Nineteen years after the Rolls-Royce Trent turbofan went into service, the engine manufacturer reported the Trent 700 variant is at its highest-ever production rate of 185 a year.
Lufthansa remains committed to its 261 aircraft orders, valued at €31 billion ($42.4 billion), even though in June the German flag carrier reduced its earnings forecast for the year.
Channel Islands-based regional carrier Aurigny Air Services has taken delivery of an Embraer E-195, which will be used to add capacity on the carrier’s Guernsey-London Gatwick route.
Boeing has confirmed delivery of the first 787-9 to Air New Zealand, the launch customer for the larger version of the Dreamliner that received FAA and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification last month.
Lufthansa has taken delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8I as the US manufacturer delivered its 1,500th 747—its first widebody aircraft in history to reach the milestone—on Saturday at Paine Field in Everett, Washington state.
Air Astana CEO Peter Foster is in talks to defer the carrier’s Boeing 787 order, but is planning to commit to Embraer E2s at the Farnborough Airshow ahead of finalizing a lease for around 11 Airbus A321neos this fall.
Air Astana CEO Peter Foster claims Boeing’s plans to launch a revamped 757 in the mid-2020s are advancing and has said he is “hugely interested” in the project.
Mitsubishi Aircraft has mounted the Pratt & Whitney PW1200G geared turbofan (GTF) engine onto the first MRJ flight test aircraft in preparation for first flight in early 2015.
GE Aviation will collaborate on a $36 million project to create a research and testing center to advance the technology of gas turbine engines used for jet aircraft, power generation plants, and the oil and gas industry.
Boeing has rejected the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) conclusion that the 777-200ER’s automated systems contributed to the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 accident.
A passenger on board a Pakistan International Airlines’ Airbus A310 was killed and others were wounded when the aircraft was hit by gunfire as it landed at Peshawar Airport in the early hours of Wednesday.
Nobody wants a surprise during an aircraft flight test program, but if it happens, that’s the right place for it to happen and much can be done to mitigate the impact.
After years of missteps, false promises and multiple delays on the 787-8 and A380 programs, Boeing and Airbus are cruising into the Farnborough Airshow able to boast about smooth, successful flight test programs for the 787-9 and A350-900, respectively.
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic has firmed up one of its five Boeing 787-9 options and will decide this year whether to cancel or further defer its Airbus A380 order.
