Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
International Airlines Group (IAG) has converted options on two Airbus A330-300s for Aer Lingus, two A330-200s for Iberia and 15 A320neos for use across the group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Korean Air has finalized an order for 30 Boeing 737 MAXs and two 777-300ERs, with a list value of nearly $4 billion, firming up the commitment it made during the Paris Air Show in June.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Being a low-cost carrier does not mean getting low-cost maintenance, a group of executives with Singapore-based LCCs agreed.
Maintenance & Training

By Karen Walker
Revenue-generating numbers touted by OEMs for airliner cabin modifications are not necessarily produced in reality, a senior executive at Singapore-based low cost carrier Tigerair cautioned.
Aircraft & Propulsion

From Boeing's 2015 Current Market Outlook report, 20-year projections for economic and traffic growth, plus needed new aircraft to accommodate the projections, for the world's regions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft & Engine News-Nov. 4, 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

This table shows the current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest figures for the current week, with comparisons to two weeks prior, one month prior, three months prior, six months prior and the current week during each year of the past decade. Figures are released every two weeks by the US Energy Information Administration.
Airlines & Lessors

By Karen Walker
Skilled labor shortages and land-space constraints are among the biggest difficulties facing the MRO industry in Asia-Pacific countries, a region that is forecast to become the world’s largest in terms of fleet size and MRO market value.
Maintenance & Training

A Boeing 737-400 of Pakistan-based Shaheen Air suffered landing gear problems at Lahore airport Nov. 3, causing the gear to collapse and the aircraft to veer off the runway
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Lee Ann Shay
The Asia-Pacific region will surpass others in airliner fleet size and MRO market value in a decade, attendees at the Aviation Week Network MRO Asia-Pacific conference in Singapore were told Tuesday.
Maintenance & Training

By Graham Warwick
FAA’s unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV) registration task force, which began its work Tuesday, has until Nov. 20 to come up with recommendations on how consumers should register small UAS and what products should be excluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Pratt & Whitney has commenced flight testing on the PW1900G engine designated to power the Embraer E190-E2 and E195-E2 aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The Dynamic Airways Boeing 767-200 that caught fire Oct. 29 on an airport taxiway has been discovered by investigators to have a main fuel supply line problem.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Wizz Air’s shareholders have approved the proposed purchase of 110 Airbus A321neos from Airbus during a general meeting held on Nov. 3.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
New-found airline focus on investor return is good news for MRO suppliers, but the industry needs more support hubs in the fast-growing air traffic emerging markets such as Asia.
Maintenance & Training

By Bradley Perrett
China’s first 158-seat Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) C919 prototype aircraft rolled off COMAC’s final assembly plant near Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Search teams have recovered the flight recorders of the Metrojet Airbus A321 that crashed Oct. 31 in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after takeoff from Sham el-Sheikh airport, killing 217 passengers and seven crew members.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores, Alan Dron
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has no plans to change its safety guidance for the Sinai region following the crash of a Metrojet Airbus A321 on Oct. 31.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Singapore-based long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) Scoot has launched a new Singapore-Melbourne service using Boeing 787-8 aircraft on a 5X-weekly schedule.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes, Victoria Moores
A Metrojet-branded Airbus A321, operated by Russian carrier Kogalymavia, has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula shortly after take-off from Sharm el-Sheikh airport on Oct. 31.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

Airbus will further increase the production rate of single aisle family aircraft to 60 a month—up from just over 42 a month—in mid-2019 to match ongoing high demand.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Articles of the November 2015 issue of ATW
Airlines & Lessors

By Henry Canaday
Rising tides lift all boats, so decent economic growth plus much lower fuel prices equal strong passenger demand, fleet expansion and healthy maintenance markets for 2016.
Maintenance & Training

Kirby Harrison
There used to be places where old airplanes went to die. Places where they sat, wingtip-to-wingtip in long rows, abandoned except for the occasional raid for spare parts.
Safety, Ops & Regulation