All Aircraft programmes articles
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NewsDeutsche Aircraft reinforces Honeywell ties with D328eco radio selection
Deutsche Aircraft has selected Honeywell to supply the high-frequency radio system for the under-development D328eco turboprop. The D328eco – a stretched and modernised version of the Dornier 328 – will be fitted with the Primus HF-1050 model. Honeywell previously provided avionics equipment for the 328. The supplier says the HF-1050 ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft modernisation plan for Tu-214 envisions two-person cockpit
Russia’s United Aircraft is intending to use a newly-restored Tupolev Tu-214 to advance efforts to develop a two-person cockpit for the type. The aerospace firm disclosed the plan as the testbed commenced a flight programme to check Russian-built components developed to modernise the twinjet. United Aircraft says the Tu-214 – ...
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NewsAltiSky to build VoltAero’s Cassio aircraft in USA
VoltAero has signed up Tennessee-based AltiSky to assemble its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft for the North American market.
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NewsDeutsche Aircraft chief positive on D328eco prospects as prototype takes shape
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 ...
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NewsMaeve recruits MHIRJ for M80 development work
MHI RJ Aviation Group is to collaborate on the development of Maeve Aerospace’s M80 – a hybrid-electric 80-seater that could enter service by 2032.
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NewsATR abandons STOL variant
ATR has ended its effort to develop a short take-off and landing (STOL) variant of the ATR 42-600 after failing to secure as many orders as it had hoped.
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NewsEFW’s Airbus freighter conversions reach triple figures
Modification venture EFW has reached triple figures with Airbus passenger-to-freighter conversions, with the delivery of an A330-300. The A330 underwent conversion at one of EFW’s partner facilities in China. It brings overall EFW deliveries of Airbus P2F airframes to 100. Forty-nine of these conversions have been A330s, with a further ...
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NewsComac formally rebrands ARJ21 as C909
Comac has also officially renamed its ARJ21 regional jet programme to the C909, in line with the naming convention of its other two programmes the C919 and C929.
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NewsEASA approves E190 converted freighter
Embraer has received European certification for the converted freighter variant of its E190 regional jet.
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NewsLeonardo eyes carve-out of loss-making aerostructures unit
Leonardo is considering a carve-out of its underperforming aerostructures business in collaboration with industrial or financial partners to address worsening performance on the back of continued difficulties with the Boeing 787.
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NewsBritten-Norman has new owner alongside fresh investment
UK aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has gained new owners alongside fresh investment in the business, analysis of company records reveals.
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NewsMitsubishi Heavy ‘monitoring’ impact from Boeing strikes
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is “monitoring” the impact from the now-concluded strike by Boeing machinists, as it maintains its earnings outlook for its aircraft, defence and space business unit.
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NewsUnited Aircraft appoints new chief as Slyusar moves to regional governorship
Russian aerospace firm United Aircraft is undergoing a leadership change with chief executive Yuri Slyusar set to be succeeded by United Engine head Vadim Badekha. The management rejig follows the appointment of Slyusar, who has led the company for nine years, as governor of Russia’s Rostov region. Badekha will take ...
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NewsStrike ends as machinists approve new contract with Boeing
Members of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) have ratified a four-year contract with Boeing, ending a 53-day strike that cost the company billions of dollars and forced it to halt aircraft production in the Pacific Northwest.
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NewsAirbus expects to sign Spirit work-package acquisition contract before year-end
Airbus aims to sign a contract by the end of this year for the acquisition of work packages currently managed by US firm Spirit AeroSystems. The airframer previously signed a detailed binding term sheet setting out its plans to take over the A350 fuselage production in North Carolina and St ...
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NewsSJ-100 flight-test campaign awaits PD-8-powered prototypes
United Aircraft acknowledges that it is having to work its way around delays to the domestically-built Aviadvigatel PD-8 engine as its progresses with flight-testing the Yakovlev SJ-100. The SJ-100 is a version of the Superjet 100 adapted to feature a higher proportion of Russian-build components and systems. These include PD-8 ...
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NewsAirbus chief insists airframer not ‘doomed’ to backloaded deliveries
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury acknowledges that the airframer is again having to cope with a heavily-backloaded fourth quarter, but views it as a consequence of trying to ramp-up production while addressing unexpected disruptive events.
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NewsAirbus proposes MTU head Wagner to succeed Scherer as commercial aircraft chief
Airbus has proposed MTU Aero Engines chief Lars Wagner to succeed Christian Scherer as the head of the airframer’s commercial aircraft business.
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NewsAirbus maintains production ramp-up targets as supply-chain issues persist
Airbus is maintaining its full-year delivery estimate and its longer-term production ramp-up targets, although it states that supply-chain issues remain a concern.
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NewsSpain’s Iberia takes delivery of first long-range Airbus A321XLR
Iberia has taken delivery of the first Airbus A321XLR, the longest-range variant of the A321neo family.