All Aerospace articles – Page 7
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InterviewHow Stephanie Goetz is making headlines after switching the news desk for business jet cockpit
The thrill of flying led Stephanie Goetz to leave a successful career in broadcasting. She now pilots Global-series business jets, while also championing breast cancer awareness using a unique L-39.
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NewsBoeing to begin furloughing staff in ‘coming days’ due to machinists’ strike
Boeing will soon begin furloughing employees and cutting executives’ salaries to save cash during a costly and ongoing strike by 33,000 members of its machinists union.
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NewsFernandes calls on engine makers to focus more on quality
The chief executive of AirAsia parent Capital A feels that engine makers need to focus more on product quality.
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NewsVertical calls for ‘timely receipt’ of $25m to extend ‘cash runway’ into second half of 2025
Vertical Aerospace needs to secure a minimum of $25 million – a sum still outstanding from founder Stephen Fitzpatrick – to ensure that it continues as a going concern into the second half of next year, the company has disclosed.
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NewsOHS to add new AW139s from 2026 after SAR contract renewal
Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHS) will introduce a pair of new Leonardo Helicopters AW139s providing search and rescue (SAR) services for the oil and gas industry following the renewal of a long-term contract.
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AnalysisHow Nordic nations are tackling aviation sustainability challenges
The transport ministers of Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland have agreed to collaborate on initiatives to speed their introduction of low- and no-emissions flight technologies.
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NewsBoeing halts supplier shipments and hiring as strike continues
Boeing will ask suppliers to stop shipping most parts to its Pacific Northwest aircraft assembly sites and is considering furloughing employees as part of a broader plan to save cash amid an ongoing machinists’ strike.
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NewsAirbus defends decision to withdraw from UK NMH and says Pumas could fly until 2035
Airbus Helicopters has defended its decision to pull out of the UK’s New Medium Helicopter contest without submitting a bid, with one executive hitting out at the size of the budget and a perceived failure on social value commitments.
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NewsBoeing to pay Embraer $150 million to settle dispute over failed acquisition
Boeing has agreed to pay Embraer $150 million to settle a dispute arising from the US company’s 2020 decision to back out of a deal to acquire majority ownership of Embraer’s commercial aircraft business.
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NewsBoeing still evaluating thrust-link problem’s affect on 777-9 timeline
Boeing is working to determine the degree to which a problem involving 777-9 thrust-links could impact that type’s service-entry timeline.
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NewsBoeing grapples with financial and operational setbacks posed by machinists strike
The machinists strike now roiling Boeing threatens the company’s financial recovery and its ability to hike 737 production to 38 monthly by year-end.
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NewsUnion strike to hit production of key Boeing programmes as machinists resoundingly reject pay offer
Boeing’s union in the Puget Sound area will go on strike after union members overwhelmingly rejected the terms of a new four-year employment contract.
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AnalysisNew Zealand aviation’s two-speed climate of change
New Zealand’s airports have long been decarbonising and partnering with airlines, energy, and aerospace companies in readiness for low- or no-emission aircraft.
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NewsHeart unveils the HX-1, its first full-scale flight-test demonstrator
Sweden’s Heart Aerospace has unveiled its first full-scale flying demonstrator – the Heart Experimental 1 (HX-1) – a stepping-stone on the way to developing its hybrid-electric ES-30, an aircraft only announced two years ago.
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NewsVertical completes tethered flight tests with latest VX4 prototype
Vertical Aerospace‘s latest VX4 prototype has finished the first phase of its piloted flight-test programme, including a series of 20 tethered sorties.
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NewsAirbus targets 25% efficiency gain from next narrowbody with help from CFM’s RISE
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has made clear he expects the European airframer’s next narrowbody jet will be 25% more efficient than today’s models – and he is banking on CFM International’s in-development open-rotor engine to get there.
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NewsJoby initiates air operator’s certificate application in UAE
US air taxi developer Joby Aviation continues pursuing early operations of its yet-to-be-certificated electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the desert metropolises of the Middle East.
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NewsAirbus faces tough task to hit 2024 delivery target amid lingering parts shortages
Ongoing shortages of engines, cabin components and other parts have left Airbus challenged to hit its 2024 delivery goal, meaning the company needs to quickly ramp output to hit the target.
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NewsBoeing 737 deliveries to China reach highest monthly rate since 2019
Boeing in August delivered its highest monthly total of 737 Max jets to China since the Covid-19 pandemic overturned the airline industry.
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NewsAirbus sees no RISE surprises after early testing, as study highlights installation challenges
Airbus has hailed the success of an initial round of windtunnel testing using a scaled version of CFM International’s RISE open-rotor engine mounted to a section of wing as part of early aircraft integration studies.