Reading Time: < 1 minute BOC Aviation, the Singapore-based global aircraft leasing company, has placed a firm order for five more A321 aircraft in addition to an order announced in January for 30 A320 Family aircraft which included 15 A321s (eight A321neo and seven A321ceo). “We have increased our order for the A321 in response to the market trend and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute A flight from Houston to London was forced to make an emergency landing in Ireland due to severe turbulence. Sixteen people have been hospitalized: fourteen passengers and two crew members. The extent of the injures is not immediately known. According to United Airlines, the customers and crew members of flight UA-880 are being provided with care and […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute ANA has started removing some Boeing 787 Dreamliners from service for engine replacement and repair after finding faults on some of its Rolls-Royce engines. ANA said the problem is fatigue cracks in the blades of the engine’s intermediate pressure turbine. “We have been working with Rolls-Royce, the designer and manufacturer of the engines in question, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Belgium and Netherlands’ based ASL and JetNetherlands welcome an Embraer Phenom 100 to their growing fleet. The aircraft is the first to be managed by the company under the new EASA Part-NCC requirements and opens the path to a new specific market. Based in Lelystad, Netherlands, the Phenom 100 will not be offered for charter […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes LATAM Airlines Group (LATAM), Latin America’s leading airline group, took delivery of its first A320neo – showcasing its white, indigo and coral livery and powered by Pratt & Whitney Pure Power PW1100-JM engines – on Monday, August 29, at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse. LATAM Airlines Brasil will become the first airline in North and South […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes India intends to invest more than 20 billion rupees ($300 million) in the creation with Russia’s assistance of a logistics center of spare parts for Russia’s Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighters at the facilities of India’s state-owned aerospace and defense company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a source in the Indian Defense Ministry told TASS on Tuesday. “To […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) engineering, the backbone of PEMCO’s cargo conversion program, has announced the addition of new services to support its PEMCO-converted aircraft operators and MRO customers. The added services include training for liaison engineers, customized electronic weight and balance load charts, certification consulting services, and MRO consulting services. Training services focus on […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Thai Airways International (THAI) has become the eighth operator of the A350 XWB, following the delivery today of the first of 12 aircraft set to join the carrier’s fleet. The aircraft delivered today is being operated on lease from US-based CIT. THAI has configured its A350-900 with a premium two class layout with a total […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The third of four Embraer E190-E2 flight test aircraft has flown for the first time, the Brazilian manufacturer confirmed. The flight test program for the next-generation E-Jet powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1900G geared turbofan (GTF) engines was launched ahead of schedule May 23. The second E2 prototype took to the skies July 8. The […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta announced the implementation of the first operational rules for routine non-hobbyist use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or “drones”). The regulations on June 21, 2016 officially took effects yesterday. “People are captivated by the limitless possibilities unmanned aircraft offer, and they are […]