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.

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SR Technics Malaysia Adds CAAC Approval

Component specialist can now serve Chinese customers.

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

Embraer Expects Fully Compliant GTFs for E2s by Year-End

Pratt commits to fitting final combustor configuration in all engines before 2019

Aircraft

February 4, 2018

777F Deal Grows LHT's Eva Air Work

MRO provider now supports four Eva Air fleet types.

Maintenance and Modifications

February 4, 2018

IAI Grows Conversion Business

IAI Bedek is a global leader in converting airliners for cargo and as the number of conversions increases, the company is opening new sites

Cabin Interior and Electronics

February 4, 2018

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Airbus's BelugaXL To Fly By Mid-Year

Program schedule calls for 1,000 hours of flight testing before entering service in mid-2019

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Asia-Pacific Open Skies Gets Closer

Investment in ATC is preparing the region for more growth as progress is made towards greater liberalization of traffic rights.

ATC

February 3, 2018

Embraer Expects E2s To Shine in China, Asia-Pac

Reports several improvements to E190-E2 specifications

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Joby Gets $100M Funding for VTOL Air Taxi

Investors including Intel, JetBlue, and Toyota sign on to get the "disruptive technology" vehicle certified.

Aircraft

February 3, 2018

Airbus Continues Flight Tests on Several Variants

A status update on the airframer's programs.

Aircraft

February 2, 2018

Boeing Proposes Airplane Cyberattack Simulator

In its early stages the system will provide data about pilot response to facilitate the development of better defenses.

Safety

February 2, 2018

China Investment in U.S. GA is Low Risk for LCA Market

Report by Rand Corporation finds that Chinese investment in the U.S. aviation market is focused on GA but warns on threats to airliner manufacturing.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

GE Focuses on Asia-Pacific for Widebody Engine Sales

The Asia-Pacific will be the most important geographic region for sales of GE Aviation widebody engines for the foreseeable future.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

Asia-Pacific a Prime Market for GTF, P&W Expects

Today China and the Asia-Pacific region are major markets for PW1000G geared-turbofan engines and they will remain so, Pratt & Whitney says.

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

Boeing Readies Delivery of First 787-10 to Singapore Airlines

Rolls-powered version of latest Dreamliner gained FAA certification on January 22

Aircraft

February 1, 2018

Boeing 757 Hacked in DHS Test

Researchers did not need a person on board to gain greater access to the aircraft.

Avionics

February 1, 2018

Indian Scheme Could Boost Regional Air Services

Government support for regional connectivity could fire growth in the Indian economy.

Airlines

January 31, 2018

Boeing Looks toward Year of the Widebody in Asia-Pacific

Several airlines in Southeast Asia working to address twin-aisle replacement needs

Aircraft

January 31, 2018

U.S. Airline Execs Defend Capacity-addition Plans

Increases focus on leveraging existing assets, not grabbing market share.

Airlines

January 31, 2018

Singapore Airshow Set To Open Next Week

Air transport, defense and new technologies are all on display.

January 31, 2018

25 Years of the Regional Jet

Four Reasons to why the Future is Small and it's Huge

January 31, 2018