BloombergDanny Lee, Siddharth Philip

Atlas Air picks Airbus A350F over Boeing 777-8F, orders 20 with 20 options; deliveries from 2H 2027

Atlas Air has committed to 20 firm Airbus A350F freighters plus 20 options, a break from its all‑Boeing history and the largest A350F deal to date. The order raises the A350F backlog to 101 aircraft, with first deliveries scheduled for the second half of 2027.

FlightGlobalDominic Perry

Collins powers up tests of 1MW electric motors for hybridised PW1100G engine

By FlightGlobal: Collins Aerospace has begun initial tests of the integrated electric elements - including a pair of 1MW-class motors - that will be used to hybridise a Pratt & Whitney PW1100G engine as part of an EU Clean Aviation-backed project.

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