All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 40
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NewsChina warms to lifting 737 Max grounding: Report
China is reportedly a step closer to returning the Boeing 737 Max to service, after grounding the type for more than two years following two fatal crashes.
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NewsEvidence of recovery as Airbus deliveries pick up in June
Airbus’s delivery of 77 aircraft during June marks the second-highest monthly figure since the onset of the air transport crisis. The level was only exceeded by the 89 achieved by the airframer during its end-of-year wrap-up in December 2020. Airbus delivered aircraft to 44 customers in June. These included 11 ...
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NewsUnited pushes Airbus into positive net orders for first half
United Airlines’ agreement for 70 Airbus A321neos finally lifted the airframer into positive net orders for the first half of the year. Airbus’s net orders had languished in negative territory over the course of 2021 until the United order was recorded on 28 June. The deal meant Airbus’s gross orders ...
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NewsRussian-powered MC-21 emerges with test-flight livery
Irkut’s initial Russian-powered MC-21 has emerged in its test campaign livery, following painting at a facility in Ulyanovsk. The aircraft – fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines – has been flown to Moscow Zhukovsky to continue its flight-test programme. Its livery is similar to that carried by the Pratt & Whitney ...
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NewsNaples chosen by Israel’s IAI as site for 737 freighter conversions
Israel Aerospace Industries is to set up a European facility in Naples to convert passenger aircraft into freighters.
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NewsUnited Aircraft consolidation extends to Aviastar and VASO
Russia’s United Aircraft is progressing with the consolidation of management across the country’s main aviation enterprises, with several entities to be merged within the transport division. Ilyushin is the parent company of the transport aviation operation. Under the centralisation plan it will oversee the Aviastar plant at Ulyanovsk, the VASO ...
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NewsConvertible ‘AirCar’ vehicle carries out flight between Slovakian airports
Creators of a road vehicle which can transition to an aircraft have carried out a developmental flight between airports in Slovakia, operating a 35min sortie from Nitra to the capital Bratislava. The KleinVision AirCar, which has already completed over 40h of test flights, carried out the inter-city operation on 28 ...
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NewsZeroAvia obtains Dornier 228s for 19-seat hydrogen-electric demonstration
Advanced propulsion specialist ZeroAvia has acquired a pair of Dornier 228 turboprops for research, as it seeks to progress towards developing a 19-seat hydrogen-electric powered aircraft. The company has also obtained further funding for a proposed engine intended for aircraft of around 50 seats. North Carolina-based AMC Aviation and the ...
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NewsAirbus starts receiving A321XLR forward fuselage sections
Airbus has received the first A321XLR fuselage sections to be manufactured by aerostructures supplier Stelia Aerospace. Stelia is responsible for the design and production of all forward fuselage sections of the long-range aircraft, including the cockpit, nose-gear bay, forward passenger exit section, and passenger cabin barrels. Three of the six ...
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In depthMC-21 programme spearheads Russian industry revival
Irkut’s MC-21 is on track for first delivery this year with imported key components – but the programme is championing near-term readiness with Russian engines and homegrown composites.
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NewsNew Zealand lifts 737 Max grounding
New Zealand has allowed the Boeing 737 Max to resume flying into the country, effectively lifting the two-year grounding imposed on the troubled type.
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NewsRussian-powered MC-21 heads for painting at Ulyanovsk
Irkut has sent the first Russian-powered MC-21 for painting at the Spektr-Avia facility located within Ulyanovsk’s Vostochny airport. The twinjet – number 73055, the first example of the MC-21-310 variant – is fitted with Aviadvigatel PD-14 engines. It carried out its first flight in December last year and Irkut intends ...
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NewsGround-effect electric vehicle draws attention of Channel ferry operator
US developers of an electric ground-effect vehicle have attracted the interest of a French ferry operator, which is exploring its potential for high-speed sustainable overwater transport. Brittany Ferries says it has signed a letter of intent with the Boston-based start-up company Regent with a view to capitalising on commercial operations ...
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NewsEnd in sight for prolonged Airbus-Boeing dispute as US and EU agree funding framework
Airbus is encouraged by plans to end the long-running transatlantic dispute over subsidies for large civil aircraft programmes through a series of steps outlined by a co-operative framework. European trade commissioner Vladis Dombrovskis has reached an “understanding” with US trade representative Katherine Tai intended to address bilateral issues through a ...
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NewsAirbus to pursue liquid-hydrogen tank development at French and German sites
Airbus is to pursue the manufacture of cryogenic tanks for hydrogen-based propulsion through the establishment of two development centres in Germany and France. The zero-emission centres – located in Bremen and Nantes – will aim to achieve “cost-competitive” tank manufacturing in support of the airframer’s ‘ZEROe’ programme, under which it ...
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NewsWalsh cites Concorde history in doubting supersonic future
Former British Airways and IAG chief executive Willie Walsh pointed to his insight on the lack of profitability into the former Concorde operation for why he would not be looking to buy a supersonic aircraft if he was running an airline today.
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NewsProsperous air transport essential to funding energy transformation: Airbus chief
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury believes better communication is needed to help shed aviation’s reputation as a primary contributor to climate disruption, arguing that air transport will be necessary to effect environmental transformation. Speaking during the Airlines for Europe Aviation Summit 2021 on 10 June, Faury said: “We seem to ...
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NewsA320neo to fly with wholly-sustainable fuel to analyse single-aisle emissions
Airbus is to participate in an in-flight study to assess the impact of unblended sustainable aviation fuel on single-aisle aircraft operations using an A320neo. Emissions from the aircraft, fitted with CFM International Leap-1A engines, will be analysed in the air as well as on the ground. CFM partner Safran will ...
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NewsTouchscreen avionics at heart of simplified cockpit for D328eco
Deutsche Aircraft’s extensive modernisation of the Dornier 328 turboprop, the D328eco, will include overhauling the cockpit with a new integrated avionics suite to be supplied by Garmin. Based on the G5000 suite aimed at business jets, the redesigned cockpit will be dominated by three large touchscreen displays, intended to simplify ...
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NewsLufthansa A350 agreement gives Airbus first airline long-haul order this year
Lufthansa’s agreement for five Airbus A350-900s has given the airframer its first long-haul order from an airline this year, although it only increases the German carrier’s firm A350 commitment by two. Airbus’s latest backlog data shows that the airline’s overall A350 order has increased only from 43 to 45 aircraft, ...