Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
Dec 04, 2012
Airbus has completed the main structural assembly and system connection of the A350 XWB first flight-test aircraft.
Dec 03, 2012
Norway’s air navigation services provider Avinor has begun a week-long, real-time simulation to validate the Southern Norway Airspace concept.
Dec 03, 2012
All Nippon Airways (ANA), which operates 16 Boeing 787s, fears the Airbus A380s scheduled to fly into Tokyo Narita Airport may result in lower yields.
Dec 03, 2012
Airbus has received certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency for its sharklets for the A320 family aircraft with CFM engines.
Dec 02, 2012
CFM International, the engine joint venture between GE Aviation and Safran, is ramping up activity as it prepares to shift production from the stalwart CFM56 to its new LEAP family, which will power the Airbus A320neo, Boeing 737 MAX and COMAC C919.
Jun 21, 2021
The integrated demonstrator, customized to the performance and economic requirements of commercial aircraft, will be built at a Liebherr system integration testing laboratory in Toulouse.
Jun 21, 2021
An end to the 17-year airliner subsidy spat frees the West to repair its aerospace industry and prepare to tackle competition from China.
Jun 21, 2021
Embraer E190-E2 received steep approach certification from EASA on May. This opens the door for airlines to operate the airplane at airports that require approach slopes greater than the typical 3.0 degrees.
Jun 18, 2021
Boeing conducted the long-delayed first flight of the 737-10, the fourth version of the MAX series, with a 2 hr. 30 min. test mission in picture-perfect weather over Washington State on June 18.
Jun 18, 2021
OEMs are trying to raise expectations around the future of airliner manufacturing, but the supplier base remains grounded in reality.
Jun 18, 2021
A new kind of permanent shock could hit the jetliner industry if the U.S. and China do not come to a rapprochement.
Jun 17, 2021
Airlines are looking to dip their feet into the nascent advanced air mobility sector by placing orders for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles under development by a host of startups.
Jun 17, 2021
As the push to meet net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 speeds up, many airlines and airports have placed investment in sustainability—and scaling up jet fuel production from sustainable sources—at the top of their agenda.