Speculation that Finmeccanica might pull out of the joint venture with Superjet Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Company have not dented the enthusiasm of Superjet International's CEO.
AFI KLM E&M will be able to further expand its international footprint with new facilities and joint ventures despite the Perform 2020 restructuring program, its executives said.
Captains Mark Elliott and Estaban Arias flew the new 108-pax Bombardier CS100 regional jet in Swiss Airlines livery from Montreal-Mirabel to Paris last Friday so that it could be displayed at this week’s Paris Air Show.
Alan Jones, CEO and president of Aviage Systems, believes that joint ventures, such as that of the three-year-old collaboration between GE and Aviation Industry Corporation of China, are key to earning credibility in the international market.
Dassault Aviation’s versatile large cabin twin will be Beijing Red Cross Emergency Medical Center’s first fixed wing aircraft dedicated to medevac services.
Fresh off completing a merger with military electronics provider Exelis, Harris CEO Bill Brown is rolling up his sleeves to integrate what he calls two complementary companies.
Airbus and Boeing need to increase output of narrowbody jets to burn off massive backlogs, but lofty production rates the two airframers are talking about probably cannot be sustained over the long run, says the CEO of U.K.-based aerostructures suppliers GKN Aerospace.
Boeing has decided to drop the hybrid laminar flow control drag reduction system from the 777X and may even review its future use on the stretched 787 derivatives.