Air Transport
News and issues relating to international air transport and cargo carriers, national airlines and regional airlines, including aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.
Boeing says the "reboot" of the Max program is complete and that the company sees a return to a normal competitive landscape with Airbus.
Porter Airlines and Alaska Air Group are growing their regional fleets with the addition of more Embraer passenger jets.
Georgia Airlines Group is adding more freighter 737s to its Caucasus operations.
Air Lease has agreed to buy Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan engines to power A320s and A220s for a large new aircraft order.
Airbus and CFM announced a collaboration to flight test CFM’s open fan engine architecture on an A380 demonstrator.
Lilium has signed agreements with a pair of European companies that agreed to buy almost 50 of its eVTOL aircraft.
The goal of the deal is for L3Harris to produce flight simulators for the commercial aviation market in China.
Dublin-based leasing firm Abelo, already slated to take 10 of ATR's upcoming 42-600S turboprops, has now added 10 ATR 72-600s.
The test marks a first for a megawatt class, multi-kilovolt hybrid-electric propulsion system in simulated altitude conditions for a single-aisle aircraft.
IAI won EASA STC approval for Boeing 737-800SF passenger-to-freighter conversions.
