Air Transport Aircraft & Propulsion
May 20, 2011
Bombardier revealed it will deliver a dual-class Q400 to an existing customer this summer and also is touting the better-than-expected performance of its first CRJ1000s in service.
May 20, 2011
Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. Executive VP Junichi Miyakawa conceded last week that a number of airlines are more interested in the 100-seat MRJ100X, which has not yet been launched, than the 70-seat MRJ70 and 90-seat MRJ90 models the manufacturer is currently developing and producing.
May 19, 2011
Bombardier said it has begun installing semi-automated jigs at its new wing facility in Belfast to support assembly of the advanced composite wings for the CSeries. The jigs are being installed in the second phase of a new 600,000 sq. ft. manufacturing and assembly facility. The first phase, which will accommodate the fabrication of the composite components, was completed at the end of 2010.
May 19, 2011
AirAsia X selected GE’s CF6-80E1 engines to power three firm and two option Airbus A330-200s ordered in March (ATW Daily News, March 1). The aircraft, which is scheduled for delivery from 2012, will be operated on the carrier's expanding network, offering low-fare service to destinations in Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
May 19, 2011
GE Aviation is developing a next-generation regional jet engine to replace the CF34 that could be ready for a 2016 EIS, according to GM-Regional and Large Business Aviation Chuck Nugent.
Sep 03, 2020
Aircraft manufacturer Embraer is laying off 900 employees in Brazil, the equivalent of 4.5% of its global workforce, according to a Sept. 3 statement.
Sep 03, 2020
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Sep 03, 2020
NASA X-59 project inspires attempt to capitalize on possible entry of low-boom supersonic jets within the next decade.
Sep 02, 2020
The first of two aircraft fitted with a modular hybrid-electric propulsion system developed under a European research program is expected to fly in September.
Sep 02, 2020
After moves toward recovery during the European summer season, airlines are facing up to a much tougher winter.
Sep 01, 2020
With backing from KLM and Airbus, the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands has tested its Flying-V concept for an ultra-efficient airliner by conducting the first flight of a subscale model.
Sep 01, 2020
The commercial aerospace manufacturing world breathed a collective sigh of relief a few weeks ago when Airbus and Boeing did not announce major new cuts to monthly production rates of their large commercial aircraft (LCA).
Sep 01, 2020
Even as it begins deliveries of its first certified electric aircraft, Slovenia’s Pipistrel has begun accepting orders for a family of unmanned cargo aircraft.