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Nov 30, 2015
A typical Boeing 787 user is LAN Airlines of Chile, which experienced early service issues but is now using the twin jet on a wide range of routes and enjoying improved dispatch reliability.
Nov 30, 2015
Approval of certification plan takes Lockheed Martin a step closer to launching development of a commercial hybrid airship for cargo transport to remote locations.
Nov 27, 2015
GIGO reared its head in the runway excursion by a Turkish Airlines A330-300 at Kathmandu in March. No one was killed but a very beautiful and expensive aircraft remains “prematurely destroyed” on the tarmac there.
Nov 27, 2015
Task force set up to make recommendations for registration of small unmanned aircraft sets minimum size at 0.55 lb., potentially bringing toy drones under the FAA’s new rule.
Nov 27, 2015
Carriers may be left to their own devices to fight lithium-ion battery fires as ICAO contemplates pseudo-solutions.
Nov 27, 2015
Given the huge number of lithium-ion batteries being shipped by air, some will eventually short-circuit and go into thermal runaway. Industry and regulators are considering some box-level solutions.
Nov 27, 2015
Shape-adaptive morphing structures could follow the adoption path that have made winglets the rule, rather than the exception, on new aircraft
Nov 27, 2015
The planned ramp-up will see more than 250 C Series in service by 2020, when the program is expected to begin generating positive cash flow, and is “balanced, manageable and achievable,” says Bombardier Commercial Aircraft President Fred Cromer.