Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 31, 2016
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp.’s second MRJ flight test aircraft (FTA-2) has completed its first flight from Nagoya Airport in Japan.
May 31, 2016
Airbus COO, customers, John Leahy is not concerned about considerations that Boeing reportedly is giving to stretch the 737 MAX further using higher-thrust CFM International LEAP-1A engines that have been developed for the Airbus A320neo.
May 30, 2016
Delta Air Lines is the launch customer for an Airbus-developed digital maintenance prognostics solution, Airbus announced this week.
May 30, 2016
Putting the engine developed for the Airbus A320neo on to the Boeing 737 MAX would not be easy, Airbus executives said this week, although they acknowledged they were aware of rumors that this was being considered in the US.
May 30, 2016
Cathay Pacific Airways has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB, becoming the sixth airline to place the new widebody in its fleet. The aircraft was delivered to the Hong Kong-based airline May 28 and will begin service June 1.
Sep 14, 2020
Ampaire has flown a second prototype of its Electric EEL, a Cessna 337 Skymaster modified to hybrid-electric propulsion.
Sep 14, 2020
Ask the Editors: The problem with electric taxi motors is the ratio of benefit to cost in commercial operations.
Sep 12, 2020
Greece is set to become the first European export customer for the Dassault Rafale, announcing plans to order 18 aircraft as part of a modernization of its armed forces.
Sep 11, 2020
Boeing confirmed that it uncovered a manufacturing problem with 787 vertical fins—the fourth production-quality issue linked to the widebody twinjet program in recent weeks.
Sep 11, 2020
As Airbus and the suppliers for its commercial aviation business have to cope with drastic reductions in production rates, jobs are under threat.
Sep 11, 2020
Vancouver Airport Authority, scaling back ambitious growth plans in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, has canceled a four-part infrastructure improvement project that targeted Vancouver International Airport’s (YVR) energy usage.
Sep 11, 2020
Russia’s Red Wings airline has reintroduced Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) regional aircraft to its fleet.
Sep 11, 2020
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.