Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jan 03, 2012
FLY Leasing Ltd. has acquired two Boeing 737-800s, one on lease to Air China and one on lease to Korean Air. It also sold one 777-200ER on lease to KLM and one 737-800 on lease to SpiceJet for a total of $139 million. Airbus has delivered its 7,000th aircraft, an A321, to US Airways. Airbus delivered its first aircraft in 1974—an A300B2 to Air France.
Jan 03, 2012
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has ordered two additional ATR 72-600s, plus two options, lifting the company’s -600 orders to 17, plus 17 options, as part of a deal previously announced at the Paris Air Show.
Dec 30, 2011
Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. (HAECO) and its subsidiary Taikoo (Xiamen) Aircraft Engineering Co. (TAECO) have acquired a 49% shareholding in Shanghai Pudong (PVG)-based line maintenance.
Dec 30, 2011
Qantas (QF) has made individual payments of up to $400,000 (A$393,000) each in a settlement with 144 passengers who were onboard a flight that made two sharp descents.
Dec 29, 2011
Thai Airways (TG) has purchased Rolls-Royce Trent engines to power 12 Airbus A350 XWBs and eight Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
Dec 16, 2020
The Boeing-Airbus duopoly cannot count on widebody sales anytime soon, so their hope is to get narrowbody production back to normal.
Dec 16, 2020
Despite the pandemic, the industry continued to make progress in sustainability, space, aviation safety and more.
Dec 15, 2020
Among the few differences between the FAA and some regulators on the Boeing 737 MAX’s re-entry into airline schedules is how pilots should be empowered to handle an erroneous stick-shaker stall-warning.
Dec 15, 2020
FedEx Express on Dec. 15 received the first ATR 72-600F freighter, a new version ATR launched in 2017 thanks to a firm order from the delivery giant for 30 of the type.
Dec 15, 2020
An Irkut MC-21-300 narrowbody powered by Russian PD-14 turbofan engines made its first flight from Irkutsk, Russia, on the morning of Dec. 15.
Dec 15, 2020
Long-haul aviation market has changed since the 777X was launched, increasing pressure on Boeing’s business case.
Dec 14, 2020
Rolls-Royce remains on track to roll out upgraded Trent 1000 TEN high-pressure compressor turbine (HPT) blades around mid-2021 and does not expect to see any more unplanned Boeing 787 groundings linked to the issue or other identified problems with the engines.
Dec 11, 2020
At a time when roughly two-thirds fewer people are flying commercially it might be hard to imagine that someday record numbers of people will fly and many of them will pay up for far-faster flights.