The two operators of the Aerospatiale/British Aerospace Concorde are preparing to resume commercial operations. British Airways hopes to restart in late September and Air France by early November now that both national aviation authorities have announced their intention to approve the manufacturers' modifications. Approval is expected to be announced simultaneously in Paris and London on 28 August.
Source: Flight International
Comac’s ARJ21 has completed its first high-altitude commercial flight in China, marking the regional jet’s first regular high-altitude operations.
Airbus’s framework agreement with Spirit AeroSystems shows that the aircraft manufacturer might yet acquire Scottish or Malaysian operations of Spirit if a third-party buyer does not emerge. Both Sprit’s Glasgow Prestwick division and its Subang airport arm in western Kuala Lumpur supply components for Airbus programmes. Neither has been included ...
Airbus chief executive Guillaume Faury admits that the airframer was not expecting to be negotiating an acquisition of key aircraft programmes from beleaguered US firm Spirit AeroSystems, but insists it is necessary and that Airbus is ready to absorb them.
