Aerospace Aircraft & Propulsion
Mar 25, 2014
FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) mandating the removal of “defective software” on GE Aviation GEnx-powered Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental and 747-8 freighter aircraft.
Mar 24, 2014
Mobile satellite communications specialist Inmarsat leveraged a “groundbreaking but traditional mathematics-based process” to analyze data from other flights that use its satellite network and establish a pattern that helped investigators nail down Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 final flight path as traveling south over the Indian Ocean, an Inmarsat executive explained.
Mar 13, 2014
Saint Petersburg-based Rossiya Airlines has become the first carrier in Russia to distribute Apple iPads equipped as electronic flight bags (EFB) for pilots, who are able to use them during all phases of flight—including takeoff and landings, the carrier said in a statement.
Mar 07, 2014
Lufthansa presented its new premium-economy class at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin.
Feb 19, 2014
Airbus has announced plans to increase its stake in China’s Harbin Hafei Airbus Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC) to 25% from its current 20% shareholding.
Mar 15, 2013
Boeing’s 787 chief engineer says the solution the manufacturer has come up with for the aircraft’s lithium ion battery guarantees there will never be a battery-related fire onboard a Dreamliner.
Mar 14, 2013
GE Aviation has delivered its initial production wing fixed trailing edge components for the Airbus A350 XWB MSN001.
Mar 14, 2013
CTT Systems, founded in 1991 in Nyköping, Sweden, has incorporated a strategy to consolidate its position as the leading player in the development of products in the dehumidification and humidification product sector. Its business idea is to solve the two moisture problems currently encountered in commercial aircraft, namely preventing the creation of condensation between the cabin and the aircraft’s outer skin, and improving levels of comfort and well-being for passengers and crew by raising cabin humidity levels.
Mar 12, 2013
FAA has approved Boeing’s certification plan for a redesigned 787 battery system, a first step toward getting the Dreamliner back into the air.
Mar 11, 2013
Boeing’s proposed fix for the 787 is a permanent solution that will ensure the aircraft’s safe and reliable operation, Boeing Commercial Airplanes VP-marketing Randy Tinseth said Monday.
Mar 07, 2013
Lufthansa will unveil a new premium-economy class in 2014, board member Jens Bischof told journalists at the ITB tourism fair in Berlin.
Mar 07, 2013
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) will hold both a public “forum” and “investigative hearing” next month to explore issues surrounding the Boeing 787’s lithium ion batteries.
Mar 07, 2013
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) provided a detailed description of the Jan. 7 Boeing 787 fire in Boston, but offered no conclusion regarding the incident’s root cause.