Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion

Nov 02, 2017
Airbus has completed the functional & reliability testing for the A350-1000, bringing the aircraft a step closer to type certification this month.
Nov 02, 2017
Boeing’s HorizonX innovation unit made its first foray into advanced materials production and applications Nov. 1 with its investment in Gamma Alloys, a Valencia, California-based aluminum alloy developer of advanced metal-matrix composites.
Nov 02, 2017
Bombardier will miss its 2017 delivery target for the CSeries by 8-10 aircraft, but the manufacturer has signed the first sales agreement for the CSeries—with an unidentified European customer—since April 2016.
Oct 31, 2017
Airbus Commercial Aircraft recorded an EBIT (adjusted) of €591 million ($697.4 million) in the third quarter of 2017, up 4.2% compared to €567 million in 3Q 2016.
Oct 31, 2017
American Airlines has placed a firm order for 10 additional Embraer E175s valued at $457 million at list prices.
Apr 10, 2023
Prolonged certification programs for the last two 737 MAX variants are not helping Boeing's 737 production ramp-up plans.
Apr 07, 2023
The Akureyri-based carrier has canceled all flights due to a dispute over lease payments between wet-lease specialist Hi Fly and lessor Avolon.
Apr 07, 2023
The financing comes as SkyDrive works to certify its aircraft in time to launch commercial air taxi service for the 2025 World Expo being hosted in Osaka.
Apr 07, 2023
NASA is funding further work on a near-silent propulsion system for urban drones—and potentially air taxis.
Apr 07, 2023
Universal Hydrogen is making progress in the development of its hydrogen conversion kit for the ATR 72-600 regional turboprop.
Apr 07, 2023
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Apr 06, 2023
Airbus is doubling capacity at its Chinese plant by adding a second final assembly line as it aims to produce 75 A320neo family aircraft a month in 2026.
Apr 06, 2023
Lufthansa is growing its nascent A321F fleet as the number of narrowbody freighters in Europe is on the rise.