Aircraft & Propulsion

Hainan Airlines must postpone opening some international routes due to continuous Boeing 787 delivery delays.

EasyJet plans to firm up options on three Airbus A320s just days after the airline’s founder warned against further fleet expansion.

The Japan Airlines Boeing 787 lithium ion battery that caught fire in Boston Jan. 7 experienced “a thermal runaway” and “short circuits,” the US National Transportation Safety Board reported.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’ Leary has outlined a rough timeline for the Irish budget carrier’s next aircraft order.

Republic Airways Holdings has ordered 47 Embraer E-175s, plus 47 options.

Qatar Airways is the first carrier to use the new Required Navigation Performance-Authorization Required (RNP-AR) approach into Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan Airport.

Russia`s regional carrier Komiaviatrans will take delivery of its first Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft in early February.

US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has defended his decision to declare the Boeing 787 safe days before FAA grounded the aircraft.

A top Japanese transport safety official said the battery damage on an All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing last week was not the result of overcharging.

Boeing and Embraer's "baby steps" cooperation pact has the potential for something bigger.

AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes has called on Airbus to launch the A330neo, dismissing the A350-800 as a bad choice.

ATR achieved a 2012 record turnover of $1.44 billion, up 11% year-over-year.

GKN Aerospace has delivered the first production aircraft set of winglets to Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast for the new Bombardier CSeries aircraft that will serve the 100- to 149-seat market segment.

International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) has secured 242 aircraft lease transactions in 2012.

The Airbus A350 XWB program—which is on-target for first flight by mid-year—remains a challenge.

Triumph Group has purchased the former Goodrich Corp. pump and engine control systems business from United Technologies Corp. (UTC).

The battery used to start the auxiliary power unit (APU) on the Japan Airlines (JAL) Boeing 787 that caught fire did not overcharge, according to an investigation update released by the US National Transportation Safety Board.

An investigation has been launched after an Aerolineas Argentinas Airbus A340 and an Air France Boeing 777-300 collided at Miami International Airport.

Airbus, which said the A380’s order book comprises 262 firm orders from 20 customers, acknowledged India’s Kingfisher Airlines order for five of the type “looks shaky.”

The A380 program is on track to breakeven in 2015, Airbus CEO Fabrice Brégier told ATW on the sidelines of the results conference in Toulouse.

A lithium ion battery on the All Nippon Airways Boeing 787 that made an emergency landing this week was badly burned, Japanese investigators said.

Qantas has ordered three new Bombardier Q400s and plans to lease five more Boeing 717s, but it has canceled one Boeing 787 in a move unrelated to its grounding.

Irish lessor Avolon will form a joint venture (JV) with Wells Fargo to operate an aircraft leasing business, named Avolon Capital Partners (ACP).

Russia’s Transaero Airlines has continued to ground its three Tupolev Tu-214s even though they passed airline safety tests.

Aldus Aviation has been revealed as the previously “undisclosed” buyer for five Embraer E-175s and 15 E-190s.