All Aircraft programmes articles – Page 59
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NewsAirbus worker at Spanish plant treated for coronavirus
Airbus has advised a number of workers at its Spanish Getafe plant to take quarantine precautions after a coronavirus diagnosis for one of the facility’s employees. The airframer says it has advised a 14-day self-quarantine for those who have been in direct contact with the worker, who is receiving medical ...
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PodcastAirline Business podcast: Airlines reel from coronavirus impact, plus latest on Boeing 737 Max
Join executive editor Graham Dunn and managing editor Lewis Harper as they discuss the spiralling impact of the coronavirus, which has been described by IATA as a “crisis” for the airline industry. Graham and Lewis consider markets across the world, including Italy’s, which has joined those in Asia and elsewhere ...
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In depthDoes Boeing design fix need to go beyond 737 Max?
After two fatal crashes and a grounding, extensive remedial work should fix the 737 Max; now Boeing must also rethink the basic design philosophy underpinning its future aircraft
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NewsComac opens second ARJ21 production line
Comac has ramped up production of its ARJ21 regional jet after opening a second production line at Shanghai’s Pudong International airport. The new production line is located at the Comac final assembly centre in Pudong, the same facility where C919 is assembled. Plans for the second production line ...
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NewsCoronavirus to keep M90 FTV10 first flight a quiet affair
Mitsubishi Aircraft is planning for a low-key first flight of the SpaceJet M90 Flight Test Vehicle 10 (FTV10), owing to government policy to prevent the spread of coronavirus. The company adds that the aircraft is “in final preparations for its first flight, which we will announce in the coming weeks.” ...
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NewsEthiopian 737 Max pilots battled intense pitch and trim forces
Investigators probing the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max accident have given additional insight into a crucial period during which the crew, having temporarily stopped the aircraft from automatically nosing down, struggled vainly to regain pitch and trim control. In an interim update into the 10 March 2019 crash near ...
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NewsNorwegian authorities aim for electric aircraft debut by 2030
Norwegian authorities have drawn up a programme for introduction of electric aircraft, as part of a national transport plan to published in spring next year and put to the country’s parliament. Air navigation service Avinor and the Norwegian civil aviation administration have set out objectives including the initial operation of ...
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AnalysisWhat Flybe’s demise means for the Dash 8
Flybe’s collapse is a serious blow for De Havilland Canada’s Dash 8-400 programme as the UK regional carrier was the turboprop’s largest operator.
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NewsAirbus delivers 55 jets in February but orders stay flat
Airbus delivered 55 aircraft last month but, after starting the year with a surge of orders, recorded no new activity during February. Net orders stayed at 274 aircraft. Airbus handed over nine A350s, comprising seven -900s and two -1000s, to customers in the course of the month, as well as ...
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NewsKuwait A330-800 delivery set for third quarter
Kuwait Airways appears set to take delivery of its first Airbus A330-800 in the third quarter of this year. FlightGlobal understands, from a source familiar with the situation, that the airline is working to this timetable following the certification of the -800 in mid-February. Kuwait Airways is configuring the Rolls-Royce ...
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NewsEx-Hawaiian chief Dunkerley among new Airbus board candidates
Airbus is proposing former Hawaiian Airlines chief Mark Dunkerley and ex-Lufthansa Group finance head Stephan Gemkow to join the airframer’s board of directors. The manufacturer has previously disclosed that chairman Denis Ranque is stepping down from his post as chairman, after seven years, following the company’s annual general meeting on ...
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NewsSustainable fuel advances must parallel electric aircraft evolution: Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce’s chief technology officer, Paul Stein, believes that revenue passenger flights with electric aircraft are possible by 2029, but insists that substantial advances in sustainable aviation fuel production must accompany the drive towards such technology. While hybrid-electric aircraft could potentially be in service by the end of the decade, Stein ...
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NewsAirbus’s Scherer: SARS outbreak illustrated industry’s resilience
Airbus chief commercial officer Christian Scherer is uncertain whether the air transport impact from the coronavirus outbreak will translate into an effect on the airframer. Speaking during the A4E aviation summit in Brussels, Scherer pointed out that the aircraft manufacturing business “operates to longer cycles”. Source: Ed Telling ...
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NewsAirbus aims for short test campaign on 251t A330-900
Airbus is expecting a relatively short approval campaign for the higher-weight version of the A330-900, amounting to just 30-40h of testing. While Airbus carried out the first flight of the aircraft on 28 February, it had already conducted a number of tests with the previous variant of the -900 specially ...
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NewsSpirit AeroSystems 2019 profits slip, Max production to restart in March
Aircraft component maker Spirit AeroSystems’ net income slipped 14% year-on-year in 2019 to $530 million, reflecting Boeing 737 Max issues, booked losses related to a 787 production rate cut and a decline in margins from Airbus A350 components.
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NewsAeroflot takes first A350 and confirmed as behind previously undisclosed order
Aeroflot has taken delivery of the first of 22 on-order Airbus A350-900s, which will be used to replace its A330 fleet.
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NewsAirbus carries out first flight of 251t A330neo
Airbus has commenced test flights with the first A330-900 with the higher maximum take-off weight of 251t. The airframer confirms that aircraft MSN1967 – bearing the test registration F-WWCE – lifted off from Toulouse at 12:27 local time on 28 February (below). Source: Airbus Airbus has been ...
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NewsRolls-Royce nears break-even delivery for A350-900 powerplant
Airbus’s A350-900 helped Rolls-Royce to cut its average unit losses on its large engine programmes last year, and contributed to the powerplant manufacturer’s achieving a record 510 Trent engine deliveries. Average original equipment unit losses for its large engines fell by 14%, from £1.4 million to £1.2 million, last year ...
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NewsRolls-Royce provisions for loss-making Trent 1000 TEN contracts
Rolls-Royce is taking a £459 million ($591 million) charge provision to recognise that some future Trent 1000 TEN contracts will become loss-making as a result of margins being affected by the blade issues affecting the engine. The engine manufacturer says the situation affects a “small number” of contracts, the result ...
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NewsSAS flags engine concerns as it looks to pick new regional fleet type
SAS is concerned about the powerplant reliability issues as it prepares to select an aircraft type on which to base a future regional operation. The Scandinavian carrier has indicated that the Airbus A220 and Embraer E2 family are the candidates under consideration. But both are powered by versions of the ...