Air France says it will become the first European carrier to put the Airbus A380 into service in April 2007 on transatlantic services to New York and Montreal. It will take four aircraft out of its order for 10 in the second quarter of 2007 and will subsequently fly the ultra-large airliner to Tokyo and Beijing in 2008. Singapore Airlines is scheduled to become the first carrier to put the aircraft into service in April 2006 on its Singapore to London Heathrow route.
Source: Airline Business
GE Aerospace in 2025 plans to use two of the world’s fastest computers, both at US-government-funded research facilities, to study how its open-fan engine concept will integrate with an aircraft’s wings and other structures.
Developing novel propulsion technologies has proven more challenging than expected, leaving Embraer’s chief engineer now predicting his team would need until 2040 to bring a hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered aircraft to market.
German turboprop manufacturer Deutsche Aircraft is justifying an ambitious outlook for its D328eco, arguing that there are fewer rival manufacturers pursuing the primary markets. Deutsche Aircraft, in its latest full-year financial statement, says its planning for the D328eco “assumes” sales of 1,000 aircraft, based on various market studies – a ...
