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Cessna unveils new Citation Ascend with new P&W engines

Cessna officially launched the Citation Ascend at EBACE today, the business aviation exhibition in Geneva. With it comes the new Pratt & Whitney PW545D engine, which has better fuel consumption, more power, and greater durability thanks to a number of...

Rolls-Royce UltraFan demonstrator completes first test

Rolls-Royce has run the first test of the UltraFan technology demonstrator engine. The test was successfully completed using Testbed 80 in Derby, where preparations have been underway since December. The engine maker issued an embargoed press statement on Wednesday...

Helvetic Airways’ lease of two Embraers benefits SWISS

Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways has leased two Embraer E190s from lessor TrueNoord to expand its fleet. The aircraft recently flew with TUI fly Belgium, which is replacing them with new E195-E2s on lease for AerCap. For Helvetic, the two aircraft are a welcome...

GTF woes are hurting KLM Cityhopper’s summer schedule

For some four months, KLM Cityhopper managed to work around aircraft shortages caused by the unavailability of a fair number of Embraer E195-E2s. But as repairs of the Pratt & Whitney Geared Turbofan-powered aircraft take longer than anticipated, Cityhopper has...