All Air Transport articles – Page 244
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NewsA350s operate transatlantic formation flight to test potential for cutting fuel-burn
Airbus has carried out a transatlantic test flight with an A350-900 and A350-1000 in a bid to demonstrate the potential fuel savings achievable when aircraft operate in formation. Performed on 9 November the Toulouse-Montreal flights involved the A350-900 operating as the lead, and the -1000 following, with a separation of ...
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NewsGE to become ‘aviation-focused’ company by spinning off other divisions
General Electric intends to spin off its non-aviation businesses by early 2024, leaving the storied industrial conglomerate focused solely on aviation.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business Covid-19 recovery tracker: November 2021 update
Our regular examination of the latest global data for several key airline market indicators, including traffic and capacity in passenger and cargo markets, in-service and stored fleets, jet fuel costs, and share price trends for the world’s largest groups.
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NewsFinnair focuses on Japan in 2022 schedule as China uncertainty continues
Finnair has added Tokyo Haneda to its schedules for summer 2022, as it focuses on serving Japan amid uncertainties over the reopening of China to non-essential travel.
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NewsLessor World Star to take up to 20 converted 737-800s from IAI
Leasing firm World Star Aviation is to take up to 20 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters, which will be modified by Israel Aerospace Industries. The jets will be converted into cargo configuration at the Chinese-based facility Bedek Lingyun Aircraft Maintenance Engineering – known as Belinco – located in Yichang. IAI says ...
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NewsDe Havilland resumes Dash 8 work following strike but moves to decommission site
Following a three-month workforce strike, Canadian airframer De Havilland Aircraft of Canada has resumed Dash 8-400 completion work – but only temporarily.
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NewsEmbraer reveals ‘Energia’ family of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft concepts
Embraer has unveiled a family of four low- or zero-emission concept aircraft for the regional market that it hopes to fly over the coming decades, including hybrid-, all-electric and hydrogen-powered models.
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NewsLessors in Saudia Airbus legal row denied access to executives’ phone data
Leasing companies engaged in a legal battle with Saudi Arabian flag-carrier Saudia over aircraft payments have been denied access to documents held on the mobile phones of two senior executives of the carrier, including chairman and former director general Saleh bin Nasser Al Jasser. The long-running case centres on the ...
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NewsRussian researchers test modified ‘flying wing’ passenger aircraft concept
Russian researchers are conducting windtunnel tests of a modified ‘flying wing’ concept aircraft for potential application to a future mainline or regional airliner. The concept model – build on a scale of 1:33 – features an “unconventional” configuration, says the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute, with engines located above the central fuselage. ...
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NewsReaction Engines unveils low-carbon spin-off for SABRE technology
Reaction Engines is hopeful that newly unveiled technology which uses its heat exchanger system to allow regular jet engines to burn ammonia – producing zero carbon emissions – could enter service within a decade.
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NewsAlaska appears to scrub inherited Virgin America order for A320neos
Alaska Airlines appears to have dropped the order for 30 Airbus A320neos it inherited during its merger with Virgin America three years ago. Airbus’s latest backlog figures, to the end of October, reveal a cancellation for 30 A320neos and the aircraft are no longer listed against Alaska’s total. The airline ...
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NewsLeonardo says it will not sell aerostructures business despite 787 woes
Leonardo has ruled out divestment of its aerostructures operation despite the deep impact of the air transport crisis which has pushed back breakeven for the division until 2025.
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NewsATR output to hit 50 aircraft per year from 2023, says shareholder Leonardo
Production of ATR turboprops should stabilise at around 50 aircraft per year in 2023, as the market for regional aircraft returns, according to one of the joint venture’s owners.
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NewsEmbraer third-quarter revenue rises to $958m
Embraer remains optimistic about the recovery in the aviation industry after the carrier sold more of its new-generation D195-E2 commercial jets and more large executive jets during the third quarter.
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NewsWright developing all-electric variant of BAe 146
US aerospace company Wright Electric has launched development of a “zero-emission” electric-powered passenger airliner based on British Aerospace’s 146 regional jet.
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Airline BusinessAzul surprises with talk of LATAM Airlines Group acquisition
Reports that Brazilian carrier Azul is preparing a bid for LATAM Airlines Group mark the second recent example of potential M&A activity to feature an airline interested in purchasing a much-larger rival.
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NewsIberia conducts domestic flight with waste-based biofuel
Spanish carrier Iberia has carried out a domestic service using sustainable fuel produced from waste as a raw material. The IAG airline operated the Madrid-Bilbao flight, IB426, using an Airbus A320neo powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. Its operation followed a collaboration agreement signed between Iberia and the energy company ...
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NewsAirbus keen to restore crisis-hit ATR’s performance: Faury
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury says the airframer is striving restore the profitability of its ATR venture, as the regional aircraft manufacturer marks 40 years since its creation. Faury tells FlightGlobal that ATR – founded on 4 November 1981 – has been a “performing” entity but one which has “suffered ...
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NewsNo indications of big aircraft orders at Dubai air show: IATA chief
IATA director general Willie Walsh says the “cautious” approach being taken by airlines reduces the chance of any major aircraft orders being announced at the upcoming Dubai air show, despite carriers needing to rebuild their fleets post-Covid.
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NewsEmirates opens Israeli links with 777-300ER service to Tel Aviv
Middle Eastern carrier Emirates is to join the market for Israeli flights, with daily services to Tel Aviv starting in the first week of December. Emirates says it will open the link following the diplomatic normalisation between Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed last year. Ties between the two ...