AIR INTER EUROPE HAS taken delivery of its first Airbus A319, becoming the second airline (after Swissair) to operate the full range of Airbus single-aisle models. The airline will by next March receive eight more A319s on firm order, and will fly the CFM International CFM56-powered aircraft on internal French and European routes in a 142-seat layout.
Source: Flight International
Shortages of cast metallic parts and other components continue hindering Pratt & Whitney’s (P&W) ability to produce new engines and to ramp up maintenance work needed to address its recall of PW1000G geared turbofans.
Airbus is looking to obtain higher-weight certifications for its A321XLR over the next three months, as it works on the individual enhancements required by early operators of the long-range twinjet. The airframer secured European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval for the basic version – with a 97t maximum take-off weight ...
Keep track of the commercial aircraft order announcements made at this year’s Farnborough air show
