Aircraft & Propulsion

El Al Israel Airlines has signed an agreement with Boeing to purchase and lease up to 15 787 Dreamliners, with purchase rights for 13 additional aircraft.

Malaysia’s prime minister has confirmed that the piece of aircraft wing discovered on Reunion Island last week is from flight MH370, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 that disappeared last year.

Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its 65th Airbus A380-800 and has phased out its last Boeing 777-200.

Myanmar flag carrier Myanmar National Airlines has taken delivery of the first of six ATR 72-600s as part of a $296 million order for the regional turboprop aircraft.

Utah-based SkyWest Inc. will continue to shrink the fleets of its two regional carriers in an attempt to improve profitability, executives said during a call with investors last week.

Rolls-Royce Holdings reported underlying profit before tax of £439 million ($684.3 million) for the first half, down 32% year-over-year, on underlying revenues of £6.3 billion, down 3%.

From the 2015 ATW World Airline Report.

Berlin-based Germania will launch premium-economy class flights on routes to Iran starting from Sept. 1.

Malaysia’s transport minister told media Sunday that a piece of debris found on Reunion Island last week is from a Boeing 777. The statement raises confidence that this may be the first piece of wreckage to be recovered from flight MH370 which vanished last year.

A second piece of wreckage, possibly an aircraft door, has been found on Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean, the BBC reported Sunday, Aug. 2. The discovery follows that of a large piece of debris found last week on the island and which is believed to be a wing flap from a large airliner.

Aircraft News-July 31, 2015

International Airlines Group (IAG), parent of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling, plans to convert up to five Airbus A330-200 and eight A350-900 options into orders for Iberia as well as open new long-haul routes.

Airbus Group reported first-half net income of €1.52 billion ($1.69 billion), up 34% compared to a net income of €1.14 billion in the year-ago period.

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is to give up seven of its outstanding Airbus A350-900 production slots, following a request from Airbus to cut the carrier's order book from the 70-strong order firmed up in 2013 to 63 aircraft.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) has named Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov to its board of directors, succeeding Vnesheconombank (VEB) chairman Vladimir Dmitriev.

Safety on runways and at airports is a major component of overall aviation safety.

Bombardier earned second-quarter net income of $125 million, down 19.4% from a net profit of $155 million in the prior-year period, on a 5.5% year-over-year drop in revenue to $4.62 billion.

The sale of most of GE’s financing business as part of a reorganization effort will not adversely affect its aircraft-leasing arm, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), as some have speculated.

In some ways, the early 21st century is beginning to mimic the early 20th century in terms of aviation pioneering and experimentation.

From the August 2015 issue of Air Transport World magazine

Air China plans to raise no more than CNY12 billion ($2 billion) by circulating non-public 994 million shares to purchase 15 Boeing 787 aircraft.

Embraer reported second-quarter net income of $131.1 million, down 10.6% from a net profit of $146.7 million in the 2014 June quarter, on a 14.2% year-over-year drop in revenue to $1.51 billion.

Malaysia's deputy transport minister said July 30 it was "almost certain" that the debris found washed up on Reunion island in the southern Indian Ocean was from a Boeing 777 aircraft.

The Australian government has issued a statement on the discovery of debris on Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean July 29 and which is being examined to determine whether it comes from missing Malaysia Airlines MH370, a Boeing 777-200.