Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 13, 2012
Brussels Airlines (SN) will invest €30 million ($38.3 million) to revamp the interiors of its widebody fleet, comprising five Airbus A330-300 and two -200s. Business class will be fitted with full-flat beds with built-in LED mood lighting; economy seats will be equipped with the IMS Company’s innovative seat-centric RAVE inflight entertainment system.
Jan 12, 2012
Etihad Airways (EY) has finalized a $367 million sale/leaseback deal with Sanad Aero Solutions and Engine Lease Finance Corp. (ELF) to finance 23 spare engines. The transactions, which are for a 10-year operating lease, cover the financing for 16 in-service spare engines and seven future spare engine deliveries. Sanad will buy and lease back five GE90 and six Rolls-Royce Trent 500 engines. ELF will purchase and lease back six Trent 700 and six IAE V2500 engines, EY said. The spare engines are for EY’s fleet of passenger and cargo aircraft.
Jan 12, 2012
Aeroflot (SU) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Russian state corporation Rostechnology to lease 50 Boeing 737 NGs, the two companies announced Thursday.
Jan 12, 2012
Mexican low-cost carrier Volaris (Y4) has finalized a previously announced order for 44 Airbus A320 aircraft, comprising 30 A320neos and 14 A320 family aircraft.
Jan 11, 2012
Boeing on Tuesday rolled out its first 737NG at the new production rate of 35 aircraft a month from its Renton, Wash., facility (ATW Daily News, July 15, 2011). The manufacturer delivered the aircraft to AWAS Aviation Services for lease by Norwegian Air Shuttle.
Dec 18, 2020
Latvian carrier airBaltic dispensed with its last remaining Boeing 737 on Dec. 17, a few days after accepting its latest Airbus A220-300s.
Dec 18, 2020
The research arm of China’s state-owned airframer AVIC is forecasting that the country will need 7,576 new aircraft by 2039.
Dec 18, 2020
While 2020 will go down largely as a year to forget for Boeing, the company’s tally of new build commercial freighter deliveries represents a 12-month record and a rare bright spot for the under-pressure manufacturer.
Dec 18, 2020
Slattery wants the engine manufacturer to become more agile, is bullish about the 737 MAX and cautious for future hydrogen propulsion.
Dec 18, 2020
Forecasts, snapshots and commercial air transport and business aircraft to watch.
Dec 18, 2020
The pandemic has made a difficult market worse for Airbus and Boeing, threatening the viability of programs and dimming optimism.
Dec 18, 2020
North filed pilot reports on more than 120 aircraft and was a protector of his staff and the publication.
Dec 17, 2020
The FAA and the Kansas Department of Transportation have agreed to establish a flight corridor for testing civil supersonic aircraft, state officials announced Dec. 17.