Aircraft & Propulsion

International Airlines Group (IAG), the parent company of Irish carrier Aer Lingus, has converted two Airbus A330-300s options to firm orders.

Budget carrier Norwegian has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A321LRs, converting a commitment for 30 A320neos to the larger, longer-range aircraft.

Airbus will more than halve production of the A380 as the manufacturer continues to struggle to secure additional sales for its largest aircraft.

Embraer’s second E190-E2 prototype flew for the first time July 8, while the first test aircraft made its debut at the Farnborough Airshow this week.

From the 2016 Farnborough Airshow -- July 11-14, 2016 -- announced commercial aircraft orders and commitments.

Farnborough Airshow Briefs-July 13, 2016

Airbus utilized an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to perform a visual inspection of an A350 XWB at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.

Latvian carrier airBaltic is considering its fleet renewal strategy for up to 14 Bombardier Q400s, which will come up for replacement in six years.

Embraer Commercial Aviation president and CEO John Slattery has outlined his priorities after taking up his new role just ahead of the Farnborough Airshow.

Rolls-Royce will team up with Microsoft to get a handle on the burgeoning amount of data streaming off aircraft engines and use it to improve both operational usage and maintenance processes.

Rolls-Royce is pressing ahead with testing of multiple components that will appear on its Advance turbofan, scheduled to be ready for service from the end of this decade.

The third and fourth Mitsubishi Regional Jet test aircraft are undergoing ground testing in Japan prior to their first flights, the company said at the Farnborough Airshow.

Bombardier is hoping to secure EASA type validation for the CS300 within the next 30-40 days, following on from Transport Canada’s type certification, which was granted July 11.

Chinese airlines introduced 171 new aircraft in the first six months of 2016, including the first Boeing 787 deliveries to Air China and Hainan Airlines.

Airbus’s orderbook for the A320neo received a boost July 13 when Colombia-based Avianca Holding’s owner and largest shareholder Synergy Aerospace finalized a purchase agreement for 62 A320neo family aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow.

A further stretch of the Boeing 737 MAX would be ‘manageable,’ according to the manufacturer’s VP & GM, airplane development, Mike Delaney.

Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation has announced firm orders for 18 shipsets of International Aero Engines V2500 powerplants for new Airbus A320ceo family aircraft previously ordered by the company.

Budapest-based Wizz Air low-cost carrier (LCC) has selected Pratt &Whitney engines to power the 110 Airbus A321neos committed to at the Paris Airshow last year and finalized in September.

Boeing’s 787 may be a better fit for some expanding Chinese airlines rather than the larger 777 that has been selling to the country’s carriers in recent years, Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Ray Conner said at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.

The Quebec government’s $1 billion investment in the Bombardier CSeries program is not a subsidy and was essential because the province could not afford to see the aircraft fail, the Quebec Premier said during his visit to the Farnborough Airshow this week.

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. has begun development on a stretched version of the Superjet 100 (SSJ100).

Hong Kong-based China Aircraft Leasing Co. (CALC) has selected CFM International CFM56-5B engines to power Airbus A320ceos delivering in 2017 and 2018.

Malaysia-based low-cost carrier (LCC) AirAsia has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power the 100 new Airbus A321neos the carrier signed for Tuesday at the Farnborough Airshow.

Spanish carrier Air Europa has ordered 20 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, valued at $2.2 billion at list prices, as revealed at the Farnborough Airshow July 13.

LATAM Airlines Group’s first Airbus A320neo rolled out of the Airbus Final Assembly Line in Toulouse after the installation of Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100-JM engines in the airline’s new livery.