Airbus has put the A350 prototype into scheduled lay-up in readiness for a second flight-test phase starting in August, following the opening up of the initial flight envelope over 92 flight hours.
Virgin Australia has added more European destinations to its growing international network through a code-share deal with Air Berlin, which also gives the German carrier increased access to Australia. The code-share is a logical step for Virgin Australia, since it already has a close partnership with Etihad Airways, which is a part-owner of both Virgin Australia and Air Berlin.
Antonov has test-flown a new version of the world’s biggest biplane, the An-2. The Ukrainian company says the updated model, called An-2-100, will offer enhanced performance thanks to its new Motor Sich MS-14 turboprop, replacing the Shvetsov ASh-62IR engine that dates back to the Second World War.
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The Chinese government likes to make neat plans. One of the neatest is the policy of the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) that the country should have three major state airlines, based widely apart, and that each should turn its home airport into its single major hub.
US Airways’ planned merger with AMR Corp. has, as expected, been approved by the company’s shareholders. The vote, cast Friday after the company’s annual general meeting in New York, returned a more than 99% approval of the deal, which must still be approved by AMR’s bankruptcy court and U.S. regulators. The two airlines expect the merger to be finalized in the third quarter.
Efforts to reshape and morph the avionics and air traffic management portfolios of Thales Aviation Solutions could put the U.S. arm of the French company in a better position to win work on upcoming FAA and Boeing platforms. The evolution is part of a broader company review launched by Thales Chairman and Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy after he stepped into the top position in December. Levy asked executives to come up with ways to increase growth and profitability, in part by creating value for customers.
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The power of carbon fiber is bringing engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce back to composites more than four decades after it learned one of the harshest lessons in aerospace about the risks in being first with a new technology.
While NTSB investigators look closely into the actions of the flight crew for potential causes behind the July 6 Asiana Airlines Boeing 777-200ER accident, safety experts working on the other side of the cockpit door are already learning valuable new design lessons for crash survivability.
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 was severely damaged by fire at London Heathrow Airport on Friday, although the fire does not appear to be connected with the lithium-ion battery problems which grounded all 787s earlier this year. The fire, understood to have broken out shortly before 5 p.m., occurred while the aircraft was parked on a remote stand in the western part of the airport prior to the scheduled 9 p.m. departure of the airline’s flight ET701 to Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.
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The acting deputy commissioner of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) service stood fast on the Obama administration’s position to establish a preclearance facility at Abu Dhabi International Airport during a July 10 congressional hearing on the issue.
An NTSB “go-team” from the agency's Washington headquarters is conducting an on-site investigation of the July 7 crash of a turbine-powered de Havilland Otter that claimed 10 lives during a failed takeoff from Soldotna Airport in Alaska. The charter flight, operated by Rediske Air Inc., of nearby Nikiski, was bound for a lodge across the Cook Inlet when the accident occurred. Soldotna is on the Kenai Peninsula, about 80 mi. southwest of Anchorage.
The FAA has finalized its new first officer qualification rules, opting to give more credit to some flying—including military experience—compared to the draft version of the rule, while staying within the parameters of its congressional mandate.
Eurocontrol says Europe faces a “significant” airport capacity crunch in the next 20 years, despite slower air traffic growth, and identifies the lack of capacity as one of the five principal challenges for European aviation through to 2035.
