Ethiopian Airlines aims to decide on a 100-seat aircraft order before the end of 2016 and is still considering the Boeing 777X in preparation for a possible order in 2017.
Airbus reported firm orders* for a total of 19 commercial aircraft in October, valued at approximately $2 billion at list prices, from three undisclosed customers.
Air Astana has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320neo, becoming the first airline in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to operate the type.
The Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) received an order from China Aerospace Leasing for 20 firm and 20 options of ARJ21-700 aircraft at the Zhuhai Air Show Nov. 1.
Evidence of fatigue cracking has been discovered in the fractured high-pressure turbine disk from the GE Aviation CF6 engine that suffered an uncontained failure on an American Airlines Boeing 767-300 a week ago.
From design tools to flexible electronics, advances that proliferate sensing and communications throughout aircraft, engines and the factories where they are made will result in profound design and engineering changes.
UK engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce is to increase its presence in California with a $30 million investment in a new 62,000 sq. ft. facility for research and development of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials and processes for future engine components.
International Airlines Group (IAG) is to introduce high-speed Wi-Fi across its constituent carriers’ short-haul fleets, as it becomes the launch customer for Inmarsat’s next-generation connectivity system.
Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) is expected to launch a joint venture with Russia to design and develop widebody aircraft at the end of this year.
Air China, Shenzhen Airlines and Shanghai-based Bank of Communications Financial Leasing Co. (BoComm) have selected IAE International Aero Engines’ V2500 engine to power 41 firm ordered Airbus A320 family aircraft.
Teams of investigators, working under the auspices of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB), have refined several analyses and conducted additional research in an effort to reconstruct the final minutes of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 and to refine the search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
Boeing and Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have agreed to expand the research objectives of their joint technology center in Beijing to support long-term sustainable growth for the aviation industry, the companies announced Nov. 1 at the Zhuhai Airshow.
