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Frontier Airlines Unveils New 30 Percent Lighter Seat Design

WIL BALDWIN December 29, 2020

Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines today unveiled details of its latest action to reduce the company’s environmental footprint with a new aircraft seat design that will feature a 30 percent weight reduction over existing seats. The…

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Air Lease Announces Delivery of New Airbus A320-200neo Aircraft to Peach

WIL BALDWIN December 28, 2020

Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) announced the delivery of one new Airbus A320-200neo aircraft on long-term lease to Peach Aviation Limited (Japan). This aircraft, featuring CFM International LEAP-1A engines, is the first of two new…

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Hyundai Mipo Shipyard Chosen to Build New Interislander Ferries

WIL BALDWIN December 28, 2020

KiwiRail has named world-renowned Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD) based in Ulsan, South Korea as its preferred shipyard to build the two new Interislander ferries. KiwiRail Chief Executive Greg Miller said the decision to work with…

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FedEx Modernizes Fleet With Delivery of Regional ATR Freighter

WIL BALDWIN December 25, 2020

FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, announced the delivery of the first ever purpose-built turboprop regional freighter to the FedEx fleet. This follows the company’s…

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Air Saint-Pierre Takes Delivery of a New ATR 42-600

WIL BALDWIN December 22, 2020

Air Saint-Pierre has taken delivery of its new ATR 42-600 aircraft, following the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in July 2018. Based on one of the three main islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon…

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Belavia Takes Delivery of First Embraer E195-E2

WIL BALDWIN December 21, 2020

Belavia, Belarusian Airlines, the national carrier of Belarus, took delivery today of their first E2 next generation Embraer aircraft in Brazil. The new aircraft is the first of three E195-E2 jets to be leased to…

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Embraer Delivers Fourth C-390 Millennium Airlifter to Brazilian Air Force

WIL BALDWIN December 20, 2020

Embraer delivered the fourth C-390 Millennium multi-mission medium airlifter of a total of 28 units to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Like the three units already in operation, the fourth airlifter will be operated by…

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Alstom Wins Contract to Build Toulouse Metropole Third Line

WIL BALDWIN December 20, 2020

Alstom has been awarded the contract by Toulouse Metropole for the system for the third and new 27 km metro line, called Toulouse Aerospace Express, for the sum of more than €470 M. The contract…

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These Pods Could Provide a Blueprint for Future Hydrogen Aircraft

WIL BALDWIN December 15, 2020

Twinjet, s-duct, winglets, contra-rotating propellers: the aviation industry has developed numerous configurations over the last five decades that have enabled aircraft to fly higher, faster and longer. Now, Airbus engineers are unveiling a new configuration…

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Emirates to Operate A380 Flight to Bahrain for 49th National Day

WIL BALDWIN December 13, 2020

Emirates will operate a special one-off A380 service to Bahrain on 15 December, one day ahead of the country’s 49th National Day celebrations. The deployment is in response to high passenger demand during the National…