Bombardier's first CSeries airliner landed around 12:20 p.m. Montreal local time after capping a successful first flight with a slow flyby over Mirabel Airport runway.
A surge in orders for commercial E-Jets is fueling a rebound in Embraer's backlog after a painful downturn, but the top executive at the Brazilian aircraft builder says there are no plans to raise production levels anytime soon.
Harbin Hafei Composite Manufacturing Centre (HMC), a joint venture between Airbus and its Chinese partners, has begun delivering elevators for the A350 XWB program.
Chengdu Airlines and the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (COMAC) have signed a cooperation framework agreement for the 150-seat trunk liner C919 aircraft.
Bombardier's first CSeries airliner took off for up to a 2.5 hour first flight from Montreal-Mirabel airport just before 10:00 a.m. local time Monday, Sept. 16.
Phoenix-based Mesa Air Group has reached a new agreement with United Airlines that extends the term for 20 Bombardier CRJ700s to 2019 and adds 30 United-owned Embraer E-175s over the next two years.
Air France-KLM leisure carrier Transavia France has struck a seasonal lease deal with Canada’s Air Transat, covering the use of up to nine Boeing 737-800s by 2019.
Finnair has entered into a 12-year agreement with Japanese aircraft leasing company NBB for the sale and leaseback of two new Airbus A321 sharklet-equipped aircraft.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has awarded Rolls-Royce certification for its higher efficiency and thrust Package C variant of the Trent 1000 engine, which will power the stretched -9 version of the Boeing 787.
Air Namibia will lease two new Airbus A330-200s from US lessor Intrepid Aviation, replacing two Airbus A340s, which are due to leave its fleet in October.
Independent holiday charter Small Planet Airlines has signed lease agreements with Aircastle and CIT Aerospace to lease three A320-220s as it continues its fleet renewal program.
Bombardier Aerospace has been conducting high-speed taxi testing with its new CSeries aircraft in preparation for an anticipated first flight in the next few days.
Hard on the heels of its memorandum of understanding (MOU) to help modernize China’s air traffic management (ATM) system, Airbus has signed another MOU to extend its cooperation in aviation safety with the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for a further five years.
Lithuanian start-up Air Lituanica has taken delivery of an Embraer E-175 from Embraer subsidiary ECC Leasing, marking the second addition to its fledgling fleet.
CFM International has started ground testing on its LEAP-1A engine designated to power the Airbus A320neo. The LEAP-1A is the first of CFM’s LEAP family of engines to begin a test program.
