JetBlue Airways will convert 13 aircraft in its existing Airbus A321neo order book to the XLR version—launched earlier this week—for delivery scheduled to begin in 2023.
As aerospace accelerates toward a more electric future, Rolls-Royce has secured a jumpstart on its strategic goals in the sector with the surprise acquisition of Siemens’ electric and hybrid-electric aerospace propulsion unit.
Airbus has partnered with the operators of Paris’ airports and public transport system to demonstrate the feasibility of operating a system of vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) vehicles when the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2024.
Indian LCC IndiGo flipped its preferred engine supplier, ordering CFM LEAP-1A engines to power 280 Airbus A320neo-family aircraft it has on order—aircraft that will fly alongside Pratt & Whitney PW1000G geared turbofan (GTF) Airbus narrowbodies.
Delta Air Lines has acquired a 4.3% equity stake in Hanjin-KAL, Korean Air’s largest shareholder, setting the stage for even closer cooperation between the two joint-venture (JV) partners.
ATR is continuing to explore hybrid aircraft technologies and biofuels, but in the nearer term CEO Stefano Bortoli believes higher fuel prices could trigger more aircraft orders.
Technology and air traffic management (ATM) reform, not new aviation taxes, are the keys to reducing commercial aviation emissions, according to European airline representatives.
Simulator and training specialist CAE hopes that the increasing use of student assessment data will help persuade lenders to provide prospective pilots the funding they need to undertake the training.
United Technologies SVP & CTO Paul Eremenko speaks with ATW about how hybrid-electric propulsion could be nearer than people think for commercial aviation, as the industry strengthens its sustainability efforts at the 2019 Paris Air Show.
Norwegian CEO Bjorn Kjos shares a strategy update with ATW at the Paris Air Show, talking about how his airline might form partnerships with other feeder airlines.
ATW speaks with ATR CEO Stefano Bortoli at the 2019 Paris Air Show about plans to launch a new short takeoff and landing (STOL) version of the ATR 42-600.
Regional aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) chairman Martin Moller talks to ATW about his plans to take up to 105 more ATRs, after signing a letter of intent at the 2019 Paris Air Show.
Retired pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, who gained fame after he landed a US Airways Airbus A320 in the Hudson River off Manhattan in 2009, told US House lawmakers that pilots flying the Boeing 737 MAX should receive additional Level D full flight simulator (FFS) training.
Four men, including an alleged former Russian intelligence service colonel, have been charged with bringing the missile into Ukraine that shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014, killing all those onboard the Boeing 777-200.
Day three of the air show was a good one for Airbus and particularly its newly-launched A321XLR, which is demonstrating early on that airlines see how they can stretch their networks, enter new markets and do good business with a longer-legged narrowbody.
Singapore Changi Airport closed one of two runways for 10 hours after a drone was sighted in the vicinity on the night of June 18 through the morning of June 19.
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has an MOU for 15 SpaceJet M100s from an unidentified North American customer—the first orders or commitments for the newly revealed type.
American Airlines will acquire 50 Airbus A321XLRs, adding 20 new aircraft to an order of 30 A321neos that have been converted to the new long-range narrowbody.
