Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 13, 2011
Virgin Australia ATR 72-600. Courtesy, ATR Singapore-based leasing company Avation PLC has inked a contract for five ATR 72-600s plus eight options in a deal worth over $295 million (including the options). The aircraft, to be delivered in 2013 and 2014, will be operated by Perth-based Skywest Airlines (XR) on a range of routes on behalf of Virgin Australia (VA).
Dec 13, 2011
Southwest Airlines (SWA) has placed a firm order for 150 Boeing 737 Max aircraft and 58 Next-Generation 737s.
Dec 13, 2011
Boeing said Southwest Airlines' (SWA) commitment announced Tuesday for 208 737s, including 150 of the Max variant re-engined with CFM International Leap-1B powerplants, represented its largest-ever firm order (both in terms of units and value) and provided a major boost to the Max program, for which SWA will serve as the launch customer.
Dec 12, 2011
Inmarsat, which is still on track to launch the first Inmarsat-5 satellite in mid-2013 for its Ka-band Global Xpress service, told ATW it intends to initially deploy service over the Indian Ocean covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Dec 12, 2011
UTair (UT) subsidiary UTair Express (UR) will reduce its Tupolev Tu-134 and Antonov An-24 fleet significantly by 2012, when new federal aviation regulations take effect requiring all Russian aircraft to be equipped with a traffic collision avoidance system (TCAS) and an enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS). The regional carrier, formerly known as KomiInterAvia, will reduce its fleet to from 28 Tu-134s to 6-8, and from 25 An-24s to 15 of the type. UR’s fleet also includes two passenger-version An-26 aircraft.
Dec 07, 2020
Airbus booked zero new orders and logged 11 cancellations in November, the company said Dec. 7.
Dec 07, 2020
ATW's Editor-in-Chief writes about flying in a MAX on American Airlines' media demonstration flight.
Dec 07, 2020
Emirates Airline has taken delivery of one Airbus A380 from the Airbus facility at Hamburg Finkenwerder and plans to add a further two of the type before the end of the month.
Dec 07, 2020
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration N308RD, on Dec. 2, 2020, from its charter pad at Dallas-Fort Worth to its maintenance…
Dec 07, 2020
The organizers of the Paris Air Show, the world’s largest, have canceled the 2021 edition because of continued uncertainty related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec 07, 2020
IATA predicts over $38 billion in industry losses next year—more than after the global financial crisis but a third of the 2020 deficit.
Dec 07, 2020
As the industry gets ready for a recovery in demand, legacy airlines and low-cost carriers alike are rethinking their product strategies.
Dec 07, 2020
A look at some of the biggest milestones of 2020, a year that saw a substantial increase in activity around electric-aircraft propulsion.