Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that the Boeing 737-700 that suffered a nose gear collapse on landing at New York LaGuardia yesterday entered service in October 1999 and was last inspected July 18, just four days before the incident.
American Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A319, the first of 260 planned Airbus narrowbody deliveries as part of its fleet renewal program.
FAA plans to make mandatory inspections of Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT) on Boeing 787s, but has not said it will require the devices to be made inert or removed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle and Thomson Airways have removed the emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) from their Boeing 787s pending the outcome of an investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Tianjin-based Okay Airways has converted an order for three Boeing 737-800s to three 737-900ERS, making it the first Chinese carrier to order the -900ER.
A Russian Sukhoi SuperJet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft touched the runway with its landing gear retracted during a test flight at Iceland’s Reykjavik Keflavik Airport Sunday.
The US airline industry can expect to maintain profitability through 2013, according to PwC’s June Tailwinds report. Considering favorable metrics such as a 4% increase in load factors since 2008, expectations of easing fuel prices (according to the US Energy Information Agency forecast of $94/barrel average in 2012 dropping to $92/barrel in 2014) and a rebound in consumer confidence, PwC US transportation and logistics leader Jonathan Kletzel said “there’s no question the domestic airline industry is undergoing a renaissance marked by increased revenue and stable profitability.”
Airbus, which announced last year it is extending the payload-range of its A330 family, said it is investing $180 million per year for -200 and -300 program development.
Cathay Pacific Airways took delivery of its 39th Airbus A330-300 on Friday in Toulouse, marking the 1,000th delivery of the widebody twin-engine aircraft.
Airbus is eyeing a “regional version” of the A330 likely to be formally launched by year end, Airbus COO-customers John Leahy told journalists on the sidelines of the delivery of the manufacturer’s 1,000th Airbus A330 to Cathay Pacific Airways.
Virgin Atlantic Airways CEO Craig Kreeger is cautious about the deferred delivery delays of its Airbus A380s, but more upbeat about the Boeing 787-9 and the introduction of regional Little Red.
Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines has selected CFM International’s LEAP-1A engine to power its new fleet of up to 100 Airbus A320neos and A321neos.
Honeywell has joined the investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport as the focus shifts to components including the emergency locator transmitter (ELT).
Ukraine International Airlines, which is moving forward with its fleet renewal and expansion program, has taken delivery of three new leased 140-seat Embraer E-190s.
