Aircraft & Propulsion

Hawaiian Airlines has unveiled a cabin redesign on its fleet of Airbus A330-200s featuring 18 lie-flat premium cabin seats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
FAA will create a task force to develop recommendations for a registration process for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs), US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and FAA Administrator Michael Huerta announced Monday.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Singapore-based BOC Aviation is to sell 24 aircraft—two Boeing 777s, two Airbus A330s, 11 A320 family aircraft, seven 737NGs and two Embraer E190s—to Shenton Aircraft Investment.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Papua New Guinea flag carrier Air Niugini is to add seven former KLM Fokker 70 aircraft to its fleet, building on one existing former KLM Fokker 70 that it took in October 2014.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Alan Dron
Controllers at UK ATC provider NATS have managed the first flight by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in controlled and unsegregated airspace, the organization announced Oct.16.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s cargo Volga-Dnepr Group has leased two Antonov An-124-100 Ruslan freighters from Sberbank Leasing Co.
Airlines & Lessors

India-based low-cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet is reportedly looking to buy some 200 new aircraft worth over $10 billion at current prices to expand its fleet and network.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Aircraft News-Oct. 15, 2015
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Mark Nensel
Brazilian manufacturer Embraer delivered 21 commercial aviation aircraft in the 2015 third-quarter, a 10.5% increase over the year-ago quarter.
Aircraft & Propulsion

For Brazilian manufacturer Embraer's commercial aircraft, consolidated 2015 orders, deliveries and cancellations -- updated for the 2015 third-quarter.
Airlines & Lessors

By Linda Blachly
Taipei-based EVA Airways will buy up to 24 Boeing 787-10s and two additional 777-300ER aircraft, in an order valued at more than $8 billion at list prices.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Turboprop manufacturer ATR has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its passenger-cargo “combi” version of the ATR 72-600.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Karen Walker
Finnair A350 XWB takeoff on its first flight from Toulouse to Helsinki.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Qatar Airways is to introduce a daily Doha-Adelaide schedule using Airbus A350 XWB aircraft from May 2016.
Airports & Networks

By Polina Montag-Girmes
Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) appointed former head of United Engine Corp. Vladislav Masalov as VP-civil aviation.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Pratt & Whitney has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to upgrade its PW306B engine for TRJet, which is reviving and modernizing the out-of-production Dornier 328.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Bombardier has reiterated its commitment to the CSeries, which is 90% through certification, after recently disclosing that partnership talks with Airbus had been called off.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson said there is a “huge bubble” in used widebody aircraft worldwide, leading carriers to call Delta about potential sales.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Embraer predicts 1,540 new aircraft deliveries in the 70- to 130-seat jet segment for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) over the next 20 years.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Linda Blachly
Airbus has completed painting Singapore Airlines’ first A350 XWB in Toulouse.
Aircraft & Propulsion

China Southern Airlines’ subsidiary Xiamen Airlines has taken delivery of its first of 44 all-economy 184-seat Boeing 737-800s, which will be used on fast-growing domestic leisure routes.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Eight companies have come forward as potential strategic partners for Air Zimbabwe, paving the way for an Airbus A330 or Boeing 787 order.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Croatia Airlines converted an existing order of four Airbus A319 order into A320neo, a source close to the contract confirmed to ATW in Zagreb.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Victoria Moores
Dublin-based CityJet has signed a preliminary agreement to lease 15 Sukhoi Superjet (SSJs), with options on a further 10 aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Alan Dron
The downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine in July 2014 was definitively caused by a BUK surface-to-air missile, according to the final report of the Dutch Safety Board (DSB) issued Oct 13.
Safety, Ops & Regulation