Harbin Hafei Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has begun delivering elevators for the A350 XWB program.
Norwegian Air Shuttle has delayed the commercial debut of its second Boeing 787 by four days due to problems with warnings from its brake system. A Norwegian spokesman told ATW that the aircraft was due to enter service Sept. 2, operating flights from Stockholm to New York and Bangkok.
When the Boeing 737-100 first flew in 1967, the single-aisle, short-haul twinjet was equipped with only basic avionics. No so-called “glass cockpits” were available at the time. And 737 customers would likely not have bought them if they were. Times have changed.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has adopted Transport Canada’s airworthiness directive (AD), mandating all airlines with aircraft that carry particular types of Honeywell Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELT) to check the units’ wiring.
“Improperly configured” engine fire extinguisher bottles discovered last week on several All Nippon Airways (ANA) Boeing 787s were traced to the part’s producer, Kidde Aerospace, a United Technologies Corp. (UTC) subsidiary.
Rockwell Collins has struck a deal to acquire communications specialist ARINC from Carlyle Group for $1.39 billion, strengthening its avionics, cabin systems and communications activities.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has granted Airbus initial certification for its Runway Overrun Prevention System (ROPS) technology for its A320ceo family aircraft.
Boeing confirmed to ATW it is asking specific operators of 717, Next-Generation 737, 747-400, 767 and 777s to inspect aircraft with the Honeywell fixed emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) following the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines Dreamliner fire at London Heathrow Airport.
The Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 that made a hard landing July 22 at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) landed on its nose gear first, according to the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
FAA has issued an airworthiness directive (AD) requiring Boeing 787-8 operators to remove or inspect Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT), citing the July 12 Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Southwest Airlines said Tuesday that the Boeing 737-700 that suffered a nose gear collapse on landing at New York LaGuardia yesterday entered service in October 1999 and was last inspected July 18, just four days before the incident.
FAA plans to make mandatory inspections of Honeywell emergency locator transmitters (ELT) on Boeing 787s, but has not said it will require the devices to be made inert or removed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle and Thomson Airways have removed the emergency locator transmitters (ELTs) from their Boeing 787s pending the outcome of an investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
European Boeing 787 operators will be instructed to remove their emergency locator transmitters (ELT) following concerns raised by an investigation into a 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport.
Honeywell has joined the investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 fire at London Heathrow Airport as the focus shifts to components including the emergency locator transmitter (ELT).
Singapore Airlines has launched nearly $150 million in new cabin products on an initial eight Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on select flights between Singapore and London.
GE Aviation has selected Asheville, NC as site for its new advanced composite component factory, president and CEO David Joyce announced at the Paris Air Show.
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will operate five non-scheduled Boeing 787 flights at the end of May, marking a return to service by the Dreamliner launch customer since the aircraft was grounded in January.
On the heels of LATAM Airlines Group’s first-quarter results, Chile-based LAN Airlines announced it completed a test flight of its Boeing 787 after installing battery modifications, paving the way for the grounded aircraft to resume operations “in the coming days.”
Air India’s first of six grounded aircraft will resume commercial flights Wednesday on domestic routes and May 22 on international routes, India’s minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh said Tuesday.
