All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 47
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NewsBoeing 737-10 processes to undergo revision after EASA’s Max scrutiny
One crucial consequence of the Boeing 737 Max scrutiny is that development and certification work for the 737-10 will differ substantially from that of the earlier Max variants. Extensive analysis by the US FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency following the Max grounding two years ago has led not ...
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NewsC919 completes cold-weather testing
The Comac C919 narrowbody programme has completed cold-weather testing in China’s Inner Mongolia region.
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NewsAirbus to raise A320 production at slower pace than forecast
Airbus is still intending to increase monthly A320 production, but at a slower rate than the originally-expected figure of 47 aircraft. It will raise A320-family monthly output from the current 40 aircraft to 43 in the third quarter, and 45 in the fourth. “Production rates will remain lower for longer,” ...
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NewsUK regulator to issue separate directive approving 737 Max restoration
While the European Union Aviation Safety Agency is aiming to recertify the Boeing 737 Max within a few days, its UK counterpart has yet to indicate whether it will deviate from the requirements when it issues its own approval. FlightGlobal understands that the UK Civil Aviation Authority intends to release ...
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NewsIl-114-300 carries out second test flight after month-long hiatus
United Aircraft has conducted a second test flight with the updated Ilyushin Il-114-300 turboprop, a month after the maiden sortie in mid-December. The twin-engined aircraft – numbered 54114, a modernised version of the original Il-114 airframe – took off from Moscow Zhukovsky with a crew of three, comprising two pilots ...
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NewsBoeing more vulnerable to tariffs than Airbus: Udvar-Hazy
Boeing needs to work to resolve the current tariff war with Airbus as the dispute threatens to further erode its market share versus its European competitor, Air Lease executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy has argued.
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NewsMC-21 suffers runway excursion during simulated single-engine failure
One of the flight-test Irkut MC-21-300s has been involved in a runway excursion at Moscow Zhukovsky during an exercise simulating single-engine failure. Images from the scene show that aircraft 73051 – the first example of the aircraft to fly – has come to a halt on snow-covered ground. The depth ...
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NewsUkrainian armed forces to take three An-178s
Antonov is to embark on production of three An-178 airlifters for the Ukrainian military, under a newly-agreed memorandum of co-operation. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, participating in an event to mark the pact, has also indicated that the government is interested in creating an airline this year which will use Antonov ...
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NewsFreighter line hands Boeing advantage in twin-aisle delivery contest
While Airbus delivered far more aircraft overall than Boeing last year, the US airframer’s freighter activity meant it was able to hand over a greater number of twin-aisle models. Boeing’s freighter business contrasted sharply with that of Airbus, which has not sold a new-build cargo aircraft for nearly six years ...
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NewsAirbus dismayed as US tariffs sting aircraft structure shipments
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury has reiterated the need for a negotiated settlement to the long-running transatlantic subsidies dispute, as the US government – in the final days of the Trump administration – prepares to put further sanctions in place. Speaking as the airframer unveiled its full-year 2020 order and ...
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NewsAirbus cancellations include remaining A330Fs and AirAsia’s A350s
Airbus’s cancellations for the final month of last year included 26 long-haul aircraft, among them 15 A350s and the last three A330 freighters in the airframer’s backlog. The cancellation of three outstanding A330-200Fs – ordered by Turkey’s MNG Airlines – means there is no current backlog for the type, the ...
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NewsAirbus full-year deliveries fall by a third to 566 aircraft
Airbus managed to deliver 566 aircraft last year, with a surge of 89 deliveries in the final month of 2020. The figure was nevertheless 34% down on the 863 it managed to hand over in the previous year, as the airframer’s activity suffered from the impact of the air transport ...
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NewsCALC orders 30 ARJ21s with Indonesian carrier TransNusa
China Aircraft Leasing has placed an order for 30 Comac ARJ21 aircraft with an Indonesian airline, in which CALC and two of its most senior executives have a 49% stake, as a co-buyer.
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NewsAerolease cancels SpaceJet orders amid programme freeze
US-based lessor Aerolease Aviation has cancelled its commitments for Mitsubishi Aircraft’s SpaceJet programme, the airframer has disclosed.
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AnalysisWill US military end user list clip MA700’s wings?
The Avic MA700 turboprop finds itself in an awkward situation after airframer Xian Aircraft showed up on the US government’s Military End User list. With progress on the aircraft at a glacial pace, could the US government’s move seal the MA700’s fate?
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NewsUK’s Titan receives first of three converted A321 freighters
UK operator Titan Airways’ is to introduce three Airbus A321 converted freighters to its fleet, with the first one newly redelivered from modification specialists ST Engineering and EFW. Powered by CFM International CFM56 engines, the aircraft, MSN1238, was originally delivered to MyTravel Airways in 2000, and subsequently operated by Thomas ...
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NewsAirbus UK's Bennett to head technology initiative HVM Catapult
Airbus senior vice-president Katherine Bennett is to step down from heading the airframer’s UK division, to lead HVM Catapult, a specialist organisation developed to provide a manufacturing gateway for promising technologies. Bennett, who will succeed retiring chief executive Dick Elsy later this year, says the organisation will contribute to the ...
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NewsUS hits Europe with new tariffs on aircraft parts
The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) has placed new tariffs on aircraft manufacturing parts as well as some alcohol products from the European Union in an ongoing transatlantic spat about aerospace subsidies.
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NewsAirbus relieved over post-Brexit deal but yet to analyse details
Airbus is yet to assess the consequences of the newly-agreed future relationship between the UK and the European Union. But it believes the “potential disruption” which would have arisen from failure to reach a post-Brexit agreement “has been avoided”. Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury says he “welcomes” the deal, unveiled ...
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NewsBoeing to speed up transfer of 787 production to South Carolina: reports
Boeing is reportedly speeding up the transfer of all 787 aircraft production to its North Charleston, South Carolina plant.