Aircraft & Propulsion

Airbus delivered 57 commercial aircraft to 34 airlines and five lessors in March.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft gross orders for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent date of order placement with manufacturer.

Airbus and Boeing commercial aircraft deliveries for 2016 year-to-date, sorted by most-recent delivery date.

GE Aviation is ground testing the first full GE9X development engine at its Peebles Testing Operation in Ohio.

The latest US Airline Fuel Cost and Consumption figures - for February 2016 and comparative prior months - organized by domestic, international and system totals.

Boeing delivered 69 commercial aircraft to 37 customers in March.

Airbus will officially deliver the first aircraft built at its US manufacturing facility, an A321 designated for New York-based JetBlue Airways, on April 25.

Aircraft News-April 8, 2016

UK’s air navigation service provider, NATS, has launched a series of courses designed to ensure that commercial users of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operate them safely.

Airlines’ pilot scope clauses remain the biggest impediment to the MRJ succeeding in the US regional jet market, Mitsubishi Aircraft US CEO Masao Yamagami told ATW’s sister publication Aviation Daily at the MRO Americas 2016 trade show.

The US Senate rejected a proposal Thursday that would have regulated a minimum seat size on US airline aircraft.

Aeroflot Group’s consolidated regional subsidiary Rossiya Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747 in a new livery.

Current U.S. Gulf Coast Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel Spot Price, showing the latest and comparative figures for the current week.

S7 Airlines has agreed to lease three A321neos from Air Lease Corp. (ALC) and has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for two A320neos, making S7 the first A320neo family operator in Russia.

Mumbai-based GoAir, owned by the Wada Goup, plans to take delivery of its first Airbus A320neo in May if it is confident in the performance of the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines powering the aircraft.

Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) will repaint one of its Boeing 747-400 aircraft in original 1970s livery before bringing it back into service on domestic schedules in the coming months.

TAP Portugal has been named as the Airbus A330neo launch operator and will therefore be the also be the first to fly the new “Airspace” cabin.

Boeing has closely collaborated with LIFT by EnCore to develop a new 737 seat option, which has been unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.

Airbus has rolled out the first US-built American Airlines A321 from the paint shop at its Mobile, Alabama facility.

Aeroflot’s consolidated regional subsidiary Rossiya Airlines will take delivery of aircraft with the new livery in April, Aeroflot said in a statement.

Nesma Airlines has taken delivery of its first two ATR 72-600s, which are leased from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise.

Miami-based startup Eastern Air Lines Group has reportedly converted its March 16, 2014, order for 10 737-800NG aircraft to 10 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Lufthansa Group’s acceptance of a second Airbus A320neo was conditional on a compensation agreement because the Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engine is still not operating to full expected performance levels, the airline said.

Lufthansa, which will base its first 10 Airbus A350-900s at its Munich hub from January 2017, has disclosed several cabin features of the new aircraft.

Russia’s S7 Airlines has taken delivery of six more Boeing 737-800NGs, in addition to the four it has already received; two more will be delivered in April.