Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Apr 19, 2016
Taking an increasingly cautious approach to its C919 narrowbody aircraft program, the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) has extended its flight-testing program beyond two years, pushing an unannounced target for first delivery into 2019.
Apr 19, 2016
Airbus has partnered with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to launch a new $100 million pilot training facility at Seletar Aerospace Park, Singapore.
Apr 19, 2016
The difficulty US regional airlines are having hiring new pilots—and the congressionally mandated regulation that they believe is creating the problem—will undoubtedly dominate the 2016 Regional Airline Association (RAA) convention.
Apr 19, 2016
Boeing has selected Textron’s TRU Simulation + Training to provide a suite of training devices for the 777X, to be deployed at the aircraft manufacturer’s training centers.
Apr 19, 2016
The trajectory of supersonic travel has been downward in recent decades. But now entrepreneurs and startups see an opportunity to disrupt the market with small high-speed aircraft.
Jul 30, 2020
As production rates have decreased amid the COVID-19 crisis, Airbus’ suppliers are in a difficult but still viable situation, according to Guillaume Faury, the airframer’s CEO.
Jul 29, 2020
GE Aviation saw 2020 second-quarter revenues decline 44% as the company absorbed more than its share of commercial aviation’s multiple crises, with lower global travel demand reducing both new-equipment and services revenues, while the 737 MAX slowdown continues to create headwinds for the CFM LEAP 1-B engine program.
Jul 29, 2020
Facing another heavy quarterly loss of $2.4 billion, the COVID-19-triggered market downturn, and continued uncertainty over the timing of the return-to-service of the 737 MAX, Boeing is making further cutbacks to its commercial aircraft production rates, studying additional layoffs and delaying deliveries of the 777X until 2022
Jul 28, 2020
Initial hard data on the scope of the aftermarket’s downturn suggests the immediate drop was less severe than expected, but the climb back to pre-pandemic levels may take longer than initially projected.
Jul 28, 2020
Commercial aviation’s pandemic-driven downturn appears to have hit its low point during the 2020 second quarter (Q2), but signs point to a slow and unsteady recovery that will last until at least 2024, Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX) executives said.
Jul 28, 2020
LONDON—UK-based carbon-fiber recovery firm ELG Carbon Fibre and Belgian aircraft-recycling specialist Aerocircular have formed a partnership to reclaim carbon fiber from end-of-life aircraft.
Jul 28, 2020
The demand dip is triggering delivery slowdowns and orderbook shuffling, but top U.S. carriers remain committed to Boeing’s narrowbody.
Jul 27, 2020
Ask the Editors: It is likely that Spirit AeroSystems will try to acquire Bombardier’s aerostructures operations—but for less money.