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By Jens Flottau, Guy Norris, Bradley Perrett, Maxim Pyadushkin
Among commercial aircraft, the Boeing 737 MAX drama is drawing a lot of attention. But other programs are nearing important milestones or launch decisions as well.
DERBY, England—Rolls-Royce has completed another key sub-assembly test for its future UltraFan engine family and, half way through a year of critical demonstrations, said so far there are no show-stoppers to assembling the first complete engine in 2020.
An EU-backed project, which aims to produce jet fuel from concentrated sunlight, water and CO2, has synthesized its first ‘solar kerosene’ under real field conditions, validating its technology and paving the way for higher-scale production.
The chairman of Rome’s S.S. Lazio football club, Claudio Lotito, has become the latest possible investor to express interest in Italian flag carrier Alitalia, which has been under special administration since May 2017.
A software design error that misinterprets GPS time updates is the root cause of Collins Aerospace GPS and multi-mode receiver malfunctions, the manufacturer has advised aircraft operators.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) plans to debut its first Airbus A350 between Copenhagen and Chicago on Jan. 28, 2020, and will roll out the new aircraft type on seven routes throughout the year.
Southwest Airlines, citing uncertainty around when the Boeing 737 MAX will be cleared to resume revenue flying, has pulled its 34 737 MAX 8s from its schedule through Sept 2.
Iceland’s airport and air navigation services operator Isavia is re-opening Keflavik airport for the limited use of crosswind flight testing of new aircraft.
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group is in the process of reducing its shares in LCC Guangxi Beibu Gulf Airlines (GX Airlines) as part of the airline’s restructuring plans.
Indian stock exchanges have announced they will restrict trading of Jet Airways shares, in another sign that the prospects of resurrecting the grounded airline are increasingly bleak.
On the eve of this year’s Paris Air Show, Boeing Commercial Airplanes senior leadership is downplaying the likelihood of major orders or product announcements while the company remains laser-focused on ungrounding the 737 MAX.
Air Côte d’Ivoire’s business plan for the next 10 years maintains the current strategy but with an increased emphasis on long-haul, according to CEO, René Décurey.
As part of a major shake-up of its regional jet strategy, Mitsubishi Aircraft has rebranded the former MRJ90 as the SpaceJet M90 and has announced details of the stretched MRJ70 redesign which will now be called the M100.
American Airlines’ recent removal of the Boeing 737 MAX from its schedules for two more weeks was made to ease the carrier’s pilot and cabin-crew bidding process, rather than due to signs of continued delay in getting the grounded fleet cleared to fly, CEO Doug Parker said.
Revelations of a second whistleblower allegation of management retaliation during Steve Dickson’s tenure as Delta Air Lines SVP-flight operations are further complicating his once-clear path to head the FAA.
