Rolls-Royce has won an order from US leasing company CIT Aerospace for Trent XWB engines to power 10 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, and Trent 700 engines to power 13 Airbus A330 aircraft.
SkyWest Inc., the Utah-based parent of regionals SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet, has signed a firm order for 40 Embraer E-175 aircraft, which will be operated under a capacity purchase agreement (CPA) with United Airlines.
GE Aviation is expanding its ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) facility in Newark, Del., with a $27 million investment and plans to add 70 jobs at the facility over five years.
Boeing said its 747-8 Intercontinental completed its first four-hour test flight this week with a package of performance improvements including enhanced GE engines.
Kuwait Airways chairman Sami al-Nasef said the airline has “signed a letter of acceptance with Airbus” to purchase 25 aircraft, according to reports from Kuwait City.
Qantas subsidiary QantasLink will increase its Boeing 717 fleet operated by Cobham Aviation Services from 13 to 18, in an AUD$150 million ($148.3 million) contract extension.
Southwest Airlines has converted 30 existing Boeing 737NG firm orders to 30 firm orders for the 737 MAX 7, becoming the launch customer for the MAX 7, the smallest version of the re-engined Boeing narrowbody family.
Boeing delivered a new 787 to All Nippon Airways (ANA) Tuesday, the first 787 delivery to occur since deliveries were suspended in January when FAA grounded the Dreamliner.
Airbus, Air Canada and BioFuelNet Canada have formed a partnership to assess Canadian solutions for the production of sustainable jet fuels with a long-term goal of supplying Air Canada.
Air New Zealand said production of its first of 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft is three weeks ahead of schedule at Boeing’s Everett factory near Seattle, Wash.
