Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft Briefs-Sept 4 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Airbus passed the 4,000 mark in its order backlog for the A320neo family as it recorded a hefty month of sales in August.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
UK leisure airline Jet2 has finalized an order for 27 Boeing 737-800s, valued at $2.6 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
FAA has named Marke Gibson and Earl Lawrence to two executive-level positions that will “guide the agency’s approach to safe, timely and efficient integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into US airspace.”
Airlines & Lessors

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC) said China's first regional commercial jet, the ARJ21-700, will enter service in February next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
An improved US economy combined with a loosening of US visa requirements for Chinese visitors is spurring a new drive into the US market by Chinese airlines.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
MAKS Air Show news
Aircraft & Propulsion

Table of Contents from the September 2015 issue of ATW
Airlines & Lessors

Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Corp. is pushing Superjet SSJ100 aircraft sales in Southeast Asia as part of a new strategy to expand its emerging market commercial sector sales by 30%.
Aircraft & Propulsion

With E-Jet sales outpacing Embraer’s current production levels, the manufacturer will have to consider production increases starting as soon as next year.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The pilot of a Bombardier Dash-8 regional airliner has described a near-collision with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) while on approach to London’s City Airport as “possibly catastrophic.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
The European Commission has given the go-ahead for GKN Aerospace to acquire Fokker Technologies Group.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat launched the third satellite in its Global Xpress program, Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3), on Aug. 28.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Lufthansa subsidiary Austrian Airlines is preparing to receive the first of 17 modified Embraer E-195s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
The first Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) test flight is scheduled for the latter half of October, Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has announced.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) said it expects the Russian commercial aviation market to need 860 aircraft at a list value $94 billion from 2015 through 2034.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Korean Air has taken delivery of the first of 10 747-8 Intercontinentals it has on order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Lufthansa Group will take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo towards the end of 2015 and not in early 2016 as previously anticipated, an airline spokesperson in Frankfurt has confirmed to ATW.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia`s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) will invest RUB19 billion ($282 million) into development of a relaunched version of the Ilyushin Il-114 regional airliner.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Plans to begin flying testbed flights of the Russian engine option for the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody jetliner have been pushed back a month or two, although no reason was given for the delay.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s Red Wings Airlines has signed an agreement to wet lease a Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to Sky Angkor Airlines of Cambodia.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia X is deferring or cutting deliveries of Airbus A330ceo widebodies as it looks to curb growth and strengthen its financial performance.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Boeing has completed firm configuration for the 777-9X variant of the 777X program.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Norwegian will lease two additional Boeing 787-9s, due for delivery in summer 2017, which it will use to extend its long-haul network.
Airlines & Lessors