Aerospace

The COVID-19 outbreak and the disruption it is causing to international travel could hit industry-wide orders for long-haul aircraft, Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury told a Mar. 4 hearing of the French senate’s economic affairs committee.

MAC AERO INTERIORS has moved production out of UK to Tallinn, Estonia.

AIRBUS rolled out from paint shop the first US-assembled A220-300 (55069) for delivery to DELTA, its first A220-300.

PIETRO ROSA TBM, Italy has 10-year MTU Aero Engines contract to supply precision forged airfoils for PW1100G-JMs and PW1400G-JMs for A320neo Family

German startup Fraundorfer Aeronautics is flight testing a technology demonstrator for its Tensor 600X compound gyrocopter, a two-seat personal air

Startup Joby Aviation will be the only electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing developer to provide a vehicle for flight testing in NASA’s urban air mobility Grand Challenge development testing event this year.

Gulf Air and All Food Company, a Bahraini food supplier, has imported approximately 4,000 kg worth of fresh produce from Europe using Gulf Air’s flagship Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Due to the escalation of COVID-19 globally, Reed Exhibitions today announced that the next edition of Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) and the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC) will now take place from 12-15 April 2021.

The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) revealed that it is making successful moves towards ensuring safe and reliable air transport in the country.

IATA is estimating that Corona virus, now known as CORVID-19, could narrow Africa’s capacity growth by 0.4% and cost the region’s airline around $40 million in 2020.

“Aerospace is a great enabler for Africa,” said Mikail Houari, President Airbus Africa & Middle East as he shared leading criteria Airbus believes will drive tremendous opportunity across Africa.

Delivering a keynote at this year’s 5th Aviation Africa summit, Abderahmane Berthé, Secretary General AFRAA, stated that while Africa accounts for 16% of the world population, it only accounts for a small proportion of air traffic – just 3% of the global market. By Chloe Wilson.

African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) secretary general Tefera Mekonnen Tefera has told Aviation Africa delegates that the body has secured $6.7 million in funding to boost the roll-out of intra-African air transport liberalisation. By Victoria Moores.

The fifth edition of Aviation Africa was officially opened this morning in Addis Ababa by Tewolde GebreMariam, CEO of Ethiopian Airlines – the host airline.

Air BP will be highlighting innovative carbon reduction solutions and aviation sustainability at the Aviation Africa 2020 summit, which starts today in Addis Ababa (4th-5th March).

Following the exit of Bombardier, Airbus is digging deeper into what it can do to make the A220 profitable fast.

With thousands of satellites expected to launch in the next 10 years, the U.S. is trying to prevent orbital mayhem.

Dozens of tech demos and satellites for new networks have been launched into orbit, with hundreds more to come.

An old friend is about to crash the party in A&D manufacturing and MRO: Howmet Aerospace. But it might not be so friendly this time.

The public comment period for the FAA’s Remote Identification of Unmanned Aircraft Systems draft regulation closed just before midnight on March 2, with 51,006 comments counted.

Finnish procurement officials say they expect all five contenders in the country’s HX Fighter competition to remain in the race until the end.

AIRBUS rolled out from paint shop the first US-assembled A220-300 (55069) for delivery to DELTA, its first A220-300.

PIETRO ROSA TBM, Italy has 10-year MTU Aero Engines contract to supply precision forged airfoils for PW1100G-JMs and PW1400G-JMs for A320neo Family

PIPER has installed a high-pressure Flexform press from QUINTUS TECHNOLOGIES for manufacturing sheet metal parts.

CT acquired AST ENGINEERING, Germany (systems/software engineering).