ATR announced decision to focus on further boosting competitiveness of its current products and will stop development of the PW127XT-L-powered ATR 42-600S STOL variant. It has identified several product improvements (TBA).
CAE had C$52.5m net income on C$1.14b revenues for second quarter ended Sept 30 vs C$58.4m on C$1.05b a year ago. Civil Aviation earned C$94.7m on C$641m vs C$88.4m on C$573m; it delivered 18 full-flight simulators vs 11.
ATR is ceasing work on the STOL version of the ATR 42-600 to focus on upgrades for the turboprop aimed at lowering operating costs for its airline customers.
The aircraft is designed for use in urban and intercity transportation, for business travel, sightseeing, medical services and logistics transportation.
The World Defense Show (WDS) 2026, to be held in Riyadh, from 8-12 February, has secured the record participation of more than 100 defence sector companies from China.
ELECTRA.AERO, VA has NASA contract, under AACES 2050 initiative, to develop key technologies and aircraft concepts for next-gen, environmentally sustainable commercial airliners for potential EIS in mid-century.
BOEING delivered 14 aircraft (nine 737 MAXs; 767; four 787s) in October vs 34 (737-800A; 18 737 MAXs; six 767s; three 777Fs; six 787s) in Oct 2023; it has now delivered 305 aircraft in 2024 vs 405 in January-Oct 2023. It also booked orders from two unidentified customers for six 737 MAXs and seven 777Fs, increasing its running total for 2024 to 378 vs 971.
BOEING (2024 WACF) forecasts delivery of 2,845 freighters (1,005 new/1,840 converted) over next 20 years to satisfy 4.1% annual traffic growth (CAGR), increasing global fleet from 2,340 aircraft in 2023 to 3,900 by 2043 (SPNWS; July 26).
