Hapag-Lloyd's deal last week for 10 more Boeing 737-800s is part of a plan to phase out its Airbus A310s and switch to a 40-strong, all-737 operation. Deliveries are to begin next year. The TUI-owned airline says its six 271-seat General Electric CF6-powered A310s will be withdrawn as the 189-seat 737s arrive.
Source: Flight International
Wisk Aero has shared new images of the first full-scale prototype of its autonomous Gen6 air taxi.
A trio of leading US air taxi companies moved forward this week on plans to certificate, manufacture and commercialise a new class of electric aircraft.
Airbus has enhanced operational documentation to provide greater clarity on engine-relight procedures after severe hail extinguished both powerplants on a LATAM A320 two years ago. Such was the storm’s intensity that it “significantly exceeded” engine design and certification criteria, according to the airframer, with water and ice content twice the ...
