Aircraft & Propulsion

Russia`s United Aircraft Corp. (UAC) will invest RUB19 billion ($282 million) into development of a relaunched version of the Ilyushin Il-114 regional airliner.

Plans to begin flying testbed flights of the Russian engine option for the Irkut MC-21 narrowbody jetliner have been pushed back a month or two, although no reason was given for the delay.

Russia’s Red Wings Airlines has signed an agreement to wet lease a Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to Sky Angkor Airlines of Cambodia.

Malaysia-based low cost carrier AirAsia X is deferring or cutting deliveries of Airbus A330ceo widebodies as it looks to curb growth and strengthen its financial performance.

Boeing has completed firm configuration for the 777-9X variant of the 777X program.

Norwegian will lease two additional Boeing 787-9s, due for delivery in summer 2017, which it will use to extend its long-haul network.

WestJet has taken delivery of its first Boeing 767-300ER, adding a widebody aircraft to its fleet for the first time.

The Vietnamese government has dropped all plans to confirm options on the four Airbus A380s it signed up for in 2009.

Russia’s Roseximbank has signed an agreement with Ilyushin Finance Co. (IFC), a Russian leasing company, to provide $70 million in export financing for Antonov An-158 aircraft for Cubana de Aviación.

Airbus expects Russia`s commercial fleet to double in size over next 20 years with over 2,000 aircraft needed by 2034, compared to the 922 in operation today.

Russian leasing company State Transport Leasing Co. has signed a firm order for 32 Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) aircraft.

“The aircraft is expected to be ready for operations by the end of September 2015, and is planned as the first aircraft for the fastjet Zambia fleet,” fastjet said in a statement.

Airbus has named GKN Aerospace executive Daryl Taylor to head its US manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.

As released by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on August 21, 2015: a comprehensive list of unmanned aerial vehicle events reported to the FAA from Nov.13, 2014 to Aug. 20, 2015.

The Boeing 737-300—on wet lease from Brussels Airlines—was damaged by “loose tarmac slabs on the runway” at Bipemba Airport on Aug. 19, Korongo Airlines said.

Boeing remains bullish on China's commercial aircraft market, valuing it at $950 billion over 20 years, up 9.2% from its previous forecast of $870 billion.

Indonesia regional carrier Sriwijaya Air has taken delivery of its first of two Boeing 737-900ER aircraft to be used to extend the carrier's capacity on both domestic and international routes.

Kenya Airways has brought in aircraft-remarketing broker Cabot Aviation to sell four of its Boeing 777-200ERs.

Rapidly growing Turkish Airlines is developing the nation’s capital airport Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) into its third hub.

Turkish regional carrier BoraJet has taken delivery of three Embraer E-195s from the Regional Aircraft Group of GECAS, the leasing and financing division of GE.

Delta Air Lines pilots’ labor leadership is in “reset mode” following the pilots’ rejection of a tentative agreement, Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) president Tim Canoll said.

More than three decades of Boeing 737 service at British Airways (BA) is due to come to an end in the next few weeks as the carrier retires its last examples of the twinjet.

Myanmar domestic carrier Air Bagan has stopped operations following the off-runway excursion of one of its two ATR 72-500 aircraft at Yangon Airport last month.

Australian flag carrier Qantas reported an annual gross income for FY2015 of A$975 million ($711 million), a dramatic A$1.6 billion reversal from its A$646 million loss in the year-ago period.

Icelandair has taken delivery of its first Boeing 767 from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), marking an increase in capacity from its current all-Boeing 757 fleet.