Jan. 18, 1950 —Boeing and Pan American World Airways tested the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser’s ability to handle a 148,000-lb. maximum gross takeoff weight. Pan Am wanted to be able to carry larger payloads on long-haul overseas flights. Jan. 17, 1975 —Boeing began ground testing its 727 propulsion system with a refanned, nacelle-equipped Pratty & Whitney JTBD to reduce noise.
In observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the U.S., Aviation Daily will not be publishing on Monday, Jan. 18. The next issue of Aviation Daily will be dated Weds., Jan. 20.
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Flush with cash after selling its terminal at its main hub in downtown Toronto, Porter Airlines is considering expanding in Montreal, Ottawa and Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as to key cities in Western Canada, and it could use jets in those markets, CEO Bob Deluce said in an interview at the carrier’s headquarters.
Taiwan’s main airline groups are looking forward to carrying passengers between China and North America, following Beijing’s decision to experimentally allow mainland citizens to transfer to international flights on the island.
Fourth-quarter and full-year 2015 results, which most carriers begin reporting in the coming days, should reveal that the U.S. airline industry will once again lead the world in terms of revenues and profits, Wall Street analysts and a credit-ratings agency believe.
LATAM Airlines Group is seeking to form separate joint ventures (JVs) with American Airlines and International Airlines Group (IAG) for travel between North and South America and between South America and Europe, respectively.
Members of the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (Speea) will vote by Feb. 10 on whether to accept the terms of a new six-year contract extension tentatively agreed with Boeing during secret negotiations.
Rosaviatsia, Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency, has written to the Dutch Safety Board (DSB), claiming that the final report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17 over Eastern Ukraine contained a number of what it calls “unsubstantiated and inaccurate” conclusions.
Rolls-Royce has launched its SelectCare engine service aimed at fitting between its comprehensive TotalCare offering and the more basic MRO Services package, with American Airlines unveiled as the program’s first customer.
Winter has been running Fastjet for the past four years during what turned out an extremely difficult start-up phase. Efforts to expand the airline’s network were hampered by slow bureaucracy, legal fights and political interference in many of the key markets the airline once wanted to serve.
