Reading Time: < 1 minute Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets worth $705 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 fourth-quarter backlog.  15 E175 aircraft will be operated by Envoy, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group. The jets will come in a 76-seat configuration, with 12 […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 717-200, registration N478HA performing flight HA-144 from Lihue, HI to Honolulu, HI (USA), was accelerating for takeoff when the crew rejected take-off at high speed (about 90 knots over ground) due to an engine (BR715) failure. The aircraft slowed safely and returned to the apron. Passengers reported there was a loud […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Frontier Airbus A321-200, performing flight from Islip to Myrtle Beach (USA) with 218 people on board, toxic fumes on board injured 9 people. Aircraft was climbing out of Islip when the crew stopped the climb at FL220 reporting fumes in the cockpit. The aircraft returned to Islip for a safe landing 15 minutes later. […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Airbus welcomed Delta Air Lines as the first U.S. carrier to take delivery of the Airbus A220 aircraft. On hand for the delivery ceremony at the aircraft’s assembly line in Mirabel were members of the A220 team as well as government officials and executives from Delta, Airbus, Bombardier and Investissement Quebec. “It is with great […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Lionair Boeing 737-800 MAX, registration PK-LQP performing flight JT-610 from Jakarta to Pangkal Pinang (Indonesia) with 181 passengers and 7 crew, was climbing out of Jakarta when the aircraft reached a maximum altitude of about 5400 feet, then lost height, radar contact was lost about 35nm northeast of Jakarta over the Java Sea. Rescue […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A British Airways Boeing 747-400, performing flight from New York JFK (USA) to London Heathrow (UK), experienced  a bird strike. A post flight inspection showed a bird had impacted the nose of the aircraft. The aircraft remained on the ground in London for about 12 hours, then departed for the next flight to JFK.

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 on behalf of American Airlines, performing flight from Williamsport to Philadelphia (USA) with 43 passengers and 3 crew, rejected takeoff due to deer strike. Aircraft was accelerating for takeoff from Williamsport’s Lycoming County Airport when the crew rejected takeoff after the aircraft struck a deer on the runway. The aircraft slowed safely […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute GECAS announced the signing of a lease contract for seven A320neos to enter service with Vistara, the India based full-service carrier and joint venture of Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, following deliveries from Airbus in the latter part of 2019 and continuing into 2020.   Commencing operations in January 2015 as one of India’s premier […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Shares of Boeing rose after the company announced that its Q3 profit soared 31% to $2.36 billion driven by defence volume and orders for new planes placed by airlines to meet growing demand for travel. Boeing delivered 190 airliners in the quarter, including 57 737 MAX airplanes. That is down 12 from the same period last […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute AEGEAN announced that has selected the Pratt & Whitney GTF™ engine to power up to 62 Airbus A320neo family aircraft: 30 firm, 12 option, and up to 20 leased aircraft. Pratt & Whitney will also provide the airline with engine maintenance through a long-term service agreement. “We selected the Pratt & Whitney GTF engine to […]