Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Jun 15, 2011
Boeing said Wednesday it will boost the production rate for the 737NG to 42 per month in the first half of 2014, up from 31.5 currently and planned increases to 35 per month in early 2012 and 38 monthly in the 2013 second quarter.
Jun 15, 2011
Boeing said Wednesday it will boost the production rate for the 737NG to 42 per month in the first half of 2014, up from 31.5 currently and planned increases to 35 per month in early 2012 and 38 monthly in the 2013 second quarter.
Jun 15, 2011
Virgin America selected CFM's Leap-X engine to power 30 Airbus A320neo aircraft it has on order with deliveries beginning in 2016, becoming the first to choose the CFM offering for the re-engined narrowbody.
Jun 14, 2011
Air Lease Corp. signed lease agreements for 25 additional aircraft as it focuses on “providing innovative fleet solutions for airlines around the world,” said ALC Senior VP Kishore Korde.
Jun 14, 2011
In advance of next week's Paris Air Show, Airbus unveiled its “2050 Concept Cabin,” which offers a “Star Trek”-styled cabin of the future.
Sep 17, 2020
The purpose-built freighter variant of the ATR 72-600 made its first flight Sep. 16 in Toulouse, as part of a program ATR hopes will culminate with the first delivery to Fedex by year-end.
Sep 16, 2020
WASHINGTON—A U.S. Congressional report on the Boeing 737 MAX reveals that while Boeing learned during the model’s development that pilots might not…
Sep 16, 2020
Ask the Editors: The A220-500 would be great strategic asset for Airbus in its competition with Boeing and the 737 MAX.
Sep 15, 2020
Universal Hydrogen has selected MagniX to provide the electric propulsion system for its planned conversion of the de Havilland Canada Dash 8-300 regional turboprop to hydrogen fuel-cell power.
Sep 14, 2020
Ampaire has flown a second prototype of its Electric EEL, a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Sep 14, 2020
Ask the Editors: The problem with electric taxi motors is the ratio of benefit to cost in commercial operations.
Sep 12, 2020
Greece is set to become the first European export customer for the Dassault Rafale, announcing plans to order 18 aircraft as part of a modernization of its armed forces.
Sep 11, 2020
Boeing confirmed that it uncovered a manufacturing problem with 787 vertical fins—the fourth production-quality issue linked to the widebody twinjet program in recent weeks.