All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 27
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NewsIAI explores aerospace co-operation with Morocco under new pact
Moroccan and Israeli representatives have reached a provisional agreement over co-operation in the aerospace sector, which is likely to explore initiatives on aerostructures and cabin interiors. The memorandum of understanding was signed during a meeting in Rabat between the Moroccan trade and industry minister, Ryad Mezzour, and Israel Aerospace Industries ...
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NewsEASA demands rigour in crew behaviour assumptions during aircraft certification
Europe’s air transport safety regulator is underlining the important of human factors consideration in the design of large aircraft and their systems by putting forward a structured methodology to validate assumptions about expected flight crew behaviour. The methodology is being put forward in a proposed certification memorandum by the European ...
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NewsUnited Aircraft discusses reviving passenger Tu-214 production to fill capacity gap
United Aircraft is examining the potential to increase Tupolev Tu-214 production in order to help meet demand for new aircraft in Russia following the sanctions imposed on the country’s air transport industry. Russian deputy prime minister Yuri Borisov visited the production facility in Kazan on 22 March, to discuss whether ...
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NewsPD-8 engine’s nacelle undergoes windtunnel testing
Russian researchers are continuing development work on the new Irkut Superjet 100 variant, the SSJ-New, with tests on nacelles for the domestically-built engine. The SSJ-New will be powered by the Aviadvigtel PD-8, a derivative of the PD-14 designed for the Irkut MC-21-310. Moscow’s Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute has been assessing the ...
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NewsAirbus explores high-voltage battery potential for non-propulsive roles
Airbus is aiming to explore high-voltage battery behaviour during test flights of an electric light aircraft this year, with the aim of applying the technology to ‘micro-hybridisation’ – the use of battery power in a supportive, rather than propulsive, role for larger aircraft types. The low energy density of lithium-ion ...
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NewsSmartLynx to take A330 converted freighters through ATSG agreement
Wet-lease specialist SmartLynx Airlines is to introduce converted Airbus A330-300 freighters, stepping up to the long-haul jets having already started bringing in A321 cargo aircraft. The company has agreed with Air Transport Services Group to acquire six modified A330s under a six-year lease. SmartLynx will take delivery of the first ...
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NewsAirbus long-haul activity weakens but A220 sales prove buoyant
Airbus’s long-haul orders sank further into negative territory during February, although strong single-aisle sales – particularly for the A220 – left the airframer with positive net orders for the first two months of the year. Twenty A330-900s assigned to unidentified customers have been removed, Airbus’s latest backlog figures reveal. Although ...
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NewsEmbraer launches E190/195 freighter conversion programme
Embraer has launched a passenger to freighter conversion programme for its E190 and E195 regional jets and is targeting an entry into service in early 2024.
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NewsTesting nears for PD-8 engine’s gearbox components
Russia’s United Engine has manufactured key components for the drive system of the Aviadvigatel PD-8 engine, intended for the latest version of Irkut’s Superjet 100. The standard Superjet – originally produced by Sukhoi’s civil aviation division and since absorbed into the Irkut operation – is fitted with PowerJet SaM146 engines. ...
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NewsAirbus and CFM to test liquid-hydrogen engine mounted on A380 fuselage
Airbus is to use an A380 as the flight-test demonstrator for a future hydrogen-fuelled engine, to be developed under a co-operation with CFM International partners Safran and GE Aviation. The demonstrator will be based on the MSN1 airframe, which was used for A380 certification flights and served as a testbed ...
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NewsMexico’s Mas aims to use A330 freighter for Chinese routes
Mexican cargo carrier Aerotransportes Mas de Carga is aiming to open Chinese services following introduction of the airline’s initial converted Airbus A330-200 freighter. The aircraft, converted by the EFW venture, has been handed over to Mas following its delivery to lessor Altavair. “Mas will take advantage of the increased payload ...
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NewsEmbraer lifts full-year commercial aircraft deliveries
Embraer delivered a total of 141 aircraft last year, including 48 jets to the commercial sector, up from the 44 commercial airframes it handed over in 2020. These 48 aircraft comprised 21 re-engined E2-family regional jets – a total of 19 E195-E2s and a pair of E190-E2s – plus 27 ...
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NewsAirbus and Safran to secure materials supply with Aubert & Duval takeover
Airbus and propulsion specialist Safran are aiming to take over the metallurgical and materials firm Aubert & Duval, as part of a strategy to secure critical aerospace supplies for future development. The partnership intends to acquire the entirety of the company from its owner, mining company Eramet. Aubert & Duval ...
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NewsAirbus to auction ex-Emirates A380 parts for humanitarian foundation
Airbus is to hold an auction of A380 components in summer, to raise funds for its charitable and humanitarian-support arm. Most of the parts in the auction – which will run from 23-25 June – will be sourced from MSN13, one of the early Engine Alliance GP7200-powered A380s delivered to ...
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NewsMC-21 test aircraft returns after month of cold-weather trials in Siberia
One of the Irkut MC-21-300 test aircraft has returned to Moscow Zhukovsky from Yakutsk, following completion of extreme cold-weather testing in the east of Russia. Irkut has secured initial type certification for the -300 from the Russian civil aviation authorities and the testing is intended to extend this certificate. The ...
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NewsA330-800 nears certification at highest maximum take-off weight
Airbus is close to obtaining formal certification of the highest-weight version of the A330-800, after wrapping up flight-testing of the smaller A330neo variant. The 251t maximum take-off weight version of the twinjet is likely to receive formal European Union Aviation Safety Agency approval around April, FlightGlobal understands. Airbus had indicated, ...
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NewsAirbus expects new German aerostructures operation to start up in July
Airbus has reached a preliminary understanding to establish a new aerostructures company in Germany, which will begin operating on 1 July. The airframer says some of the aerostructures assembly of fuselages – distributed across various areas of the company and its subsidiaries – will be integrated as a core activity. ...
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NewsFreeing Qatar A321neo slots is ‘not self-serving’: Airbus chief
Airbus insists it is not taking a self-serving approach to the cancellation of aircraft orders for Qatar Airways, and that it remains interested in reaching a mutually-acceptable settlement in its dispute with the flag-carrier. The two sides have been engaged in a highly-public spat over fuselage skin-paint deterioration on several ...
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NewsAirbus sets target of 720 commercial aircraft deliveries for 2022
Airbus is aiming to delivery around 720 commercial aircraft over the course of this year, up on the 611 it handed over during 2021. The airframer’s delivery performance enabled it to achieve an adjusted full-year EBIT of €3.57 billion ($4.05 billion) for its commercial aircraft division, on revenues of €36.1 ...
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NewsRolls-Royce interested in regional return on Embraer’s potential new turboprop
Roll-Royce is “very interested” in potentially providing an engine for Embraer’s proposed new 70-90-seat regional turboprop project.