by Addison Schonland | May 28, 2021 | Boeing |
With the highly useful T2 dataset updated through year-end 2020, we now can share pictures of how fleet changes impacted US airlines. The biggest impact we see is the rise of the A321 and the shrink in the 757. Notice that this change occurred in 2015. Notice also...
by Ernest Arvai | Oct 15, 2019 | Pratt & Whitney |
Continuing reliability issues that have plagued the Pratt & Whitney GTF geared turbofan engines are now impacting the A220 fleet at Swiss, which has been grounded for inspections. A third recent incident with the PW1524 engines powering the aircraft has led to a...
by Ernest Arvai | Apr 19, 2019 | Cirrus |
News The Cirrus Vision personal/business jet has been grounded by the FAA with an airworthiness directive related to the aircraft’s angle of attack vane. The Airworthiness Directive issued Thursday 18 April indicated that “the aircraft’s stall warning and protection...
by admin | Dec 8, 2016 | Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, General Category |
Airbus Helicopters was delivered another blow to its Super Puma EC-225 aircraft as Statoil has formally dropped the aircraft and now prohibits employees to be transported in any model of the helicopter, instead moving primarily to the Sikorsky S-92 for North Sea...
by admin | Mar 15, 2013 | Boeing, FAA, General Category, Lithium-Ion |
Boeing provided a briefing on the 787 battery solution, which includes a new charger for the revised battery with additional spacing and shielding, and the new case and venting system that has been nicknamed the “fireplace and chimney” by some industry...
