Aircraft & Propulsion

Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.

Ethiopian Airlines has received its latest Boeing 777-200LR, expanding its fleet to six of the type.

Air Berlin is wet leasing an ATR 72-200 from Latvia-based Danu oro transportas owing to difficulties in obtaining crew and pilots, a source from the Air Berlin management told ATW.

Jakarta-based Garuda Indonesia has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777-300ER.

Nepal Airlines has firmed up an order for two Airbus A320s, cementing a memorandum of understanding in April.

Taiwan-based China Airlines is considering either the Airbus A320neo or the Boeing 737 MAX for its future fleet.

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has reorganized into seven distinct divisions, all led by an executive officer.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou will oppose the UK budget carrier’s plans to acquire up to 235 A320s during an extraordinary general meeting July 11.

Airbus has awarded Honeywell a $37 million contract to build and provide ongoing service and maintenance on its new assembly site in Mobile, Ala.

Aircraft News

When the A350 XWB first flight test aircraft took off from Toulouse Airport June 14, there was genuine excitement and a palpable sense of achievement among the crowds of Airbus and supplier employees gathered to watch the event. There was also a feeling that the real work had begun to get the aircraft into service by its promised date and to ramp up production in a way that both meets commitments but does not jeopardize progress.

Norwegian Air Shuttle has taken delivery of its first leased Boeing 787 from International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC).

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker has hinted he may be poised to make an order announcement in Dubai, with the Boeing 777X and Bombardier CSeries on his wish list.

Libyan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330-200, becoming a new operator for the type.

Aircraft News

Rolls-Royce has admitted it “clearly fell short” after the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) concluded that a fatigue crack in an incorrectly manufactured oil feed pipe caused a Qantas Airbus A380 engine failure.

British Airways has taken delivery of its first of 42 Boeing 787s.

Airbus and CAE are ending their 10-year airline training services partnership for a new relationship that gives Airbus broader scope to expand its own direct training service offerings.

Bombardier has pushed back CSeries first flight by one month, saying in a statement issued Wednesday that the aircraft will now make its maiden test flight “by the end of July.”

GE Aviation plans to start testing this summer on a high pressure compressor (HPC) rig for the GE9X engine designated for the Boeing 777X.

FAA has granted Boeing approval to fly Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) procedures on 787s.

Hainan Airlines is scheduled to make its Boeing 787 debut July 3 on domestic routes from Beijing to Haikou and Shanghai.

Lessor Boeing Capital Corp. has announced additional deployments of Boeing 717s to Australian regional carrier QantasLink and to European startup Volotea.

Finnair has finalized a deal to lease three Embraer E-170s to Aeromexico Connect as it seeks to optimize capacity under its €140 million ($184 million) cost-savings program.

Scandinavian carrier SAS has signed a memorandum of understanding for eight Airbus A350-900s and four A330-300s as part of its strategy to modernize its fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft