-premium service. HX assistant president Wang Yankun said the carrier will use three new A330-200s, with cabin configurations of 34 first- and 82 business-class seats, to operate the service.
Feb 13, 2012
Boeing will begin the final phase of wind tunnel testing on the 737 MAX next week, the company announced in Singapore Monday. Testing will take place at QinteQ’s Farnborough, UK, facility and Boeing’s transonic wind tunnel in Seattle. “We will then be able to look at firming up the configuration of the aircraft,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes marketing VP Randy Tinseth said.
Feb 13, 2012
International Aero Engines’ (IAE) next family of engines—the V2500 SelectThree—remains “on the drawing board,” IAE president and CEO Ian Aitken told ATW, “but I think the ink is now getting dry”).
Feb 13, 2012
ICBC Leasing has placed an order with International Aero Engines to provide V2500s for 15 new Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Jan 08, 2021
U.S. low-cost carriers have touted nonstop networks and strong leisure bases as buoys in the pandemic, but other advantages are emerging.
Jan 08, 2021
Cost cuts and market uncertainty force Rolls-Royce to put brakes on UltraFan follow-up development plans.
Jan 08, 2021
In this week’s podcast, we go behind the scenes for a glimpse into how the cover story of the Jan 11-24 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology…
Jan 07, 2021
Boeing has reached an agreement exceeding $2.5 billion with the U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) to settle criminal charges that two of its employees defrauded the FAA’s Aircraft Evaluation Group (AEG) about safety issues connected to two fatal 737 MAX accidents.
Jan 07, 2021
A recovery is expected to start this year but the French aerospace industry is still in the middle of its endeavor to save jobs and skills, showing solidarity and exploiting state aid programs.
Jan 07, 2021
Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr has begun returning its Antonov An-124 super heavy freighters to operation.
Jan 07, 2021
The COVID-19 crisis has dented Airbus’ and Boeing’s growth trajectories and boosted China’s quest to become an aerospace powerhouse.
Jan 06, 2021
The FAA on Jan. 6 announced a final rule that streamlines the application process for testing supersonic aircraft over land.