Aerospace

The Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Safety Operations and Innovation will hold a hearing on FAA Reauthorization: Integrating New Entrants into the National Airspace System at 2:15 p.m. Sept. 28.

RTC AEROSPACE, WA was added by Boeing to its Premier Bidder Program, which now totals about 140 suppliers.

BOOM SUPERSONIC agreed to purchase 5m gallons of AIR COMPANY’s AIRMADE SAF on an annual basis during its Overture flight test program.

JETBLUE signed MOU to purchase 25m gallons of AIR COMPANY’s AIRMADE SAF (made from captured CO2) over five years starting in 2027.

SINOPEC received CAAC approval to produce SAF in China; it then shipped its first batch from Zhenhai to Airbus' Tianjin plant in late September.

BOEING was fined $200m by SEC for misleading investors on 737 MAX safety issues; Dennis Muilenburg is to pay $1m.

AAR had $22.7m net income on $446m sales in first quarter ended August 31 vs $11.5m on $455m a year ago.

Airbus management is looking to increase A321neo production and weighing up the potential for a stretched A220-500.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

Nobody wanted a twin-aisle. Now there may not be enough of them. Listen in to find out why.

CAAC and BOEING held special meeting to review pilot training for 737 MAX in order to get aircraft back into operation.

NYCO qualified its aerospace lubricants for all Embraer commercial jets.

ETHIOPIAN SKY TECHNOLOGIES was formed by Ethiopian Airlines and Geven-SkyTecno to manufacture MAX insulation blankets in Addis Ababa.

Chris Hedien to Vice President-Supply Chain & Operations of Jet Parts Engineering, Seattle; Konan Kile to Inside Sales Manager.

DE HAVILLAND CANADA selected Wheatland County (near Calgary), Alberta as site for its new DHC-515, DHC-6 Twin Otter and Dash 8-400 aircraft assembly

WILLIS LEASE reached agreement with Air India for purchase/leaseback of 34 CFM56-5Bs (on 13 A321s and four A320s), to be covered by its ConstantThrust

MSB (Sogeclair), Montreal was selected by Heart Aerospace to design and develop some 60 key structural components for the cabin, flight deck and cargo

Aspiring advanced air mobility (AAM) vehicle developers gathered for an event near the U.S. Capitol described their progress toward entering commercial service on a day that saw the AAM ranks thinned by one company.

Axiom Space plans to train and fly two Saudi astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station as early as next year.

India’s budget carrier SpiceJet has announced a 20% salary hike for pilots from October.

Several senior officials and representatives from Sharjah Airport Authority celebrated the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s 92nd National Day.

Abu Dhabi Air Expo 2022, to be held November 1 to 3, 2022, at Al Bateen Executive Airport, is proud to welcome the Women in Aviation Middle East Chapter.

After the loss of Soyuz, Amazon helps buttress Arianespace’s manifest.

The U.S. Air Force AFWerX Agility Prime initiative has added Mayman Aerospace to the list of companies receiving support to develop new-generation vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

AIRBUS completed first flight of the first A350-900 for STARLUX AIRLINES, Taiwan, which has 17 on order.