All Aerospace articles – Page 144
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NewsBristow plans to muscle in on windfarm market
Helicopter specialist Bristow Group says a move into the offshore windfarm support market is a “strategic priority” for the firm as the energy sector increasingly transitions away from oil and gas to renewable power.
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NewsEmbraer delivers 71 jets in fourth quarter
Embraer delivered 71 jets in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing the number of aircraft it delivered in the full year to 130, as the Brazilian airframer continued feeling the effect of the coronavirus.
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NewsBell closes on 525 certification as it sets mid-2021 deadline for FAA submission
Bell could finally gain certification for the 525 Relentless this year, ending a 10-year development effort for the super-medium-twin helicopter.
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NewsPandemic could speed up sustainable ‘reset’ of aviation: webinar
Disruptive alternative propulsion will not come to aviation in leaps and bounds, but will require time, significant investment and partnerships between major manufacturers and small, nimble start-ups
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NewsBombardier to cut 1,600 jobs and reduce manufacturing footprint in bid to slash costs
Bombardier in 2021 will eliminate 1,600 jobs, concentrate aircraft completions work in Montreal and divest real estate as part of a plan to eliminate hundreds of millions in annual costs and recapture profitability.
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NewsBombardier to cease Learjet production at year-end
By the end of 2021 Bombardier will stop producing Learjets, a brand launched in the early 1960s by Bill Lear that quickly became synonymous with luxury travel for stars and business moguls.
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NewsAnalysts urge Boeing: launch a mid-market jet
Aerospace analysts are increasingly in agreement that Boeing must build a new narrowbody jet – lest it lose a huge chunk of valuable market share to competitor Airbus.
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NewsAir travel could fully recover by late 2022: analyst
A leading aerospace analyst is predicting that airline passenger traffic will return to 2019 levels by the end of 2022 – one to two years sooner than predicted by others.
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NewsArcher to go public as United partners with view to 200-strong eVTOL order
Palo Alto-based air taxi developer Archer has secured a $1 billion aircraft commitment from United Airlines and unveiled a plan to become a publicly traded company worth $3.8 billion.
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NewsIHI’s 9-month results portray weak engine market
Japanese firm IHI continues to see weakness in its civil aircraft engines business, and warns that a full recovery is some years away.
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NewsWhy Boeing needs to work quickly on NMA decision
Boeing needs to begin work on a design for a planned new mid-market aircraft (NMA) if it is to remain competitive against Airbus, says an aviation analyst at the annual Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance conference, being held virtually this year.
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NewsBoeing’s backlog slips by 39 jets in January
Boeing’s backlog of commercial aircraft declined by 39 aircraft in January, though the company did receive new orders during the month for four 747-8 Freighters.
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NewsTextron unveils cabin-updated CJ4 variant
Textron Aviation has updated the Cessna CJ4’s cabin to create a new variant of the light-twin business jet called the CJ4 Gen2
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NewsMalaysia can do more to help its aviation industry: Panel
While the Malaysian government has gone some way in helping its airline industry tide through the coronavirus crisis, more can done to give the ailing sector a fillip — especially because recovery is hard to predict.
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NewsHAL details progress on new 13t helicopter for India
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) believes the new heavy-class multi-role helicopter it is developing for the Indian military can be “benchmarked” against the best products on the global market.
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NewsKLM carries out first flight part-powered with sustainable synthetic fuel
KLM last month carried out a commercial passenger flight partly flown from sustainably produced synthetic kerosene, in the latest push by the Dutch sector develop alternative fuels for aviation.
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AnalysisBoeing turns page on troubled 2020 but strategy ill defined
Some analysts view Boeing’s fourth quarter 2020 results as a case of a company clearing the decks – dumping a barrel of bad news at the end of a terrible year so as to focus on rebuilding in 2021.
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NewsRolls-Royce proposes two-week civil aerospace shutdown
Rolls-Royce could shut down its civil aerospace business for two weeks during the summer in a bid to manage costs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsBoeing and Safran freeze APU joint venture as Initium fails to start
Boeing and Safran have frozen their Initium Aerospace auxiliary power unit (APU) joint venture, citing the dire state of the commercial aircraft market.
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NewsAirbus delivers 21 aircraft in quiet January
Airbus’s activity for the first month of 2021 centred on deliveries, with 21 aircraft handed over during January. The airframer did not record any orders – or cancellations – over the course of the month. Its two long-haul aircraft deliveries comprised an A350-900 for Turkish Airlines and an A330-800 for ...