Aircraft
News and developments about airplanes, helicopters and unmanned air vehicles used in all varieties of operations, including airlines, military, business, commercial, general aviation and private.
Engines
Boeing Reveals Plans for Upgraded 737
Boeing yesterday announced a series of planned improvements to its 737 line the company says will result in a 2-percent decrease in fuel burn and a marked
Aircraft
Boeing Makes First Move To Slash Widebody Output
By early in the year it seemed obvious to all but the OEMs themselves that significant production rate cuts would have to happen, but it would take until t
Aircraft
Q1 Deliveries Stable, Net Orders Negligible for Airliner OEMs
First-quarter production activity essentially kept pace with last year’s rates at the major airliner manufacturers, as Boeing delivered
Aircraft
Downward Pricing Pressure Adds to OEMs’ Woes
Indices used by airframe manufacturers to adjust the prices of airplanes on order have proved unhelpful lately to the OEMs, as the global recession suppres
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Bombardier Inks European Training Pact for C Series
Bombardier Aerospace, Lufthansa Flight Training (LFT) and Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT), yesterday signed the first authorized training provider (ATP)
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Etirc Insolvency Signals End of Eclipse Europe Era
Roel Pieper’s European Technology and Investment Research Center (Etirc) has filed for bankruptcy, ending Etirc Aviation’s once-lofty plans to distribute E
Aircraft
Further Delay for 747-8 Intercontinental
Boeing CEO Jim McNerney today revealed a further delay of the 747-8 Intercontinental, from the second quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of that year.
Aircraft
Boeing Assembles First 747-8 Wingset
Boeing has completed major assembly of the first set of wings for the 747-8 Freighter, the company announced today.
Aircraft
Epic Launches Pair of Twins
Bend, Ore.-based Epic Aircraft today launched a pair of turbine twins at the Sun ’n’ Fun Fly-In in Lakeland, Fla.
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Delta To Ground 30 CRJs
Delta Air Lines will ground at least 30 Delta Connection Bombardier CRJs this year as it moves to execute “synergies” associated with its merger with North
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Flybe Takes 50th Q400, 1,000th Ultra Electronics ANC installation
The UK’s Flybe has taken delivery of its 50th Bombardier Q400 airliner, equipped with the 1,000th installation of Ultra Electronics’ active noise control (
Aircraft
American Reveals Extent of 787 Delays
American Airlines expects its first Boeing 787s to arrive about a year later than originally planned due to last year’s machinists’ strike at Boeing, accor
Aircraft
EASA Pilots Fly Superjet 100s
EASA pilots have performed the first familiarization flights on Sukhoi Superjet 100 S/Ns 95001 and 95003, Superjet International announced today.
Aircraft
Superjet International Gains EASA/ENAC Part 145 Maintenance Approval
The Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) has issued EASA/ENAC Part 145 certification to Venice, Italy-based Superjet International, allowing the regiona
Aircraft
Embraer Launches KC-390 Transport Jet
The new tactical transport jet that has been under development in Brazil for the past two years was formally launched this month.
Aircraft
Alenia Touts UAV Capability
Alenia Aeronautica is claiming leadership in Europe of unmanned aircraft development, following the recent completion of new flight tests of the Sky-Y demo
Aircraft
Boeing Refreshes F-15 Strike Eagle with Stealth, New EW
Boeing has applied some stealth design principles to the F-15 Strike Eagle, and is marketing the modified aircraft for export as the F-15SE Silent Eagle.
Aircraft
Denel Now a C-130 Service Center
Denel Aviation of South Africa has been certified by Lockheed Martin as a service center for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of C-130s.
Aircraft
Special Conditions for Spectrum S.40 Reveal Weights
Spectrum Aeronautical’s all-composite S.40 Freedom light jet is subject to a number of special conditions mandated by the FAA to achieve type certification
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Boeing Sells Eight More 787s to Gulf Air
Bahrain’s Gulf Air has lifted Boeing’s order figures out of negative territory this week with a conversion of so-called purchase rights on eight 787-8s, ma
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Embraer’s Airliner Production Drops 16 percent in Q1
Embraer delivered 32 commercial airplanes during the first quarter this year, the company announced today.
Aircraft
Alenia Completes Acquisition of Sukhoi Stake
Finmeccanica subsidiary Alenia Aeronautica yesterday completed its acquisition of 25 percent plus one share of Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company (SCAC), Finmec
Engines
NTSB: Multiple Lapses Cited in 2007 American Airlines Engine Fire
An unapproved and improper procedure was used by mechanics to manually start the left engine on an American Airlines jetliner.
Aircraft
Simulated G650 Makes First Flight
Gulfstream Aerospace last month announced that its large-cabin G650 achieved first flight of a simulated version of the jet on December 15 at the G650 Inte
Aircraft
Jet-Alliance Offers Plan for DayJet Eclipse 500s
While various entrepreneurs have tried to buy and resell the 28 Eclipse 500 very light jets that were flown by bankrupt air-taxi firm DayJet, none has succ
Aircraft
Another Delay for Diamond D-Jet Program
Diamond Aircraft has again delayed certification of the single-engine D-Jet and is now planning for approval early next year.
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Bombardier Collects Second C Series Order
Bombardier Aerospace announced today that it has secured a firm order from Lease Corporation International (LCI) Aviation for 20 C Series airliners.
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Investor group studies reviving SPn program
Former Grob Aerospace chief executive Niall Olver has confirmed that he is actively trying to put together a deal to restart development of the SPn light b
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Pratt readies GTF for MRJ, C Series
Pratt & Whitney has frozen the design configuration of the PW-1000G Geared Turbofans for both the Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Bombardier C Series after fin
