Aircraft & Propulsion

2018 average list prices for Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft; with passenger seating capacity, cargo tonnage capacity and aircraft flight range.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2018 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

American Airlines plans to equip 320 Airbus A321s to display nearby air traffic on the flight deck via automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast In (ADS-B In).

Lufthansa—which will transfer five of 14 Airbus A380s from its Frankfurt home base to Munich Airport from March 25—may increase the number of Munich-based A380s because of continued quality issues and high costs at Frankfurt Airport.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2018 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2018 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

UK long-haul carrier Virgin Atlantic has cancelled the six Airbus A380s that it originally ordered in 2001.

Emirates has firmed the MOU agreed with Airbus in mid-January for 20 more A380s plus 16 further options.

Paris’s public prosecutor’s office has launched an investigation into the Air France A380 engine failure on Sept. 30, 2017, a judicial source told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily.

US-based avionics, IT, and aircraft interiors provider Rockwell Collins reported a $280 million net profit for its 2018 fiscal first quarter, nearly doubled from $145 million the same period a year ago.

International Airlines Group (IAG) appears to be taking another serious look at a follow-on order for more Airbus A380s.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2017, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2017, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Airbus COO-customers John Leahy has confirmed the Airbus A380 program will have to be shut down if Dubai-based Emirates does not order more aircraft.

2018 could be a big year for new entrants to the rotorcraft business.

Bell Helicopter’s third-generation tiltrotor prototype, the V-280 Valor, achieved first flight at the company’s plant in Amarillo, Texas, on Dec. 18.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has taken delivery of the first of five Airbus A380 aircraft, featuring recently launched on-board cabin products and innovations.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2017, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2017, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Boeing, General Electric and the U.S. Army are planning to fly a CH-47 Chinook fitted with the T408 turboshaft from the Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion.

Airbus has revealed it has ended serial production of the H120 single-engine light helicopter.

From turbo-generator to motor-driven fan, E-Fan X demonstrator will flight-test a complete high-power, high-voltage hybrid-electric propulsion system.

Airbus has named Rolls-Royce civil aerospace president Eric Schulz as EVP-chief of sales, marketing and contracts, to succeed John Leahy after 33 years at the company.

The Air France Airbus A380 that was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Canada two months ago after one of its four engines failed is expected to return to scheduled service in January.

Sikorsky’s CH-53K King Stallion helicopter is set to make its international debut at Berlin’s ILA air show in 2018 as the manufacturer and U.S. Marines intensify their marketing efforts for the heavy-lift rotorcraft.