Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Avian Líneas Aéreas, the new subsidiary of South America’s Synergy Aerospace, has taken delivery of the first ATR 72-600 to fly in Argentina.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s S7 Airlines will start Embraer E170LR operations from April 1 with services from Novosibirsk to Surgut, Gorno-Altaisk, Nizhnevartovsk, Noyabrsk and Novy Urengoy.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
South African regional airline Airlink will acquire three Embraer E170s and two E190s from Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing, as part of a wider plan to take 13 E-Jets in total.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft & Leasing Briefs-Jan. 18, 2017
Aircraft & Propulsion

Finnair has denied media reports that it has plans to switch some of its Airbus A350-900 orders into the larger -1000 variant, a spokesperson in Helsinki confirmed to ATW.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
The Malaysia-based AirAsia low-cost carrier (LCC) group will ramp up its fleet growth this year, with many of its new additions consisting of Airbus A320neos for its Malaysian and Thai operations.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Search teams have recovered the second flight recorder of the ACT Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighter that crashed near Manas airport Jan. 16, the Kyrgyzstan government said in a statement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has finalized a series of agreements with authorities in three countries, at a cost of £671 million ($808.5 million), related to a bribery and corruption investigation.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2016 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated through the 2016 fourth quarter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Search teams have recovered the flight data recorder (FDR) of the ACT Airlines’ Boeing 747 freighter that crashed near Manas airport, the Kyrgyzstan government said in a statement.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
Australia, China and Malaysia have officially announced the end of the search for the missing Boeing 777-200ER that operated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, which crashed in March 2014.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
After years restricted by Western sanctions, Iran Air is looking to finally expand its fleet, and Airbus is the first beneficiary.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
UK aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has reached “in principle” a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) with the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that will see the company paying financial penalties amounting to £671 million ($809 million).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Scandinavian regional airline Widerøe has been named as the previously undisclosed customer for three firm Embraer E190-E2s in a deal valued at $873 million at list prices if purchase rights on a further 12 E2 family aircraft are firmed.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas has ordered 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft and taken purchase rights on a further 40. At list prices, the order is worth $8.6 billion.
Airlines & Lessors

By Polina Montag-Girmes, Karen Walker
All four crew members and dozens of people on the ground were killed when a Turkish Boeing 747-400 freighter crashed into a village near Manas airport in Kyrgyzstan early morning Jan. 16 local time.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Joe Anselmo
Embraer CEO aims to grow MRO to a quarter of the company’s business as it targets Asia with the E2.
Air Transport

By Alan Dron
Saudi Arabian hybrid carrier flynas is expected to announce a major order for Airbus A320neo family aircraft on Monday, Jan. 16.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Latvian carrier airBaltic reported its Bombardier CS300 operation performance is exceeding expectations since launching scheduled flights in December.
Aircraft & Propulsion

A LAM Mozambique Boeing 737-700 that landed in Tete, Mozambique, Jan. 5 with nose damage was not hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), authorities in Mozambique have concluded.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Embraer delivered 108 commercial aircraft in 2016, up 6.9% over 101 commercial aircraft delivered in 2015.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Eurowings Europe, which is adding 33 wet-leased airberlin Airbus A320s to its fleet by the end of April, said the additional aircraft will create operational challenges for the Lufthansa Group low-cost subsidiary (LCC).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Jens Flottau
The manufacturer believes it can get through the order downturn because its backlog is so large and it has increased production only slowly in the past.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Indian low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet has substantially increased its commitment for Boeing 737s, with a major order for the forthcoming 737 MAX 8.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Airbus is evaluating a higher-density Airbus A380 layout and is seeking to cut the program’s fixed costs and slow down production to counter weak demand.
Aircraft & Propulsion