Announcing the agreement for the conversions at the Paris Air Show, UPS President Brendan Canavan said: “We are expanding our uplift to meet our customers’ needs.”
Aircraft lessor AerCap has placed a firm order for 30 Boeing 787-9s, valued at U.S.$8.1 billion at list prices. Delivery dates have not been disclosed.
With ongoing North Korean missile tests and tension in Eastern Europe, the first successful test of the U.S. missile defense shield against an ICBM could not have come at a better time for missile maker Raytheon.
Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker ruled out aircraft cancellations after four Middle Eastern countries blocked the airline from using their airspace, but the airline will start redeploying capacity to new destinations.
Textron Aviation Delivers 2,000th CJ; EasyJet Takes First Airbus A320neo; Philippines to Buy 12 Combat Jets, FA-50s Likely; German Heron TP Deal Clears Court; Poland Declares Need for Fifth-Generation Fighters; Elbit to Develop Panoramic Cockpit Displays for F-35.
Aero Vodochody of the Czech Republic has begun producing a new batch of L-159 ALCA/advanced light combat aircraft for the Czech Air Force, a move the company hopes will pave the way for additional export orders.
The world’s airlines will need 255,000 new airline pilots over the next 10 years, according to Canadian company CAE, which bills itself as the industry’s leading training organization for commercial aviation with a market share of about 25%.
While detailed design of the projected New Midsize Airplane is still years away, Boeing has confirmed for the first time that the concept will be based around a composite fuselage.
Boeing will officially launch the 737-10 on the first day of the Paris Air Show, marking the go-ahead of the fourth major member and fifth derivative of the MAX family.
Pratt & Whitney President Bob Leduc is bullish about the engine maker’s future and says the company and its Canada sister unit are on track for the busiest growth period since the 1960s.
Russian Helicopters has not brought any of its rotorcraft to Le Bourget this year. But a few weeks before the Paris Air Show, the Russian manufacturer reported the first horizontal flight of its newest Kamov Ka-62 medium twin.
Even as Saab celebrates the first flight of its JAS 39 Gripen E-series aircraft, the bulk of its near-term international sales opportunities center around the in-production C/D model.
Taqnia, the Saudi company partnered with Antonov to develop the An-132D airlifter, plans to begin building the aircraft in-country from 2020. The aircraft’s first flight took place from Antonov’s Gostomel facility near Kiev on March 31.
Slow ATR 42/72 turboprop sales last year are the result of combining adverse market forces that put the airframer in a position its executives could have thought a thing of the past – competing against jets.
Sukhoi Superjet 100 celebrates its 10th anniversary since rollout this year, but the Russian manufacturer already is already planning a new generation of this regional jet.
The secretary of the U.S. Air Force has stressed that the OA-X light attack initiative “is not a procurement, it's an experiment” as participants such as Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) and Textron wish for a return on investment.
Imagine the calm in the center of a whirlwind. There sits David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation and vice-chair of GE, as future technologies, new materials and the developing world of digital flash by at blurring speed.
Six years ago, Gaël Méheust landed the second launch order for CFM International’s Leap engine, with an order to power 30 Airbus A320 neo aircraft for Scandinavian airline SAS.
