JAL has confirmed its selection of the Pratt & Whitney PW4090 to power the five Boeing 777-300s which it ordered in December 1995. Deliveries of the aircraft will begin in 1998. The PW4000 powers the airline's already-ordered ten 777-200s.
Source: Flight International
Air Baltic is cutting 19 routes from its planned summer schedule, and reducing frequencies on others, attributing the decision to delays in engine maintenance for its Airbus A220-300 fleet. The carrier – which was the launch operator for the type – has nearly 50, but it says it is experiencing ...
Advanced propulsion developer Wright Electric has begun initial ground runs of its new high-power electric motor as it continues to weigh up which aircraft will serve as a flying testbed for the engine.
Swiss has disclosed that a flight attendant on the Airbus A220-300 which diverted to Graz with engine problems and smoke in the cabin subsequently died in hospital. He had been among five crew on board the twinjet which had been operating a Bucharest-Zurich service, as LX1885, with 74 passengers on ...
